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by Kim Bong Hyun & Lee Jase Sung
(Grade 2,1 Writer)
How about a cup of Korean herbal medicine tea?
It is not only natural and easy to reach in daily life, but it is also very healthy. Each tea made with a different kind of herbal medicines show its own characteristics. Have the joy of curing yourself with tea when you would ordinarily have gone to your doctor for a check-up.
*Milk vetch root tea
Milk vetch root(Hwang Ki) tea is the most famous Korean Medicine tea. It controls sweating and urination. Due to these properties, it is used as a cure for diabetes. Having no strength in muscles and sweating all over are sign of weakened Ki and body. Milk vetch root reduces sweating and strengthens the skin. It also helps get rid of pus and soothes swelling. It is even better than Ginseng in helping the body grow new flesh. It also has effects on chronical weariness, insomnia and improving health.
*Job's tears tea
The first thing that happens to you when you drink Job's tears tea, is that you lose your appetite. It sooths swelling and stops diarrhea. It shows good effect on soothing swellings in the limbs. Job's tears contains balanced amount of protein and carbohydrates. It also contains a lot of Vitamin B, niacin, calcium and iron. It helps improve skin problems such as pimples, acne, freckles etc.
* Mandarine orange skin tea
Fix tea with 3g~12g per serving. It helps circulation in the body. It is good for digesting problems and excreting difficulties. It cools down body heat so it is good for people who gorge themselves when stressed.
*Hawthorn tree fruit tea(Wild apple tea)
Helps the spleen and stomach digest food. It shows great effect on helping digesting fat and protein. It dissolves extravasated blood and reduces pain. It can be used as a cure for diarrhea if used fried. It reduces blood pressure and removes cholesterol and fat from the blood. Do not intake if you have excess acid in the stomach.
*Corn silk tea
Put 10g of corn silk in 500cc of water and boil with strong heat. Weaken the fire when it starts to boil. Do not intake large amount at the first time and increase the amount gradually. It has mild diuresis effect and is good for swelling.
How About Some Food?
Besides exercise, eating habit also plays a big role when losing weight. Here are some of the natural food not only good for health but also good for dieting.
| Rough rice |
It's hard skin stimulates the intestine, so it helps the digestion, alleviates constipation |
| Black bean |
Activates the function of kidney.
Slims down the lower abdomen.
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| Job's tear(Adlai) |
Ease urination.
Soothes inflammation
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| Red Pepper |
Capsaicin helps dissolve fat faster.
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| Tomato |
Contains low sugar, low calory.
Supplies much vitamin and makes you forget hunger.
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| SeaWeed |
By vitalizing the body's metabolism, it gives off energy with little calory. |
| Ginger |
Vitalize the body's metabolism. |
| Bean Curd |
Saponin and Lecithin control the rate of cholesterol.
Contains plenty of mineral and calcium.
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When on a diet, one should reduce the intake of fat. The chart below shows the recommendation of how to do so.
Fried food(ex: potato, egg...)⇒Steamed food
Roast, Perched food⇒Raw food
Cream soup⇒Vegetable soup
1 piece of pie, cake⇒1 loaf of bread
Ice cream⇒Sherbet
Biscuit, Pop corn⇒MaizeFried
chicken⇒Chicken cooked by electric heat
steak⇒Roast meat
When you are on a weight watch, you don't have to starve yourself. You can eat various foods even including your favorite meat dishes! Just take care of how you cook them. Deep frying and heavy seasonings are out and steaming and habits of eating them raw is definitely in!
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