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Some days ago I was sitting out in a cafe with some friends when a community old timer of neighbourhood came by for some friendly hand shakes and courtesy chats. He mentioned that he had some old puer cakes that he worried might have some mould growing on them. He’s in his mid-sixty but look more like seventy and with a fragile breath. Heavy eye bags and puffy sinus areas. Heavy mucus in the throat prevented him from speaking with more clarity. I hoped such phlegm not getting into his air ducts. Such a typical case of what TCM common sense known as weak qi and over dominance of humid evils.
He went to a doctor of standard Western medicine practices. I politely asked him not to drink the puer tea and should look into Guangdong style oolongs. A natural remedy to the humid evils.Sadly most people who boasts of great collections of puer “cakes” are mostly those who also dine extravagantly, smoke heavily, drink too much, stay up too late and exercise way too little. Although it is true that puer helps digestion, but it facilitates absorption as well. Too much nutrients not good for people who rarely needs the energy and protein to build muscle. Good things become bad. More so for people of the southern humid climate.Use puer only occasionally but drink oolong and white peony as your regular tea. Especially for people of such description. Avoid especially such “long” stored “cake” tea. Sign! -
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Sheng puer is good for some people, but definitely not this old gentleman I mentioned. The coldness of this tea would further trap his dampness. He would then develop cold-like symptoms and would be over sensitive to lower temperature and wind. The best solution would be to see a good TCM doctor to first drive out the dampness before any fortification of the qi. Meanwhile he should stay with my tea suggestion, and a healthier life style.
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