Drinking a cup of cinnamon tea in winter warms the body and prevents cancer.
Every morning, you should drink a cup of hot cinnamon tea to help your body feel comfortable, reduce cough, sore throat, cold; kill bacteria; prevent many diseases.
Winter weather makes your body feel cold, your health condition can change. Colds can easily cause flu, cough, runny nose. Therefore, every morning, you should drink a cup of tea with cinnamon to feel your body warmer, reduce symptoms of illness caused by the weather and prevent many chronic diseases including diabetes and cancer.
Specialist Doctor II Huynh Tan Vu - Lecturer of Traditional Medicine Faculty, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City said that cinnamon is a spice in cooking and also an oriental medicine. Since ancient times, people have classified cinnamon into 4 precious medicinal herbs: ginseng, velvet antler, cinnamon, and aconite.
Cinnamon is the bark of the branches and trunk of the cinnamon tree. Ancient books record that cinnamon helps to save the original yang energy that has been cold for a long time, warms the cold spleen and stomach, inhibits liver evils, clears the lungs, treats stiff tendons and bones, strengthens the genitals, nourishes the mind, regulates blood vessels, treats abdominal pain, stops weakness, nourishes the marrow, warms the back and knees, cures rheumatism, coughs with phlegm, boils in the nose, brightens the eyes, and clears all the meridians.
According to the latest research, cinnamon also has the effect of preventing diabetes and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Cinnamon has strong anti-inflammatory properties that help protect cells from damage caused by free radicals, fight inflammation and prevent diseases including cancer.
Cinnamon also helps protect the brain from dementia and cognitive decline, prevents cancer, acne, eliminates bad breath, is good for the skin...
According to nutritionists, cinnamon contains a compound that acts similarly to insulin and helps move blood sugar into cells. This effect lasts up to 12 hours after drinking cinnamon tea, helping people with diabetes reduce blood sugar.
Doctor Vu added that cinnamon has a fragrant, spicy and sweet taste that helps reduce the fishy smell of fish and meat, making the dish more flavorful and stimulating the digestive system. Cinnamon is a spice ingredient in pho, beef noodle soup, cinnamon-flavored cakes, etc. In addition to the fragrant smell that makes the dish more appealing, the essential oil of cinnamon also helps the digestive system fight bacteria, making the dish warmer, eliminating the cold, helping the eater avoid stomach aches.
How to make cinnamon tea is simple, available at home including 1 clean cinnamon branch, 1 small ginger branch, 1 tea bag, 1 rock sugar, a little honey and a lemon slice.
You can add ginger as ginger compounds are known to have anti-bacterial properties. Additionally, the anti-inflammatory benefits of ginger can help relieve muscle pain and headaches.
When cooking, break the cinnamon stick and ginger into small pieces or slice them, put them in a pot, boil them, then simmer for about 15 minutes. When the ginger and cinnamon have released all their essence, add the tea. You can add rock sugar right after pouring the tea into a cup. You should enjoy cinnamon tea in the morning to help prevent seasonal diseases such as runny nose and sore throat./.
