What tea to drink for detoxification and bowel cleansing?

In fact, there is no special tea that can "detoxify". The finished tea bags on the market that are said to be able to cleanse the stool and detoxify the intestines after drinking them are most likely to be added with stimulating laxatives. If you really eat too much and have accumulated food, and occasionally have difficulty defecating, just choose warm fermented tea or light grain or herbal tea. There is no need to pursue the "miraculous effect" of having diarrhea after drinking it.

Last year, Xiao Zhou, an administrative girl from our company, stocked up on three boxes of internet-famous intestinal cleansing tea in order to slim down her belly before taking wedding photos. She brewed two packets of it a day and drank it. She did run to the toilet frequently in the first two days. She also flattered us and told us that she excreted a lot of "black stool toxins". However, on the fifth day after drinking it, she developed acute gastroenteritis. She suffered from vomiting and diarrhea and died in the hospital for two days. In Tianshui, the gastroenterologist gave her a popular science on the spot. Most of the teas used to cleanse the intestines after drinking are added with irritating ingredients such as senna and rhubarb, which stimulate the intestinal mucosa to force defecation. It does not remove toxins at all. Long-term drinking can cause intestinal dysfunction in mild cases. In severe cases, it may induce melanosis of the colon, which in turn aggravates constipation.

I myself believed in the idea of ​​intestinal cleansing tea before. After going through the trap, I talked with friends in the nutrition department and realized that the "intestinal toxins" everyone talks about are essentially food residues and metabolic wastes that are not excreted in time. As long as you have normal bowel movements, they can be metabolized out, and there is no need for additional "cleansing". If I've been eating too much oil and too much food recently, and I feel a bit bloated and have uncomfortable bowel movements, I usually just make a cup of warm cooked Pu'er or roasted barley tea. Last week, I ate late-night snacks for three days in a row, with barbecue and red oil skewers, and my stomach was so bloated that I couldn't even sit down. I was so panicked that I didn’t dare to look for intestinal cleansing products. I brewed a cup of Danshupu half an hour after a meal and drank it warmly. Within half an hour, I felt that most of the bloating in my stomach had dissipated. My bowel movements were smooth the next morning, and I didn’t have the feeling of collapse like diarrhea at all.

Some friends prefer to drink light lotus leaf tea and cassia seed tea. They say that if you drink it in summer, it is refreshing, especially after eating hot pot or iced drinks, and you will not accumulate food. However, the Chinese medicine doctors I know also have a different view. These ingredients are cold, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency who are afraid of cold and have stomach upset after eating something cold are best not to touch them. Drinking too much will damage the transportation ability of the spleen and stomach. Not to mention clearing the intestines, even normal digestion is prone to problems.

All in all, tea is at most an auxiliary function. If you really want your intestines to be comfortable, drinking more warm water and eating more green leafy vegetables and grains are better than anything else. If you really have difficulty defecating for several days in a row, it is more reliable to go to the doctor directly. Don't drink messy intestinal cleansing tea and torment your stomach.