Mix licorice, chrysanthemum, and honeysuckle and make tea for drinking, which has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying.

Honeysuckle has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, chrysanthemum has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, improving eyesight, and licorice has the effect of strengthening the spleen and detoxifying.

Efficacy of licorice

1. It is used for heart qi deficiency, palpitations, knotty pulse, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, fatigue and fatigue, etc. The former is often combined with cassia twig, such as Guizhi Licorice Decoction and Zhigancao Decoction. The latter is often used together with Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala, such as Sijunzi Decoction, Lizhong Wan, etc.

2. Used for carbuncles, sores, sore throat, etc. It can be used alone, internally or externally, or used in combination. For carbuncles and sores, it is often used together with honeysuckle and forsythia suspensa. It has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, such as Xian Fang Huo Ming Drink. For sore throat, it is often used together with Platycodon grandiflorum, such as platycodon decoction. If there is pesticide or food poisoning, it is often taken with mung beans or decoction with windfeng shui.

3. Used for asthma and cough. It can be used alone or in combination with other drugs. For example, Erchen Decoction is used to treat cough with damp phlegm; Linggan Wuwei Jiangxin Decoction is used to treat cough and asthma due to cold phlegm; Sangxing Decoction is used to treat cough caused by dry phlegm; Platycodon Decoction is used to treat lung abscess and cough with fishy saliva and purulent phlegm caused by heat poison; Dry licorice and ginger soup. In addition, wind-heat cough, wind-cold cough, and hot phlegm cough are also often used together.

Chrysanthemum can be used as medicine to treat diseases. Taking it or drinking chrysanthemum tea for a long time can make people live longer. Su Che, a poet of the Song Dynasty, said: "The white chrysanthemum in Nanyang has extraordinary merits, and there are many old men living on the pond." Chrysanthemums can be made into exquisite dishes. "Chrysanthemum meat" is a kind of chrysanthemum made after long-term exploration. It is made from pieces of white tender pork cooked with sucrose pulp. It is exquisite and clear, like white jade. A few chrysanthemum petals are stuck on each piece. After drinking the fat and sweetness, you can see its golden color and taste it in your mouth. There are also chrysanthemum fish balls, fried chrysanthemum leaves, chrysanthemum fish fillet porridge, chrysanthemum soup, chrysanthemum wine, chrysanthemum tea, etc. These chrysanthemum meals are not only delicious in color and flavor, but also rich in nutrients. Beijing's famous "Chrysanthemum Pot" (that is, putting some chrysanthemums in the mutton hot pot to make soup) is light and delicious, and has a unique flavor.

Honeysuckle is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It enters the lungs, heart, and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, anti-inflammation, tonifying deficiency and treating wind. It is mainly used to treat distension, febrile disease, fever, and heat-toxin carbuncle. and tumors. It is suitable for dizziness, dry mouth and thirst, excessive sweating and boredom, enteritis, dysentery, measles, pneumonia, Japanese encephalitis, meningococcal meningitis, acute mastitis, septicemia, appendicitis, skin infection, carbuncle furuncle, erysipelas, mumps, It has certain curative effects on conditions such as suppurative tonsillitis.