JPS61122218A - Tea for health - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:A beverage that is prepared by using at least fruit of Chinese water melon and improved in teste and flavor like a tea, thus increasing health by drinking it everyday. CONSTITUTION:The plant of TOOGAN (Chineses water melon), all parts above the ground other than fruits and seeds are dried, cut into pieces and the pieces are steamed at 98-100 deg.C. Then, they are rolled variously in suitable temperature as tea leaves and prepared, to give TOOGAN tea leaves. They may be combined with other herbal tea such as AMACHAZURU. The resultant tea leaves of TOOGAN are mixed with dried and crushed of the fruit of the plant or its extract to give the objective health tea. EFFECT:Saponins in the fruits are extracted in tea water to show effects of activation of cells and increase of blood circulation, when it is drunk as a tea.f.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) This invention relates to health tea, and its purpose is to improve the health of tea leaves.
To provide a healthy tea that can improve the taste and aroma of tea by using at least the fruit of Casa hispida Cogn, ) as a tea leaf component, and can also improve health by drinking regularly.

(Prior art and its drawbacks) Togan CBen: ncasa hispida Co
gn, ) is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family (Cucurbitaceae).
e) is another name for chili pepper (Japanese chili pepper) and is a closely related species, and the dried mature seeds of this chili pepper have traditionally been used as a diuretic.

However, there has been no technology to utilize the fruits or leaves of chili pepper (Tsugar or kamouri) or even the vine as tea leaves.

The inventors confirmed that saponin components were contained in such conventional winter melon (mature seeds of chili pepper), so they confirmed that other parts, especially above-ground parts such as fruits, leaves, and vines, contained saponin components. It was discovered that winter melon contains about 1.0x of saponin, which is also present in other above-ground parts to the same extent.

In addition, the present invention was achieved by noting that the fruit of the chirpa has a unique fructose-based light sweetness, and if this is used as a tea leaf component, tea water will have a unique flavor and sweetness.

(Solution Means) That is, the present invention
This is related to a health tea characterized by using at least the fruit of Chicana hispida Cogn.), which is made by adding other tea leaf ingredients or tea leaves obtained by roasting the vines or leaves of Chicana vulgare into tea leaves. Adding powder, etc. makes tea water with excellent flavor and unique sweetness, and it is therefore not only extremely effective as tea leaves, but also has health benefits such as the saponin component contained in the ingredients, which enhances activity, promotes metabolism, and increases blood circulation. The present inventors have discovered that the present invention has an excellent effect on increasing the amount of phthalate and have provided this invention.

(Structure of the Invention) The tow gun (Benincasa h) used in this invention
ispida Cogn, ) is an annual vine of the Cucurbitaceae family that is usually cultivated in fields for edible purposes, and its fruit is edible.

This is often the case.

In this invention, this tou gun (Benincasa)
It is desirable to use at least the fruit of 1spida Cogn, ) as an essential ingredient.

However, all above-ground parts (leaves, stems, flowers, etc.) other than the underground parts can be used as effective ingredients in the health tea according to the present invention.

In order to prepare the health tea according to the present invention, first, all the above-ground parts of the chili pepper except for the inner fruit and seeds are dried, and then the shredded leaves are heated at about 98°C to 100°C for several seconds. Steam heat for about 10 seconds.

Next, the mixture was rubbed roughly for several minutes at a temperature of 70°C to 75°C, slightly lower than the above temperature, and then the temperature was further lowered to 5°C.
The tea is gently kneaded for about 20 minutes at 0°C or below, then the temperature is raised slightly, and the tea is carefully kneaded at about 50°C to 60°C for about 30 to 60 minutes.Finally, the tea is dried at 60 to 70°C for 20 to 30 minutes. Prepare first.

In this invention, the tea leaves may be other tea leaves, such as carrot (Daucus carota L,
) may be used according to the above method. Here, the carrot (Daucus carota L) is a biennial plant of the Umbelliferae family that is usually eaten, and its roots are usually eaten.

Furthermore, in the present invention, it is also possible to use other tea leaf components, such as ground components of Jiaogulan, which are made into tea leaves by the above-mentioned method.

Here, Jiaogulan is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family (Gynostenna).
Tentathyllun makino) and related plants of this plant can also be suitably used.

Such chili pepper tea cake, carrot tea cake, and Jiaogulan tea leaves can be used in arbitrary combinations and mixed, respectively, or they can be used alone.

A healthy tea according to the present invention can be obtained by mixing such tea confectionery with a dried and crushed product or an extract of chili pepper fruit.

To make a dried product powder from chili pepper fruit, the chili pepper fruit may be naturally dried and then crushed, but it is most preferable to freeze-dry and crush the chili pepper fruit.

In some cases, the chili pepper fruit is chopped and then crushed, and the crushed product is extracted by heating with ethanol or water at room temperature or low to medium temperature, and an extract is used as a compounding ingredient of the health tea according to the present invention. You can also.

In this case, in the present invention, such chili pepper fruit may be contained as a crushed product in at least 5 to 50 parts per 100 parts of the tea confectionery ingredient.

The health tea according to the present invention is prepared by pouring hot water and making the extracted water drinkable, just like regular tea.

Furthermore, depending on the case, the tea leaves mixed with crushed chili pepper fruit or other ingredients may be finely ground, and the finely ground tea leaves may be mixed with other additives to form granules or other foods. For example, it may be mixed with kutsky, soft drinks, etc. for consumption.

With this invention, such a tougun (Benincasa)
The amount of healthy tea that contains at least the fruit of P. hispida Cogn.) is preferably about 0.5 to 2.0 g per day in terms of chili powder.

There is no particular problem with the upper limit, but if the lower limit is 0.5 g or less, the unique sweetness and flavor that are the special effects of this health tea cannot be exhibited.

(Effects) As detailed above, the health tea according to the present invention is
Enincasa hispida Cogn,) is a health tea that is characterized by using at least the fruit of the fruit, so compared to conventional health teas, it has a unique flavor and a light sweetness, and the fruit content is dissolved in the tea water part by hot water. By drinking tea water containing hot water-soluble components such as saponin components contained in this chili pepper fruit, it is a food that can have health-enhancing effects such as cell activation and blood circulation enhancement.

Next, the effects of this invention will be further clarified by describing Examples and Test Examples.

(Example) 0.81 qr of commercially available dried carrot leaves was prepared, and this dried product was crushed to obtain 0.4 kg of carrot tea confectionery.

At the same time, a tea confection was prepared from the above-ground part of the chili pepper in the same manner as the carrot confection.

Tea leaves 1. 1.5g of red pepper tea leaves, frozen crushed red pepper fruit 005
A tea bag of 2 g per package was prepared.

i Tea leaves 2 Carrot tea leaves 0.5g, Jiaogulan tea confectionery (commercially available) 0
．． 5g,) One package of 2g was prepared, each containing 0.5g of green tea confectionery and 0.5g of frozen and crushed ground whiteberry fruit.

Tea leaves 3 Togan tea leaves 1. One package of 2 g of teapunk was prepared using Og, 0.5 g of carrot tea leaves, and 0.5 g of frozen crushed chili pepper fruit.

The tea confectionery 1.2.3 obtained in the example was divided into 30 men and women aged 10 to 55, and the test results are shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1 (unit: person) 1 1 Good flavor 1 Bad flavor 1 Stiff shoulders, etc. 1 Stiff shoulders, etc. 11
I 1 1 improvement 1 no change 11 tea leaves 1
1 7 1 3 1 6 1 4 11 Tea leaves 21
8 1 2 1 7 l 3 11 tea leaves 31
6 1 4 + 6 1 4 1 As is clear from the above results, it can be seen that the health tea according to the present invention has excellent effects.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Benincasa hispida
Cogn. ) A health tea characterized by using at least the fruits of the following.