Can tea oil have anti-inflammatory effects?
Tea oil is rich in nutrients and has excellent effects, helping to improve eyesight and brighten skin, protect against sunburn and wrinkles, and promote bowel movement, making it popular among people. Can tea oil be used to relieve inflammation?
In general, tea oil can relieve inflammation. Tea oil contains a lot of tea polyphenols and squalene, which can help relieve inflammation and kill bacteria, and promote cell repair. Let's take a closer look!
Can tea oil relieve inflammation?
Tea oil has anti-inflammatory properties.
According to "Compendium of Materia Medica," tea oil has the effects of "improving eyesight and brightening skin, promoting bowel movement and relieving constipation, clearing heat and dehumidifying, and killing insects and detoxifying."According to "Chinese Medical Treasure," externally applied tea oil can treat skin diseases, repel insects, remove warts, and protect against sunburn and wrinkles. According to "Treasure Collection," "Tea oil can promote bowel movement, clear the stomach, detoxify, and kill bacteria..." This shows that tea oil's medicinal value of relieving inflammation was discovered in ancient times. It has good anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects for abrasions and injuries.
Why can tea oil relieve inflammation?
Tea oil has anti-inflammatory properties, which is mainly due to two components in mountain tea oil.
Squalene
Studies have shown that tea oil contains a physiological active component called squalene. Squalene is a non-soap-based lipid that promotes blood circulation, activates body cells, helps relieve inflammation and kill bacteria, and repairs cells. It can prevent and treat bacterial infections such as colds, skin diseases, and ear, nose, and throat infections.
Tea polyphenols
Tea oil is also rich in tea polyphenols and other bioactive substances, which have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties, and can eliminate the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation from sunlight. Tea polyphenols, especially flavonoids, can stimulate the dilation of renal blood vessels, increase blood flow to the kidneys, and increase the filtration rate of the glomeruli, allowing lactic acid to be excreted in the urine. Lactic acid in the muscles and tissues of the human body is a fatigue-inducing substance. Excreting lactic acid can help restore fatigued muscles.
How to use tea oil to relieve inflammation?
Externally
Apply 1-2 drops of tea oil to the affected area with a medical cotton swab. It can relieve inflammation and kill bacteria, and promote wound healing.
Internally
If there is inflammation in the body, you can take a spoonful of tea oil directly to improve it. You can also cook with tea oil and mix it with noodles.
Other benefits of tea oil
1. Long-term consumption of tea oil can lower cholesterol in the human body, and has obvious effects on high blood pressure, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and obesity.
2. Tea oil can moisturize the skin and has beautifying and skin-care effects.
3. The absorption rate of tea oil is above 99%, which can improve the absorption function of the intestines and stomach, especially for postpartum recovery, it has a good health effect.
4. Add a little tea oil to the water when washing your hair, or apply tea oil to your hair after washing, which can also have a hair-care effect.
5. Babies' skin is delicate, and using tea oil can effectively prevent babies' skin from being damaged by urine and sweat, and improve babies' red bottoms.
