What kind of tea should you drink for detoxification and bowel cleansing?

In fact, there is no magical tea that "drinks it to detoxify and clear the intestines." The smooth bowel movements and less bloated stomach that everyone feels are mostly due to specific ingredients in the tea that help promote intestinal peristalsis or reduce grease accumulation. Don't be fooled by the merchants' propaganda of "defeating stool and clearing intestinal toxins" - the so-called "intestinal toxins" itself is a false concept created by marketing. The waste from normal intestinal metabolism can be excreted through regular defecation, without any extra effort.

I had a heavy butter hot pot meal with my friends over the weekend, and also showed off two portions of fried crispy pork. The next day, my stomach was so bloated that I couldn't even button my jeans. I dug out the cooked Pu'er that had been stored at home for three years, added a small piece of old tangerine peel that had been dried for two years, and drank two large glasses of it. In the afternoon, I had normal bowel movements, and I didn't feel the cramping feeling of diarrhea at all. Later, I asked a friend who is a nutritionist and found out that the theabrownin in cooked Puri can reduce the intestinal absorption of fat, and the volatile oil in tangerine peel can gently stimulate intestinal peristalsis. It is not considered detoxification, but it just helps to save some energy on the overburdened intestines.

There are also friends around me who are superstitious about the effect of laxative tea. In order to quickly lose weight, they make tea bags with senna leaves and cassia seeds and drink them every day. After drinking it for a week, they actually lost 3 pounds. As a result, they became constipated as soon as they stopped and even farted with difficulty. When they went to the hospital for a colonoscopy, they found that the intestinal mucosa had turned black. The doctor said that these substances containing anthraquinones are stimulant laxatives, and it is okay to drink them once in a while. Long-term drinking will destroy the peristalsis function of the intestines, and will aggravate constipation. It is not a healthy way to cleanse the intestines at all.

There are still many people claiming that probiotic tea can regulate the flora and cleanse the intestines. There is currently no unified conclusion in the academic community. Some studies believe that specific active strains can indeed improve the intestinal environment. However, most of the probiotic teas on the market either have insufficient bacterial activity or the quantity is not up to standard, or people are accustomed to brewing it directly with boiling water, which burns the live bacteria to death. Drinking it is basically useless. It is better to drink a cup of sugar-free yogurt at about 37 degrees.

If you are really constipated for a long time and your stomach is often bloated and uncomfortable, don't think about drinking tea to solve it. Go to the hospital to see a gastroenterologist first to rule out organic problems. If you usually eat too much heavy oil and salt food and want to reduce the burden on the intestines, drink some light barley tea, cooked Pu'er tea, or tangerine peel tea. Don't make it too strong, and don't drink it on an empty stomach. Drinking it in warm sips is the most comfortable. There is no magical detoxification effect. To put it bluntly, if we treat the intestines well, it will naturally work well.