Hele mai ke kī keʻokeʻo mai kaʻO Camellia sinensiskanu e like me ke kī ʻeleʻele, ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ke kī oolong. Hoʻokahi ia no nā ʻano kī ʻelima i kapa ʻia nā kī ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ma mua o ka wehe ʻana o nā lau keʻokeʻo, ʻohi ʻia nā ʻōpuʻu no ka hana ʻana i ke kī keʻokeʻo. Uhi ʻia kēia mau ʻōpuʻu e nā lauoho keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi, e hāʻawi i ko lākou inoa i ke kī. ʻOhi nui ʻia ke kī keʻokeʻo ma ka moku Fujian o Kina, akā aia kekahi mau mea hana ma Sri Lanka, India, Nepal a me Thailand.
ʻOke ʻana
No nā lau o ka mea kanu like ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā kī ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻelua mau mea: ka terroir (ka ʻāina kahi i ulu ai ka mea kanu) a me ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO kekahi o nā ʻokoʻa i ke kaʻina hana o kēlā me kēia kī maoli ʻo ka nui o ka manawa i ʻae ʻia nā lau e oxidize. Hiki i nā haku kī ke ʻōwili, ʻokiʻoki, kālua, ahi a me nā lau mahu e kōkua ai i ke kaʻina hana hoʻokahe.
E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia, ʻo ke kī keʻokeʻo ka mea liʻiliʻi loa i hana ʻia o nā kī maoli a no laila ʻaʻole e loaʻa i kahi kaʻina oxidation lōʻihi. ʻOkoʻa me ka lōʻihi o ka oxidation kaʻina o ke kī ʻeleʻele, e hopena i ka ʻeleʻele a me ka momona o ka waihoʻoluʻu, maloʻo wale a maloʻo nā kī keʻokeʻo i ka lā a i ʻole kahi kaiapuni e mālama ai i ke ʻano hou o ka māla.
ʻAno ʻono
Ma muli o ka hoʻohana liʻiliʻi ʻia ʻana o ke kī keʻokeʻo, loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻano ʻono maikaʻi me ka hopena palupalu a me ka waihoʻoluʻu melemele ʻeleʻele. He ʻono iki kona. Ke hoʻoinu pono ʻia, ʻaʻohe ona ʻono a ʻawaʻawa paha. Nui nā ʻano ʻokoʻa like ʻole, nā huaʻai, nā mea kanu, nā mea ʻala a me nā pua pua.
Nā ʻano kī keʻokeʻo
ʻElua ʻano nui o ke kī keʻokeʻo: Silver Needle a me White Peony. Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mau kī keʻokeʻo ʻē aʻe me ka Long Life Eyebrow a me Tribute Eyebrow me nā kī keʻokeʻo artistanal e like me Ceylon White, African White a me Darjeeling White. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Silver Needle a me White Peony ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa i ka wā e pili ana i ka maikaʻi.
Needle Kālā (Bai Hao Yinzhen)
ʻO ke ʻano ʻano Silver Needle ke kī keʻokeʻo maikaʻi loa. Aia nā ʻōpuʻu kala kala wale nō ma kahi o 30 mm ka lōʻihi a hāʻawi i ka ʻono māmā a me ka ʻono. Hana ʻia ke kī me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lau ʻōpiopio o ke kumulāʻau kī. ʻO ke kī keʻokeʻo Silver Needle he ʻala gula, ʻala pua a me ke kino lāʻau.
Peony Keʻokeʻo (Bai Mu Dan)
ʻO White Peony ka lua o ke kī keʻokeʻo kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a loaʻa kahi hui o nā ʻōpuʻu a me nā lau. Ma ka laulā, hana ʻia ka White Peony me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lau ʻelua. ʻOi aku ka ikaika o ka ʻono o ka peony kī ma mua o ke ʻano Needle Silver. Hoʻohui ʻia nā mea ʻono paʻakikī me ka manaʻo o ke kino piha a me ka pau ʻana o ka nutty. Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia kī keʻokeʻo he kūʻai kālā maikaʻi ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana me Silver Needle no ka mea ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a hāʻawi mau i kahi ʻono hou a paʻa. ʻOi aku ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ke gula keʻokeʻo peony ma mua o ke kumu kūʻai.
Nā Pono Ola o ke kī keʻokeʻo
1. Ola Ola
He nui ka poʻe e hakakā nei me ka ʻili ʻole e like me ka ʻeʻe, nā kīnā a me ka wehe ʻana. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia mau maʻi ʻili ʻaʻole pilikia a hoʻoweliweli paha i ke ola, hoʻonāukiuki mau lākou a hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka hilinaʻi. Hiki i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokō i kahi hiʻohiʻona e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā waiwai antiseptic a me nā antioxidant.
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi a ke Kulanui ʻo Kinsington ma Lākana e hiki i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke pale aku i nā ʻili mai ka pōʻino i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka hydrogen peroxide a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kī keʻokeʻo waiwai nui o Antioxidant e kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā radical manuahi e hiki ai ke alakaʻi i nā hōʻailona o ka ʻelemakule mua me ka pigmentation a me nā wrinkles. Hiki i nā mea anti-inflammatory o nā antioxidants kī keʻokeʻo ke kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka ʻulaʻula a me ka mumū i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā maʻi ʻili e like me ka eczema a i ʻole dandruff (1).
No ka mea ma muli o ka hoʻohaumia ʻana a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā radical manuahi, inu i ke kīʻaha kī keʻokeʻo hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha i kēlā me kēia lā hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ʻili. ʻO kahi ʻē aʻe, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ke kī keʻokeʻo ma ke ʻano he holoi hoʻomaʻemaʻe pololei ma ka ʻili. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kau i kahi ʻeke kī keʻokeʻo ma luna o nā wahi pilikia e wikiwiki ai ka hoʻōla.
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina 2005 e Pastore Formulations e hiki i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke kōkua i ka poʻe i loaʻa i nā maʻi ʻili e like me ka rosacea a me psoriasis. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia kēia i ka epigallocatechin gallate i loko o ke kī keʻokeʻo e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i nā cell hou i loko o ka epidermis (2).
Loaʻa i ke kī keʻokeʻo ka nui o nā phenols, hiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka collagen a me ka elastin e hāʻawi i kahi ʻano maʻalahi a ʻoi aku ka ʻōpio i ka ʻili. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia mau protein ʻelua i ka hana ʻana i ka ʻili ikaika a me ka pale ʻana i nā wrinkles a hiki ke loaʻa i nā ʻano huahana mālama ʻili.
2. Kāohi ʻana i ke kanesa
Ua hōʻike nā haʻawina i ka pilina paʻa ma waena o nā kī maoli a me ka hiki ke pale a mālama paha i ka maʻi kanesa. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paʻa nā haʻawina, ʻo nā pono olakino o ka inu ʻana i ke kī keʻokeʻo e pili nui ana i nā antioxidants a me nā polyphenols ma ke kī. Hiki i nā antioxidants i loko o ke kī keʻokeʻo ke kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka RNA a pale i ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā cell genetic e alakaʻi i ka maʻi kanesa.
Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina ma 2010 he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā antioxidants i ke kī keʻokeʻo i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa ma mua o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Ua hoʻohana nā mea noiʻi i ke kī keʻokeʻo e hoʻopaʻa i nā maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi i loko o ka lab a ua hōʻike ʻia nā hopena i ka make cell-dependent cell. ʻOiai e hoʻomau ʻia ana nā haʻawina, hōʻike kēia mau hopena e hiki i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā maʻi maʻi maʻi a hiki ke kōkua i ka make ʻana o nā cell mutated (3).
3. Hoʻemi kaumaha
No nā kānaka he nui, ʻoi aku ka lilo ʻana o ke kaumaha ma mua o ka hana ʻana i kahi hoʻoholo makahiki hou; he paʻakikī maoli ka hoʻokahe ʻana i nā paona a ola lōʻihi a olakino. ʻO ka momona kekahi o nā mea kōkua nui i ka pōkole o ke ola a ʻoi aku ka lilo o ke kaumaha ma luna o nā mea nui o ka poʻe.
Hiki i ka inu ʻana i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokō i kāu mau pahuhopu hoʻemi kaumaha ma o ke kōkua ʻana i kou kino e hoʻopaʻa pono i nā meaʻai me ka maʻalahi a hoʻohemo maʻalahi i nā paona ma ka wikiwiki ʻana i ka metabolism. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi Kelemania i ka makahiki 2009 hiki i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke kōkua i ka puhi ʻana i ka momona o ke kino i mālama ʻia me ka pale ʻana i ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā mea momona hou. Hiki i nā Catechins i loaʻa i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke hoʻoikaika i nā kaʻina hana digestive a kōkua i ka pohō kaumaha (4).
4. Ola lauoho
ʻAʻole wale ke kī keʻokeʻo maikaʻi no ka ʻili, hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka lauoho olakino. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka antioxidant i kapa ʻia epigallocatechin gallate e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho a pale i ka nalowale o ka lauoho. Ua hōʻike pū ʻo EGCG i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki i ka wā e mālama ai i nā maʻi ʻili o ke poʻo i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka bacteria i kū kūʻē i nā lāʻau maʻamau (5).
Mālama maoli ke kī keʻokeʻo i ka pōʻino o ka lā, hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka lauoho mai ka maloʻo ʻana i nā mahina kauwela. Hiki i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻālohilohi maoli o ka lauoho a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i luna ma ke ʻano he shampoo inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei e hoʻonui i ka ʻālohilohi.
5. Hoʻonui i ka mālie, ka nānā a me ka makaʻala
Loaʻa i ke kī keʻokeʻo ka manaʻo kiʻekiʻe o ka L-theanine ma waena o nā kī maoli. ʻIke ʻia ʻo L-theanine no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka makaʻala a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka lolo ma ke kāohi ʻana i nā mea hoʻonāukiuki hiki ke alakaʻi i ka overactivity. Ma ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā mea hoʻoulu i ka lolo, hiki i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaha me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka manaʻo (6).
Ua hōʻike pū kēia hui kemika i nā pono olakino maikaʻi i ka wā e pili ana i ka hopohopo. Paipai ʻo L-theanine i ka hana ʻana o ka neurotransmitter GABA, nona nā hopena hoʻomaha kūlohelohe. ʻO ka ʻāpana maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka inu ʻana i ke kī keʻokeʻo hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻiliʻili i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka makaʻala me ka ʻole o nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka hiamoe a i ʻole ka hōʻino ʻana e hiki mai ana me nā lāʻau hoʻoweliweli.
Loaʻa i ke kī keʻokeʻo kahi mea liʻiliʻi o ka caffeine e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kou lā a i ʻole e hāʻawi i kahi koho-me-up i ke ahiahi. Ma ka awelika, loaʻa i ke kī keʻokeʻo ma kahi o 28 mg o ka caffeine i kēlā me kēia kīʻaha 8-auneke. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka awelika 98 mg i loko o ke kīʻaha kofe a emi iki ma mua o ka 35 mg i ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka caffeine, hiki iā ʻoe ke inu i nā kīʻaha kī keʻokeʻo i kēlā me kēia lā me ka ʻole o nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i loaʻa i nā kīʻaha kofe ikaika. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ʻekolu a ʻehā mau kīʻaha i ka lā a ʻaʻole hopohopo e pili ana i ka manaʻo jittery a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka insomnia.
6. Ola Ola
Loaʻa i ke kī keʻokeʻo nā kiʻekiʻe o nā flavonoids, tannins a me nā fluoride e kōkua i nā niho e noho olakino a ikaika. ʻIke nui ʻia ʻo Fluoride ma ke ʻano he mea hana e pale ai i ka pala niho a loaʻa pinepine ʻia i loko o nā niho niho. ʻO nā tannins a me nā flavonoids e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ke kūkulu ʻana o ka plaque i hiki ke hoʻopōʻino i nā niho a me nā lua.7).
Hāʻawi ke kī keʻokeʻo i nā waiwai antiviral a me antibacterial e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā niho a me nā ʻāʻī. No ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pono olakino niho o ke kī keʻokeʻo, makemake ʻoe e inu ʻelua a ʻehā mau kīʻaha i kēlā me kēia lā a hoʻihoʻi hou i nā ʻeke kī no ka unuhi ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā antioxidants.
7. Kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka maʻi maʻi ma muli o nā ʻano genetic a me ke ʻano o ka nohona a ke ulu nei ka pilikia i kēia ao hou. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, nui nā ala e hoʻoponopono ai a hoʻopaʻa i ka maʻi diabetes a ʻo ke kī keʻokeʻo kekahi o lākou.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā Catechins i ke kī keʻokeʻo a me nā antioxidants ʻē aʻe e kōkua i ka pale a hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi type 2. Hoʻohana maikaʻi ke kī keʻokeʻo e kāohi i ka hana o ka enzyme amylase e hōʻailona ana i ka komo ʻana o ka glucose i loko o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi.
I ka poʻe me ka maʻi maʻi type 2, hoʻohiolo kēia enzyme i nā starch i nā kō a hiki ke alakaʻi i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kō koko. Hiki i ka inu ʻana i ke kī keʻokeʻo ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēlā mau spike ma ke kāohi ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ka amylase.
Ma kahi noiʻi Kina i ka makahiki 2011, ua ʻike nā kānaka ʻepekema ʻo ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i ke kī keʻokeʻo i hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka glucose koko e 48 pakeneka a hoʻonui i ka huna ʻana o ka insulin. Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ka haʻawina ʻo ka inu ʻana i ke kī keʻokeʻo i kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka polydipsia, ʻo ia ka makewai nui i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā maʻi e like me ka maʻi diabetes (8).
8. Hoʻemi i ka ʻā
ʻO nā catechins a me nā polyphenols i loko o ke kī keʻokeʻo e haʻaheo i nā waiwai anti-inflammatory e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻeha. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi holoholona Kepani i paʻi ʻia ma ka MSSE Journal ua kōkua nā catechins i loaʻa i ke kī keʻokeʻo i ka hoʻōla wikiwiki ʻana o ka ʻiʻo a me ka emi ʻana o ka hōʻino ʻana i ka ʻiʻo.9).
Hoʻomaikaʻi ke kī keʻokeʻo i ke kahe a hāʻawi i ka oxygen i ka lolo a me nā kino. Ma muli o kēia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kī keʻokeʻo i ka mālama ʻana i nā poʻo liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻeha a me nā ʻeha mai ka hana ʻana.