普洱茶以发酵不同分为生茶和熟茶两种。普洱熟茶，是以云南大叶种晒青毛茶为原料，经过渥堆发酵等工艺加工而成的茶。色泽褐红，滋味纯和，具有独特的陈香。
普洱熟茶茶性温和，有养胃，护胃，暖胃，降血脂、减肥等保健功能。
 
普洱茶同时具有清热、消暑、解毒、消食、去腻、利水、通便、祛痰、祛风解表、止咳生津、益气、延年益寿等功效.这些说法姑妄听之,毕竟把茶当药还是需要一些加工过程的. 现代医学对普洱茶功效的研究得出的结论则更为夸张,即普洱茶有暖胃、减肥、降脂、防止动脉硬化、防止冠心病、降血压、抗衰老、抗癌、降血糖、抑菌消炎、减轻烟毒、减轻重金属毒、抗辐射、防龋齿、明目、助消化、抗毒、预防便秘、解酒等20多项功效,而其中暖胃、减肥、降脂、防止动脉硬化、防止冠心病、降血压、抗衰老、抗癌、降血糖的功效尤为突出.
 
Pu'er tea is divided into raw tea and cooked tea by fermentation. Pu'er cooked tea is made from Yunnan big leaf seed sun-green tea as raw material and processed through the fermentation process of glutinous rice. The color is brownish red, the taste is pure, and it has a unique fragrance.
Pu'er cooked tea is mild in nature, and has health functions such as nourishing the stomach, protecting the stomach, warming the stomach, lowering blood fat and losing weight.
 
Pu'er tea also has the functions of clearing heat, cooling off heat, detoxifying, digesting, getting tired, benefiting water, laxative, phlegm, phlegm and blood stasis, relieving cough and spleen, replenishing qi, prolonging life and so on. These sayings are a must, after all, it is still necessary to take tea as medicine. The conclusion of modern medical research on the efficacy of Pu'er tea is more exaggerated, that is, Pu'er tea has warm stomach, lose weight, lower fat, prevent arteriosclerosis, prevent coronary heart disease, lower blood pressure, anti-aging, anti-cancer, More than 20 effects such as blood sugar lowering, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, reducing tobacco poisoning, reducing heavy metal toxicity, anti-radiation, anti-caries, eyesight, digestion, anti-drug, constipation prevention, and hangover, among which warm stomach, weight loss, lipid-lowering It is especially effective in preventing arteriosclerosis, preventing coronary heart disease, lowering blood pressure, anti-aging, anti-cancer and lowering blood sugar.