Lau Ti

ʻO nā lau kī, i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ke kī, ma ke ʻano he mau lau a me nā ʻōpuʻu o ka lāʻau kī.ʻO nā mea kīʻaha he mau polyphenols tea, amino acids, catechins, caffeine, moisture, ash, etc., he mea maikaʻi ia no ke olakino.ʻO nā mea inu kī i hana ʻia mai nā lau kī kekahi o nā mea inu nui ʻekolu o ka honua.

Kumu mōʻaukala

ʻOi aku ma mua o 6000 mau makahiki i hala, ua hoʻomaka nā kūpuna i noho ma Tianluo Mountain, Yuyao, Zhejiang, e kanu i nā kumulāʻau kī.ʻO ka mauna ʻo Tianluo ka wahi mua loa i kanu ʻia ai nā kumulāʻau kī ma Kina, i ʻike ʻia e ka archeology.

Ma hope o ka hoʻohui ʻana o Emperor Qin iā Kina, ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i ka hoʻololi waiwai ma waena o Sichuan a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, a ua laha mālie ke kanu kī a me ka inu kī mai Sichuan a i waho, a hoʻolaha mua i ka muliwai ʻo Yangtze.

Mai ka hope o Western Han Dynasty a hiki i nā Aupuni ʻEkolu, ua hoʻomohala ʻia ke kī i mea inu waiwai o ka ʻaha.

Mai ka Western Jin Dynasty a hiki i ka Sui Dynasty, ua lilo ke kī i mea inu maʻamau.Ke hoʻonui nei hoʻi nā moʻolelo e pili ana i ka inu kī, ua lilo ke kī i mea inu maʻamau.
I ke kenekulia 5, ua kaulana ka inu kī ma ka ʻākau.Ua laha i ke komohana akau i ke ono a me ka hiku o na keneturi.Me ka laha nui ʻana o ka inu kī, ua piʻi koke ka inu kī, a mai ia manawa mai, ua lilo ke kī i mea inu kaulana o nā lāhui a pau ma Kina.

Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Lu Yu (728-804) o ka mōʻī Tang i ka "Tea Classics": "He mea inu ke kī, no ka ʻohana Shennong, a lohe ʻia e Lu Zhougong."I ke au o Shennong (ma kahi o 2737 BC), ua ʻike ʻia nā kumulāʻau kī.Hiki i nā lau hou ke detoxify.Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo "Shen Nong's Materia Medica": "ʻono ʻo Shen Nong i hoʻokahi haneli mau mea kanu, hālāwai me 72 mau lāʻau ʻawaʻawa i ka lā, a loaʻa ke kī e hoʻomaha ai."Hōʻike kēia i ke kumu o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kī no ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā maʻi i ka wā kahiko, e hōʻike ana ua hoʻohana ʻo Kina i ke kī no ka liʻiliʻi o ʻehā tausani makahiki o ka mōʻaukala.

No nā moʻokūʻauhau Tang a me Song, ua lilo ke kī i mea inu kaulana e "hiki ʻole i nā kānaka ke ola me ka ʻole."