It is said that the dog days are given by the air conditioner, and it is really unbearable to leave the air conditioner on a hot day. Moreover, there are very long "dog days" this year, from July 1 1 to August 19, ***40 days! During this period, everyone must drink more water, pay attention to prevent high temperature and reduce summer heat.
Here are some summer teas that I often use for your reference:
Lotus leaf tea:
Lotus leaf tastes bitter and flat, smells fragrant, can dispel summer evil, and has a certain spleen-strengthening effect. Lotus leaves and lotus stems can be put into a teacup together, brewed with boiling water, and can be drunk later. Lotus leaf has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting hair growth and clearing yang, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling, but it is rarely used by people with weak spleen and stomach and weak qi and blood.
Bamboo leaf tea:
Bamboo leaves are sweet and light in taste and cold in nature. As medicine, it enters the heart, lungs and stomach meridians. Soaking bamboo leaves in water has the effects of clearing heat and removing dampness, promoting fluid production and diuresis. Especially for those with sores on the mouth, lips and tongue and less red urine. However, people with frequent urination and cold constitution should use it with caution.
Chrysanthemum tea:
Chrysanthemum is cold and enters the liver meridian. Drinking chrysanthemum tea regularly can clear liver heat and calm liver yang, and is often used to treat symptoms such as hyperactivity of liver yang, headache and dizziness. It can clear liver, improve eyesight, clear away heat and toxic materials, and disperse wind and heat. Use with caution in patients with qi deficiency, stomach cold, anorexia and diarrhea, and cold and cold.
Chrysanthemum tea should not be eaten with pork. Drink chrysanthemum tea instead of pork. Raw meat will aggravate phlegm-dampness in the body, while chrysanthemum tea has a weak function of moistening dryness and eliminating dampness, which may cause physical discomfort.
Honeysuckle tea:
Honeysuckle tea belongs to scented tea. Honeysuckle tea tastes sweet and cold. Has the effects of detumescence, detoxicating, moistening throat, reducing blood lipid, detoxicating, stopping dysentery, resisting bacteria and diminishing inflammation. Especially suitable for people with dry mouth, excessive sweating and sore throat. Use with caution in patients with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold and gastrointestinal ulcer.
Cassia seed tea:
Cassia seed tastes bitter, sweet and salty, slightly cold, and enters the liver, kidney and large intestine; Has the effects of clearing liver-fire, improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. It also has antihypertensive, antibacterial and cholesterol-lowering effects. It also helps to defecate smoothly, and has health care functions such as improving eyesight, lowering blood pressure and regulating fat. Cassia seed is slightly cold, and people who are prone to diarrhea, diarrhea and stomachache should not drink this tea.
Mulberry leaf tea:
Mulberry leaf tea has many functions such as clearing away heat and toxic materials, moistening lung and relieving cough, calming liver and improving eyesight, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Especially the frosted mulberry leaves have better effect. Mulberry leaves are harmful to long-term consumption, and those with deficiency-cold and spleen-stomach weakness should not be used for a long time.
Rose tea:
Flowers relieve depression and grass detoxify. Rose tea is slightly fragrant, harmonious but not fierce. It has the effects of beauty beauty, relieving depression, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, warming stomach and invigorating spleen, and is also a good substitute tea. Suitable for dysmenorrhea, anemia and dull complexion. However, people with constipation, excessive menstrual flow and weak constitution should use it with caution.
The above is my usual tea substitute for your reference only.