亂飲花茶BB不保！花茶仲有咩飲用禁忌？- 陳筠霖

花卉賞心悅目，不少更是「睇得又飲得」，喝花茶近年亦成不少OL和追求健康人士的心水之選。有中醫及營養師都表示，不少花茶都有保健功效，女士飲花茶更可養顏，但飲用時須留意每種花茶的性質，其中孕婦更須特別留意，因如誤飲不適合的花茶，隨時或有早產甚至流產的風險。

花茶助防慢性病 熱量低啱減肥人士

薰衣草茶、茉莉花茶、玫瑰花茶、洋甘菊茶、洛神花茶和桂花茶等都是近年甚受歡迎的花茶，「家營營養中心」營養師、香港營養師學會認可營養師陳筠霖（Krista）表示，花茶具保健養生的作用，適合一般人士飲用；更因花茶的熱量低，減肥人士尤為適合。

玫瑰花茶是其中一種甚受歡迎的花茶，陳指玫瑰花瓣含類黃酮及酚類抗氧化劑，能抵抗身體有害自由基，有助減低患上慢性疾病的風險。至於近年亦大熱的洛神花茶則含有抗氧化物花青素，有助抵抗身體有害自由基，能減慢細胞的衰老和減低患上慢性疾病的風險，它亦含有鐵質，有助身體製造紅血球；有研究更指出，飲用洛神花茶，有機會降低有輕微高血壓人士的血壓。

茉莉花茶紓肚瀉 金菊茶可清熱

註冊中醫師曹瑋雯亦指，不同花茶各有不同的效用，如茉莉花茶屬於性溫，有理氣解鬱、行氣止痛、消炎抗菌的作用，可紓緩肚脹痛及肚瀉的功效，適合壓力性肚痛及肚瀉人士飲用；至於洋金菊則與中國的菊花屬同一科，它性質微寒，功效亦與菊花類似，都有清肝明目、降血壓及可清熱安神的功效；如有風熱感冒、易流眼水及易暴躁人士，都宜飲洋甘菊茶清肝火。

陳筠霖則指，洋甘菊含維他命E及C，有抗氧化功效，能保護細胞減低受自由基的破壞，「維他命C且有助促進皮膚細胞組織健康，有美顏作用。」至於不時被製作成糕品的桂花，曹瑋雯則指桂花性溫，有化痰止咳、暖胃止痛、消除口臭和減輕牙痛等功效。

血壓低勿亂飲 長幼要特別注意

喝花茶看來益處甚多，但飲用前亦有須留意的地方。曹醫師表示，如薰衣草茶雖有鬆弛緊張情緒、紓緩壓力等功效，但薰衣草性涼，會令子宮的平滑肌收縮，孕婦飲薰衣草茶有機會致早產甚至流產。此外，血壓低人士亦不適宜飲用，否則血壓可能更低，「花茶始終只係保健茶唔係藥，要飲好長時間先可能見功效。」

陳筠霖亦表示，洛神花茶會影響藥物的吸收，服食chloroquine人士要避免飲用；而服食血壓藥物的人士亦要注意，以免影響血壓水平的穩定性。此外，孕婦及哺乳媽媽也要注意飲用，因有機會引起腸及胃部等不適。她續指，對花草敏感人士亦須注意，以免引致過敏反應的不適。而草本植物或對小孩及長者等抵抗能力較弱的人士造成刺激，故飲用時亦要留意。

原文：晴報

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四大疏肝解鬱花
問女生是否喜歡收花？大多數都是「口裡說不，身體卻很誠實」。其實心情低落時更加需要收花！下次不妨送自己或朋友「四大疏肝解鬱花」，簡單令人心花怒放，心花日日開！

1. 玫瑰花、月季花
玫瑰花高踞女士想收花排行榜的第一位，與月季花同是疏肝花的重要一員。玫瑰及月季花看上去很像，屬性相約。性溫，具理氣解鬱，和血散瘀的功效，平常用來沖水泡茶，或者用入豆漿、甜品中，皆有活血調經，疏肝解鬱的作用。最適合壓力大，易有氣滯體質的事業型女性。＊注意氣血虛弱者及孕婦慎服。

2. 合歡花
合歡花性平，單是名字已叫人歡喜，遇上胸悶不舒、心情不悅，用少許合歡花泡水喝，就有寧神、鎮靜、舒肝理氣、解鬱安神的功效，如果因為心情憂鬱至失眠，合歡花亦有改善作用。

3. 茉莉花
花色潔白、香氣清雅的茉莉花，是不少人鍾愛的香水味道，從中醫角度來看，茉莉屬性溫，有理氣解鬱的作用，難怪清香的味道叫人著迷，我們上茶樓點叫的「香片」，就是在茶葉上薰以茉莉花香而成。

4. 桂花
桂花花團嬌小，但香氣馥郁，遠遠都可聞到讓人心曠神怡的甜美花香，原來桂花含有揮發性的芳香物質，難怪多用來做甜點、泡茶、浸酒。從中醫角度看，桂花性溫，有安心寧神，暖胃止痛的功效。

飲用花茶小貼士
花茶雖香又有養生功效，但要注意以下飲用禁忌：
・花茶要現泡現喝，避免隔夜
・最好以透明玻璃壼沖泡
・不宜空腹飲用
・飲用量一杯起兩杯止，多喝反會引起胃脹、腹瀉
・選購有信譽商戶購買花茶，怕農藥超標

Four flowers to relieve stress

If you ask a girl if she likes to receive flowers, most will say no even though they do, especially when they are feeling sad. Next time try sending yourself or your friends these four stress relieving flowers!

1. Rose/Chinese Rose
Rose is what most ladies like the most and, like Chinese Rose, it is great for stress relief. They look similar and have similar effects. They are warm in nature, can regulate qi and improve mood as well as dispel bruising. You can make a tea with them or add it into your soy milk or desserts. It is most suitable for those professional working ladies with intense stress and prone to qi stagnation body constitution. Note: those with asthenic qi and blood and those who are pregnant should consume with caution.

2. Albizia flower
Albizia is mild in nature and great for a cup of tea when you feel down as it can calm the mind, release negative moods, and regulate qi. If you are losing sleep due to your emotions, a cup of albizia tea can also help.

3. Jasmine
Jasmine has a refreshing aroma and is white in color, and a lot of people like it for their perfume. From chinese medicine perspective, it is warm in nature and can regulate qi and improve your mood. The scented tea commonly served in restaurants are smoked with Jasmine to achieve the floral fragrance too.

4. Sweet osmanthus
Sweet osmanthus is small but has a powerful aroma that can spread quite a distance. It is most commonly used in desserts, tea, and soaked in wine. It is warm in nature and can calm the mind, warm the stomach to relieve pain.

Tips for drinking floral tea
Floral tea is fragrant and healthy but it is important to note the following:
- try to drink your tea soon and do not store overnight
- use a transparent tea pot to make floral tea
- don't drink it with an empty stomach
- keep to 1-2 cups per day, having too much can lead to abdominal bloating and diarrhea
- buy your floral tea from a reputable seller to avoid high amounts of pesticides

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