The health benefits and functions of buckwheat tea.
Introduction of buckwheat tea.
Buckwheat tea is a beverage made from Bitter buckwheat seed rice after the screening, baking, and other processes.
Bitter Buckwheat is a dicotyledonous plant in the polygonum family. Bitter buckwheat likes cool climate, resistant to poor nutrition, grow in the cold mountains, grain for food.
Most of the scholars agree with buckwheat originated in China, in the world it is mainly distributed in the southwest mountainous area, north China and some other places of origin are mainly in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Shanxi, Shanxi yan men area(goose gate area) is one of the main production areas and the main origin of bitter buckwheat. Ancestral mountain compatriots, people of the Yi nationality take bitter buckwheat as a staple food, health, skin ruddy, eyesight is good, few people suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, cancer and other diseases of heart blood-vessel.
Chinese ancient works Ben Cao Gang Mu(compendium of materia medica) records: bitter buckwheat taste bitter, nature plain and cold, beneficial energy and strength, renew the spirit, benefit the eyes and ears, have the effect of lowering Qi free intestines and benefit stomach. Modern clinical observation shows that bitter buckwheat flour and its products have the function of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood fat and enhancing human immunity. All these functions are related to the nutrients contained in bitter buckwheat.
What is component of buckwheat tea.
✵Bioflavonoids: the main ingredient is rutin, also known as vitamin P. Its main effects are: softening blood vessels, improving microcirculation, clearing heat and detoxification, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, removing poison and growing muscle, lowering blood sugar, urine sugar, blood fat, invigorating Qi and refreshing, and strengthening insulin peripheral effects.
✵Trace elements and minerals: bitter buckwheat contains a variety of inorganic elements that are good for the health of human body, calcium, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc and trace element selenium, the content of magnesium is 11 times more than wheat flour, iron 2-5 times that of other staples, zinc is 1.5 times more, manganese with above 1.4, potassium is 2 times of wheat, 2.3 times that of rice, zinc is 1.5 times of rice flour. The high content of magnesium and potassium greatly enhanced the nutrition and health care function of buckwheat powder.
✵Starch: bitter buckwheat starch is amylopectin, containing a large amount of gel and mucus, which is weak alkaline after heating and can inhibit gastric acid. It can relieve and protect the lesion.
✵Vitamin: bitter buckwheat is rich in vitamins. Its vitamin B2 is 2 to 10 times higher than corn and rice. Vitamin P has the effect of lowering blood lipids and cholesterol and is an important auxiliary medicine for treating hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Especially for elderly patients with special efficacy, it can reduce the brittleness and permeability of microvessels, restore its elasticity. To prevent cerebral hemorrhage, maintain eye circulation, protect and improve eyesight effectively. Vitamin E has a high content of r-tocopherol, which is effective in preventing oxidation and treating infertility, promoting cell regeneration and preventing aging.
✵Cellulose: also known as dietary fiber. Content achieves 1.6%, and it is eight times of common rice and wheat, have smooth intestine and free stool, clear the toxin inside the body, it is the scavenger of human body digestive system.
✵Fat: bitter buckwheat oleic acid and linoleic acid content are very high, and linoleic acid is the body's most important fatty acid, the body can not synthesize! Has the promotion growth development function to the infant. It may prevent coronary heart disease in adults. At the same time because containing the substance that inhibits skin to produce melanin(2,4 dihydroxy cis-cinnamic acid), have the effect that prevents fleck and senile spot.
✵Protein: bitter buckwheat contains 19 natural amino acids, total content up to 11.82%. It is especially rich in lysine, which is lacking in common plants such as wheat and rice. It is rich in arginine and histidine. And nearly a third of bitter buckwheat protein is cleanup protein, which cleans toxins and foreign substance from the body. Also, Bitter buckwheat protein, which is rich in arginine, prevents body fat from increasing.
✵Sugar alcohol: rutin, the main component of flavonoids in Bitter buckwheat, can maintain vascular tension, reduce its permeability, reduce brittleness and maintain microvascular circulation. Bitter buckwheat flavones have good therapeutic effects on coronary heart disease, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and peripheral vascular diseases. Bitter buckwheat contains d-chiral inositol, which is a stereoisomer of inositol and a functional substance of a chiral mechanism. D-chiral inositol can promote the sensitivity of islet beta cells to islet hormone and regulate blood glucose.
✵Other: Bitter buckwheat also contains chlorophyll that is not found in other food crops.
Effects and functions of bitter buckwheat tea:.
The efficacy and function of Bitter buckwheat tea are very much, also has great benefit for our human body, the function of Bitter buckwheat tea: heat-clearing decrease internal heat, aid digestion and reduce stagnation, cool blood and reduce swelling, beauty. All of these functions are related to the nutritional components contained in bitter buckwheat.
Scientists have confirmed that Bitter buckwheat tea contains flavonoids, the main component of which is rutin. Rutin content accounts for 70 ~ 90% of the total flavonoids. Rutin, also known as vitamin P, can reduce capillary brittleness and improve microcirculation. It is mainly used in clinical adjuvant therapy for diabetes and hypertension. Rutin is rarely found in other grains. Bitter buckwheat tea contains rutin which can soften blood vessels and has the functions of lowering blood fat, blood sugar and blood pressure, losing weight, cleaning up internal garbage and activating insulin secretion.
People also studied the nutritional components of bitter buckwheat and its anti-aging and other health care effects on the human body. The results showed that there was not only rich protein, chlorophyll, fat, carbohydrate, crude fiber, minerals and trace elements in bitter buckwheat tea. It also contains 18 kinds of natural amino acids, the total content of 11.82%, and contains nine kinds of fatty acids, to promote the growth of children, can prevent the occurrence of coronary heart disease in adults.
Rich in protein mineral elements and essential 9 kinds of fatty acids, linoleic acid, and other biologically active substances, it can strengthen the spleen and appetizers, relieve constipation and moisten the intestine, beautify the skin and refresh the mind.
Anti-insomnia, anti-aging, anti-oxidation, balance the human body function, with magical nourishing the liver, liver protection, and anti-alcoholic function, is helpful for constipation patients and modern "rich disease."
Bitter buckwheat also has a therapeutic ingredient - vitamin E, which has a strong antioxidant effect. It can inhibit and eliminate excess free radicals in the human body, activate macrophages, eliminate skin pigment deposition, enhance human immune function, and reduce the negative effects of anticancer medicine.
Dietary fiber in bitter buckwheat can promote the excretion of toxic substances and reduce the serum total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol content.
Selenium, the active element in bitter buckwheat, can combine with metal in the human body to form an unstable "metal-selenium-protein" complex, which helps to eliminate toxic substances in the body.
Bitter buckwheat tea contains a variety of trace elements needed by the human body, such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, selenium and other amino acids.
Long-term consumption of bitter buckwheat can improve the physical condition, reduce the incidence of hyperglycemia, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, and effectively prevent and control diabetes.
And has a certain anti-cancer effect, is an ideal health food for the elderly.
✵1. Effect on the endocrine system
(1). Hypoglycemic effect: Bitter buckwheat flavonoids can promote the recovery of pancreatic islet beta cells, reduce blood sugar and serum cholesterol, improve glucose tolerance against the hypoglycemic effect of adrenaline and inhibit aldose reductase, so it can be used to treat diabetes and its complications.
(2). Lipid-lowering effect: quercetin rich in bitter buckwheat flavonoids can reduce triglycerides, total cholesterol and atherosclerosis index.
✵2.Effects on the cardiovascular system
(1). Effect on myocardium: it can be used to treat arrhythmia, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and other diseases.
(2). Effect on blood vessels: rutin, rich in bitter buckwheat flavonoids, can dilate blood vessels, quercetin and mulberry can improve the contraction and relaxation function of vascular smooth muscle.
✵3.Antibacterial, antiviral effect: studies have confirmed that quercetin, mulberry pigment, and camphenol, rich in Bitter buckwheat flavonoids, have antibacterial and antiviral effects. Clinical application of this flavone has a special effect on the ulcer caused by various reasons, such as reducing inflammation and relieving pain.
✵4. Antioxidant effect: The double bonds of 3-OH, 5-OH, 4- group and 2-3 position play a leading effect in inhibiting the automatic oxidation of grease. Inhibition of oxidation of oil: quercetin > mulberry pigment > rutin.
✵5.Anti-cancer effect: Quercetin and other flavonoids rich in bitter buckwheat flavonoids can achieve anti-cancer effects mainly through three ways, namely, anti-free radical effect, directly inhibiting the growth of cancer cells and anti-carcinogenic factors. The pentaglyl flavonoids contained in bitter buckwheat is a medicine for cancer prevention, prevention and treatment. Directly inhibit cancer cell growth.
✵6.Scavenging free radicals: Free radicals are responsible for cancer, aging, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular degeneration. Because bitter buckwheat flavonoid substances are easy to oxidation so that it can remove, they have five hydroxyls, can be sufficient as a hydrogen donor, free radical reduction, to play the purpose of scavenging free radicals, to prevent aging, anti-cancer, anti-cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.
✵7.The effect of bone tissue: buckwheat flavonoids can be used in the treatment of bone disease and osteoporosis disease, the mechanism based on points: first, it can inhibit prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) collagen synthesis increase, can inhibit collagen synthesis of PGE2, the inhibition of {BH} a proline into digestible collagen and collagen, and mainly applies to low concentrations of PGE2 synthesis of collagen, the key role of high concentrations of PGE2 in collagen synthesis. So it can be used to treat bone disease.
Secondly, it can improve the sensitivity of thyroid gland to estrogen, make thyroid C cells secrete calcitonin and finally inhibit bone resorption and treat osteoporosis. Third, it inhibits the reduction in bone density and bone calcium content caused by dietary calcium deficiency and vitamin D.
✵8.Effects on the immune system: bitter buckwheat flavonoids can significantly increase the body's non-specific immune function and humoral immune function.
✵9.Protect liver function: bitter buckwheat flavonoids have certain effects on acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver and toxic liver injury caused by galactosamine and CCL4. Studies have shown that the flavonoids of bitter buckwheat have a significant inhibitory effect on the increase of the content of malondialdehyde(MDA in liver lipid peroxidation) induced by CCL4. The activity of soluble enzymes such as transaminase in liver cells increased due to leakage from the cells. The liver protection mechanism of bitter buckwheat flavonoids ultimately lies in its anti-oxidation and anti-free radical effects.
✵10.Anti-ultraviolet effect:
Flavonoids such as quercetin, rich in bitter buckwheat flavonoids, are a kind of light shield, which can absorb ultraviolet rays. It can protect the biologically active substances such as ascorbic acid from oxidation and maintain their activity. It is an excellent antioxidant, and its chelation and gene expression can reduce the oxidation and degeneration of fat.
In particular, the flavonoids on the health of the skin, youthful and vascular health care, anti-inflammatory effect are particularly significant, so some people call it "skin nutrients."Bitter buckwheat protein complex(TBPC) was prepared from bitter buckwheat, and its nutritional composition and anti-aging effect were studied. The results were as follows: protein content of bitter buckwheat protein complex was 63.4, fat 12.7, carbohydrate 10.2, ash 3.5, crude fiber 0.4 and water 9.8. At the same time also contains a variety of amino acids, its human body essential amino acids and non-essential amino acids account for about 45.8 of all amino acids, and contains certain fatty acids, trace elements, and other substances.
Functions of buckwheat tea for various kinds of people.
✵Elderly people: bioflavonoids can protect blood vessels, promote microcirculation, prevent thrombosis, and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Every 100 grams of Bitter buckwheat contain 43 micrograms of selenium -- the anti-cancer king. Selenium is the most important anti-aging element ever discovered. The research of national grain research institute shows that buckwheat, especially bitter buckwheat, has the highest nutritional value among all food crops. It also contains special trace elements and medicinal ingredients (bioflavonoids, selenium, chromium, manganese) that are lacking in other food crops. It has the function of prevention and treatment for modern "civilized diseases" (cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes) and almost all middle-aged and elderly cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
✵ Pregnant women: take micronutrients, especially 2, 4-dihydroxy cis-cinnamic acid, detoxify and whiten, and prevent freckles and age spots.
✵High blood pressure, high blood sugar, high blood fat: rich in bioflavonoids, linoleic acid, chromium. Flavones of bitter buckwheat can not only promote blood circulation but also remove blood stasis, resist an embolism, lower blood lipids, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol and lower blood sugar. Make the composition of blood gets purified, and still can change small circulation, reduces the brittleness of the capillary, increases its osmotic, can repair the damaged hemal wall. Bitter buckwheat is known as "three lowering buckwheat."
✵Children: bitter buckwheat tea not only contains rich protein, chlorophyll, fat, carbohydrate, crude fiber, minerals and trace elements. It also contains 18 kinds of natural amino acids, with a total content of 11.82% and 9 kinds of fatty acids, which can promote the growth of children.
✵Young people: free radicals cause oxidative damage to large biological molecules such as DNA, lipids, and proteins, which can lead to cell damage, aging and dysfunction. Is the main cause of human aging. Bitter buckwheat is rich in four kinds of antioxidant elements, such as bioflavonoids, selenium, vitamin C and vitamin E, which can effectively remove free radicals in the body and delay aging. The amino acids contained in bitter buckwheat tea can clean up toxins, and foreign bodies in the body, prevent fat absorption, and play a role in detoxifying, beautifying and losing weight.
✵People with diabetes: bioflavonoids and selenium can remove free radicals in the body, repair damaged islet beta cells, and enhance the ability of cell tissue to repair itself. Improve the sensitivity of cells and tissues to insulin. To achieve a two-way regulating effect on diabetes, that is, to reduce the high blood sugar and increase the low blood sugar. Normal blood sugar doesn't change. Truly achieve green, safe prevention and control of diabetes and its complications is the natural plant insulin.
✵Habitual constipation person: bitter buckwheat contains a lot of prandial fiber, clear heat, embellish bowel aperient. Folk also called the bitter buckwheat as "clear intestinal grass."
✵Bleeding gums, canker sores: bioflavonoids enhance vitamin C absorption and stability in human tissues. Prevent the vitamin C from being oxidized and destroyed, and rutin has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
✵People with a history of gastritis and gastric ulcer: the amylose after heating is weak alkaline, has an inhibitory effect on gastric acid, can play a relief and barrier protection effect.
✵Obese people: dietary fiber produces satiety, reducing the intake of intestinal energy; Arginine reduces the proportion of adipose tissue. Bitter buckwheat tea contains fiber P, which is not found in other grains and can play a role in weight loss. The protein in bitter buckwheat contains 19 natural amino acids, the total content of which is up to 11.82%. And nearly a third of bitter buckwheat protein is cleanup protein, which cleans toxins and foreign bodies from the body. Moreover, bitter buckwheat protein, which is rich in arginine, can prevent body fat from increasing.
✵People who drink too much: bitter buckwheat bioflavonoids remove alcohol poisoning, protect the liver, nourish the stomach, and enhance human immune function.
✵People who often sit or drive cars, and mental workers who are often nervous: bitter buckwheat improves the microcirculation of heart and brain, promote blood circulation of eyes, remove garbage from the body, relieve physical fatigue, and restore energy. People who often eat it get detoxification, nourishing the liver and enhance immunity.
Side effects of bitter buckwheat.
✵1. Bitter buckwheat can assist in regulating hyperacidity symptoms, but bitter buckwheat is cold, so excessive consumption by people with cold stomach or stomach diseases will cause acidosis and diarrhea.
✵2. A small number of people will have skin itching, dizziness, asthma, and other allergic symptoms after eating buckwheat food, so people with a history of allergy to black bitter buckwheat should eat it carefully.
Buckwheat tea is a beverage made from Bitter buckwheat seed rice after the screening, baking, and other processes.
Chinese ancient works Ben Cao Gang Mu(compendium of materia medica) records: bitter buckwheat taste bitter, nature plain and cold, beneficial energy and strength, renew the spirit, benefit the eyes and ears, have the effect of lowering Qi free intestines and benefit stomach. Modern clinical observation shows that bitter buckwheat flour and its products have the function of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood fat and enhancing human immunity. All these functions are related to the nutrients contained in bitter buckwheat.
✵Bioflavonoids: the main ingredient is rutin, also known as vitamin P. Its main effects are: softening blood vessels, improving microcirculation, clearing heat and detoxification, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, removing poison and growing muscle, lowering blood sugar, urine sugar, blood fat, invigorating Qi and refreshing, and strengthening insulin peripheral effects.
The efficacy and function of Bitter buckwheat tea are very much, also has great benefit for our human body, the function of Bitter buckwheat tea: heat-clearing decrease internal heat, aid digestion and reduce stagnation, cool blood and reduce swelling, beauty. All of these functions are related to the nutritional components contained in bitter buckwheat.
✵6.Scavenging free radicals: Free radicals are responsible for cancer, aging, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular degeneration. Because bitter buckwheat flavonoid substances are easy to oxidation so that it can remove, they have five hydroxyls, can be sufficient as a hydrogen donor, free radical reduction, to play the purpose of scavenging free radicals, to prevent aging, anti-cancer, anti-cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.
✵Elderly people: bioflavonoids can protect blood vessels, promote microcirculation, prevent thrombosis, and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Every 100 grams of Bitter buckwheat contain 43 micrograms of selenium -- the anti-cancer king. Selenium is the most important anti-aging element ever discovered. The research of national grain research institute shows that buckwheat, especially bitter buckwheat, has the highest nutritional value among all food crops. It also contains special trace elements and medicinal ingredients (bioflavonoids, selenium, chromium, manganese) that are lacking in other food crops. It has the function of prevention and treatment for modern "civilized diseases" (cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes) and almost all middle-aged and elderly cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
✵1. Bitter buckwheat can assist in regulating hyperacidity symptoms, but bitter buckwheat is cold, so excessive consumption by people with cold stomach or stomach diseases will cause acidosis and diarrhea.
