What tea helps you sleep

Drinking tea is a way to help sleep, but not all teas work. You need to choose the right tea and drink it correctly to help sleep; otherwise it will only aggravate insomnia. So, what tea helps you sleep at night?

Whether it is black tea or green tea, both of them have both the functions of "refreshing" and "soothing". The key depends on how to drink: different times and methods of drinking have different effects.

You can drink the following teas to help sleep：

Black tea

Black tea is a kind of fully fermented tea. After the process of "curing", the content of tea polyphenols is reduced, and the irritation to the stomach is also reduced, so it is suitable for drinking at night. Especially for people with weakened spleen and stomach, adding some milk when drinking black tea can warm the stomach to a certain extent.

Ripe Pu-erh tea

After eating three meals, the body will accumulate some fatty food in the digestive system. Drinking some ripe Pu-erh tea after dinner will help decompose the fat. It not only warms the stomach but also helps digestion and fat loss. Ripe Pu-erh is a kind of post-fermented tea. The tea soup is more warm and mellow. Drinking ripe Pu-erh has many benefits. 

What tea helps you sleep?

Of course, there are many other choices such as some herbal teas that help you sleep:

1. If you have symptoms such as upset, insomnia, emotional agitation, or sudden sweating, sores in your mouth and tongue, etc., you can use substitute teas like gardenia, Lily and wild chrysanthemum achieve the effect of refreshing, reducing fire, calming the mind and calming the mind.

2. If accompanied by symptoms such as palpitation, fatigue, or night hot flashes, night sweats, etc., presumably you're suffering from heart-yin deficiency, inflammation and loss of mind, you can use jujube, medlar, wild jujube and other tea to nourish the yin, clear the internal heart and soothe the nerves.

Tips for drinking tea in the evening: 

When the tea leaves are brewed for about 3 minutes, most of the caffeine in the tea has been dissolved in the tea infusion. Drinking such tea has obvious refreshing effect and makes people excited. If you are worried about insomnia, don't drink the first brew of tea soup, let alone strong tea! Drink lighter tea to avoid caffeine. Instead, drink tea with a sweetish taste, which contains many theanine. It is scientifically proven that theanine is better for sleep than sleeping pills without any side effects. And drink more fermented tea.