Can people with spleen-stomach deficiency cold drink buckwheat tea?
Feb 07, 2025
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Zhang Xiuhong
Introduction
Patients with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold should not drink buckwheat tea, as it may easily worsen their discomfort. When choosing tea beverages, patients with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold should avoid cold-natured teas such as buckwheat tea and green tea. In daily diet, patients should keep warm, avoid raw, cold, or greasy foods, and consume more warm-natured, easily digestible nourishing foods such as Chinese yam, red dates, and ginger to help regulate spleen and stomach function.
Generally, individuals with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold should avoid drinking buckwheat tea, as it may easily worsen discomfort. Detailed explanation is as follows:
Stomach deficiency-cold is a syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), characterized by deficient spleen and stomach yang qi and excessive internal cold. It is usually caused by factors such as dietary imbalance, excessive consumption of raw and cold foods, overexertion, and so on. Buckwheat tea is made from buckwheat seeds and contains various nutrients, including flavonoids, cellulose, and amino acids. However, buckwheat tea is inherently cold in nature, classifying it as a cold-natured food. For individuals with spleen and stomach deficiency, consuming buckwheat tea may exacerbate symptoms of spleen and stomach cold deficiency, leading to worsened indigestion, diarrhea, and other issues, which are detrimental to recovery.
Patients with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold should avoid consuming cold-natured teas, such as buckwheat tea and green tea, when selecting beverages. In daily life, patients should keep warm, avoid consuming raw, cold, or greasy foods, and eat more warm-nourishing foods that are easy to digest, such as Chinese yam, red dates, and ginger, to help regulate spleen and stomach function.
