Tea and tea drinking: China’s outstanding contributions to the mankind

Abstract Background Tea trees originated in southwest China 60 million or 70 million years ago. Written records show that Chinese ancestors had begun drinking tea over 3000 years ago. Nowadays, with the aging of populations worldwide and more people suffering from non-communicable diseases or poor h...

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Main Authors: Si-Yuan Pan, Qu Nie, Hai-Chuan Tai, Xue-Lan Song, Yu-Fan Tong, Long-Jian-Feng Zhang, Xue-Wei Wu, Zhao-Heng Lin, Yong-Yu Zhang, Du-Yun Ye, Yi Zhang, Xiao-Yan Wang, Pei-Li Zhu, Zhu-Sheng Chu, Zhi-Ling Yu, Chun Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:Chinese Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13020-022-00571-1