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For the last few months, I have been experimenting with different Chinese teas, trying to learn which I prefer, and what is good for me. So far I have tried Longjing, Huangshan Maofeng, Kaihua Longding, Litchee Dancong, Dahongpao, Shuixian, Bai Mudan, Shoumei, and a variety of others. It’s been quite fun and interesting learning about tea, and this website has been very helpful.
I typically avoided Pu’er teas, though, as they did not strike me as anything special. When I lived for a little time in China near Hangzhou, the only time I saw pu’er was as overpriced ornaments in tea shops. I finally got a little sample of shu pu’er, though, and I was surprised that I liked the qualities a lot. Very warm and earthy, and I felt good after drinking it. Since then, I have been drinking shu pu’er quite regularly, and it is maybe my favorite type of tea now. I don’t care about collecting disks or bricks, just drinking tea as a daily enjoyment and for the natural health benefits.
From what I can tell, my body type has been yang weakness with cold internal dampness. I have some sensations of cold in my legs and feet, and occasional numbness. I think this is due to blockages of qimai (and stagnant qi) around the bones of my shins. Eventually I believe this situation will improve through meditation, but it would be good to be drinking the right tea as well. In terms of TCM, would shu pu’er okay for this situation?
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Generally shu pu’er is a safe tea for most. However, from your description it seems like you should avoid using it solely as your daily tea, particularly if you do not exercise regularly. However, if your diet involves quite an abundance of grease and meat, you’ll need the pu’er to maintain lower cholesterols. In that case, employ another tea as your regular so you are drinking at least two types of teas of complimentary TCM properties. Baimudan and Dancongs are good options. Use fresher ones if you can find them. In addition to “Litchee” dancong, there is another group that are floral and would drive away the “blockages” more effectively, they are the bouquet ones I discussed in this Tea Guardian article: https://www.teaguardian.com/Tea_Varieties/oolong_phx_bouquet.html
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Thank you very much! It’s always very interesting to learn about the relationships between tea and TCM. I will definitely look into the dancong wulongs more as a regular tea. I have some Bai Mudan and Shoumei, and those would probably be complementary. Is there something with bouquet style dancongs that make them especially good for clearing blockages?
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Bai Mudan is actually a bit different from Shoumei. For the limited understanding of you through the description, I think the former is more for you than the latter. As to what makes bouquet style dancongs a tea better than so many others in clearing blockages, I really don’t know. I have been turning hundreds (literally) of research papers on the analysis of tea compositions and really none explains much about the medicinal differences different teas have. All we have been telling the readers in terms of TCM properties are actually pretty much from our experiences with ourselves and our customers. We have discussed some tea TCM logic with a few very prestigious TCM doctors and they have been supportive and in agreement, but lot of TCM doctors aren’t even aware of that. We have administered certain combinations to different customers with extremely high success rate, and think more people should should be aware of that. We actually have more followers who are Western doctors than TCM doctors, to be honest. We have some theories, but need some concrete data to back up before we can say things more “scientificly” in Western terms. Hopefully you’ll see an article about that in a few months.
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