Why can herbal tea become Guangdong people's "life-sustaining water"?

This is really a magical existence! Because not only the function of reducing fire is famous, but also Guangdong's "all-purpose living water" is too angry, and it hurts to stay up late. Of course, the "herbal tea" here is not literally "herbal tea"

"Cool" in Guangdong herbal tea means "clearing heat and purging fire". "Tea" is not the tea we usually drink, but the "tea" made of cool Chinese herbal medicines. The efficacy varies with the ingredients, but most of them are mainly clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, nourishing yin and reducing fire. In short, in the hot summer, honeysuckle, twenty-four flavors and summer sangju ... are the lifeblood of Cantonese people. Only when they gulp down herbal tea will they feel warm. In short, as long as it is not an incurable disease, nothing can't be solved by a cup of herbal tea all year round!

Lingnan area is located in subtropical zone, with hot and humid climate. Under such hot and humid conditions, it is difficult to discharge the "internal heat" of the body, which makes people prone to symptoms such as "sleepy in spring, lack of summer, and dryness in autumn". At the same time, as far as soil and water are concerned, the water in Guangdong is wet and hot, and may even be a little dry. Cantonese is completely useless when northerners need to "drink more hot water" when they are sick. It is best to boil herbal tea to clear away heat and reduce fire and nourish the body.

In addition, I believe many people also know that Cantonese people like to eat everything and there are many kinds of food ... Why do Cantonese people like to drink herbal tea so much? Even those small shops that are not very eye-catching will make friends in other places doubt whether it really works. Perhaps the efficacy of herbal tea is not as magical as the legendary cure for all diseases, but behind a small bowl of herbal tea, it is more the persistence and efforts of craftsmen, and drinking herbal tea in Guangdong is more like a habit and feeling. "autumn and winter prevent autumn dryness, spring and summer dispel summer dampness", it is essential to nourish yin and reduce fire with herbal tea all year round ~