2012.03.11 at 2:09 am
#9342
Participant
Good morning tamesbm,
I am quite envious of you being able to afford all these bedtime!
Fairness has never existed on Earth: some people are a lot more fortunate than others. But it is often than perseverance of the less fortunate that creates much of our rich cultural heritage. Too much for the morning isn’t it?
It sounds like tea is beginning to work on you to clarify some of the toxins in your body so you are beginning to have exaggerated reactions to things. However, it does also sound like you may have some inner refortification to do to build a healthier body. That’s all from some common sense TCM understanding from hearing the few points you said. I just guess the basic balanced diet concept will work and I am sorry to tell you this: avoid cold stuffs, such as iced drinks, cold salads, cold fruits etc in particular iced drinks. (I know you live in Brazil, sorry!) Your case simply sounds too much like one that of humid toxins as I have mentioned in the related in the Tea Guardian article.
You are right that Jasmine green tea is not good for you, so are all steamed green teas such as sencha or gyokuro. Shengcha puer, Silver Needles, Gun Powders are also not good for you. When you want some green tea occasionally, go for pan roasted ones that are more cooked, such as Dinggu Dafang, or sharper tasting ones that are baked, such as Kaihua Longding.
I am glad oolong is your favourite, it is the most suitable category of tea for you, as I mentioned in the earlier response.
For black tea, your Dian Hong is not as suitable for you as your Qimen, but better ones for you are those sharper types: such as Darjeeling, Jiuqu Hongmei (Red Plum Classic), etc. If you like the rounder body of black teas, you may want to consider classic type lower cost oolongs such as Wuyi Shuixian, baked Tieguanyin etc as alternatives. They dissipate humid toxins a lot more efficiently.
The whole idea is to maintain relative TCM neutrality for your weaker digestive system and those teas that are more efficient in water metabolism (rather than simply diuretic).
I hope your health will improve soon.

