According to the theory of TCM health preservation, fire dominates qi in summer, and extreme heat is the most likely to hurt yin, so it is advisable to reduce heat and reduce fire to protect human vulva. Herbal tea is made of Chinese herbal medicines, most of which are used for both medicine and food, with mild performance, no toxic side effects and safe administration.
The main functions of herbal tea are: clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, relieving summer heat and purging fire, invigorating spleen and removing dampness. Some herbal teas also have health functions such as lowering blood pressure and lipid.
As a health drink in summer, herbal tea has a long history and wide adaptability, which is generally accepted and loved by the masses.
In order to welcome the arrival of summer, the following herbal tea prescriptions are recommended for selection.
1. Xiasangju Herbal Tea Unit; scold or beat
Prunella vulgaris 15, mulberry leaf 15, chrysanthemum 15, medlar 15, and tea 5.
Efficacy: clearing liver and purging fire, refreshing and improving eyesight, quenching thirst and promoting fluid production, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, removing tiredness and sobering up, and inducing diuresis and relaxing bowels.
Second, Sangju Mint Herbal Tea
Mulberry leaves 50, tea leaves 20, mint 7, chrysanthemum 4, licorice 6 and honeysuckle 5.
Efficacy: lowering blood pressure, reducing blood sugar, promoting diuresis, clearing away lung-heat, relieving cough, diminishing inflammation, relieving swelling, preventing heatstroke and improving eyesight.
Third, honeysuckle wormwood herbal tea
Erhua 20, Artemisia capillaris 40, honey 10
Efficacy: clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, promoting diuresis and relieving summer-heat, reducing fire and moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, benefiting qi and tonifying middle energizer.
4. Lotus Heart Herbal Tea
Lotus plumule 10, licorice 2, tea 8
Efficacy: Clearing heart, purging fire, quenching thirst and promoting fluid production.
Five, Shouwu Yangxin herbal tea
Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata 10, Semen Platycladi 10, Caulis Polygoni Multiflori 10, and Folium Platycladi 10.
Efficacy: tonify kidney, nourish heart and improve sleep.
Six, bamboo leaf herbal tea
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch 10, Bamboo Leaves 10, Codonopsis pilosula 5, Ophiopogon japonicus 5 and Chrysanthemum 5.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and fire, nourishing yin and improving eyesight, and preventing heatstroke.
Seven, reed root lotus leaf tea
Reed rhizome 10, lotus leaf 10, cogongrass rhizome 20, mint 5, licorice 5 and tea 20.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, cooling blood and detoxifying, and waking up.
Eight, Yinju Gouqi tea
Erhua 10, Hangju 10, Boat-fruited Sterculia 5, Olive Fruit 5, Ophiopogon japonicus 10, Lycium barbarum 5 and Ilex latifolia 5.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing heart fire and relieving vexation, moistening throat and relieving sore throat.
Nine, Ganoderma lucidum herbal tea
Ganoderma lucidum 5, red dates 20, radix aucklandiae 5, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae 20, Rhizoma Imperatae 15, Radix Glycyrrhizae 15, Radix Isatidis 20, sugar 20, honey 30, and Flos Rosae Rugosae 10.
Efficacy: clearing heat and removing dampness, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, nourishing heart and calming nerves, regulating qi and relieving depression.
Ten or five-leaf herbal tea
Ginseng leaf 10, tea leaf 10, mint 10, mulberry leaf 10, lophatherum gracile 10, chrysanthemum 10, Erhua 10, gardenia.
Xi. Qingxin Herbal Tea
Ophiopogon japonicus 20, Lianzixin 5, Rhizoma Imperatae 20, Bamboo Leaves 5, Radix Scrophulariae 10
Efficacy: clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and purging fire.
Twelve, Xia Sangju herbal tea
Prunella vulgaris 10, mulberry leaf 10, chrysanthemum 10.
Efficacy: clearing liver and purging fire, improving eyesight and lowering blood pressure.
Thirteen, mulberry chrysanthemum tea
Mulberry leaf 10, chrysanthemum 10, licorice root 3, and appropriate amount of sugar.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and moistening lung, clearing liver and improving eyesight, and can also be used for wind-heat cold.
Fourteen, chrysanthemum mint herbal tea
5 parts of chrysanthemum, 3 parts of mint, 5 parts of mulberry leaves, 30 parts of bamboo leaves and 30 parts of cogongrass rhizome.
Efficacy: pungent, cool and detoxifying, used for wind-heat cold.
Fifteen, hawthorn lotus leaf herbal tea
Hawthorn 50, lotus leaf 10, Sophora japonica 10, cassia seed 10.
Efficacy: relieving summer heat, lowering blood lipid and lowering blood pressure.
Sixteen, hawthorn and poria tea
Hawthorn 30, chrysanthemum 10, poria cocos 10, radish seed 10, malt 10, dried tangerine peel 10, selfheal 10, cassia seed/kloc-0.
Efficacy: promoting digestion, resolving food stagnation, clearing away heat and improving eyesight, and is suitable for obesity, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
Although herbal tea is a good product to dispel summer heat, it is not suitable for everyone. After all, most herbal teas tend to be cold and cool, which will consume the yang-heat of the human body and seriously lead to spleen and stomach dysfunction. Therefore, it is suggested that:
1, people who are weak should drink herbal tea carefully.
This kind of people's constitution is weak and cold, and the yang is insufficient. Drinking a lot of herbal tea and cold drugs will further consume the yang, damage the spleen and stomach, lead to fatigue, reduce diet and other symptoms.
2. Women should use herbal tea with caution during menstrual period.
Cold drugs can make blood stagnate, which in turn affects menstruation and even leads to irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea.
3. Physically weak and the elderly and children should take herbal tea with caution.
Most of these people have poor spleen and stomach regulation function, and the function of children's spleen and stomach is not perfect. Taking too much cold and cold will damage the yang of the spleen and stomach, destroy the digestion and absorption function, and even cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Therefore, taking herbal tea should also be beneficial, moderate and appropriate, not more is better. It is best to go to a regular hospital and ask experts to match tea with symptoms.