Herbal tea is the general name of Chinese herbal medicine plant beverage. Guangdong herbal tea is the representative of herbal tea culture. Herbal tea is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with cold nature, which can dispel the heat in human body, so as to eliminate the heat in human body or treat the sore throat caused by dryness in winter. Guangdong herbal tea can be said to be "life comes from water and health comes from herbal tea". In addition to clearing away heat and toxic materials, herbal tea can also dispel dampness, promote fluid production, clear fire, improve eyesight, dissipate stagnation and reduce swelling. It can also be used to treat conjunctival congestion, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, furuncle, swelling and hypertension, and can be used as a cool drink in summer. People with cold constitution should not drink more, and pregnant women and children should not drink herbal tea.
Types of herbal tea
According to different functions of herbal tea, herbal tea can be divided into four categories.
First, heat-clearing and detoxifying tea is mainly suitable for people with internal heat and heavy internal heat. The representative herbs are honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, gardenia, Huang Cen and so on. Suitable for drinking in spring, summer and autumn.
Secondly, Ganjie tea mainly treats exogenous wind-heat, cold and seasonal flu. The representative medicinal materials are Radix Isatidis, which was sold at a sky-high price during the SARS period last year. Drinks include "Deng Lao herbal tea" and so on. This kind of tea is suitable for drinking in all seasons.
Third, the heat-clearing and moistening tea reminds me that this herbal tea is especially suitable for drinking in autumn and has a good medicinal effect on dry mouth and cough. Representative medicinal materials include Adenophora adenophora, Polygonatum odoratum, Folium Tetrandrae, Winter Wheat, Tremella, etc. The beverage type is "Deng Lao Herbal Tea".
Fourth, heat-clearing and dampness-removing tea is used by Huang Chi and others, with heavy damp heat and big breath. The representative medicinal materials are honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, wormwood, poria and so on. The beverage type is "Deng Lao Herbal Tea". Suitable for drinking in summer.
Formula of common herbal tea
1, Runxintang
Prunella vulgaris: clearing fire and improving eyesight: treating redness, swelling, pain and headache; Clearing liver and lowering blood pressure: treating hypertension; Dispelling stagnation and relieving swelling: used to treat swelling and pain of scrofula, gall tumor and mammary abscess.
Honeysuckle: anti-bacterial, anti-toxic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic, regulating immunity.
Lotus leaf: fragrance ups and downs; Has the effects of dispelling summer heat, promoting diuresis, invigorating spleen, strengthening yang, removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding and losing weight.
Mulberry leaves: dispelling wind and clearing heat, clearing lung and moistening dryness, calming liver yang, clearing liver and improving eyesight.
Siraitia grosvenorii: clearing away heat and moistening lung, relieving cough and sore throat, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels. Used for dry cough due to lung fire, sore throat, aphonia, intestinal dryness and constipation.
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch: invigorating spleen and qi, clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, relieving pain, and harmonizing various medicines. Can be used for treating spleen and stomach weakness, listlessness, palpitation, shortness of breath, cough with excessive phlegm, abdominal distension, acute pain in limbs, carbuncle, swelling, sores and toxin, and removing toxic substances.
2. Wang Laoji: It is composed of 65,438+00 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines: Gangmei, Lophatherum Bambusae and Wuzhi Citrus. Sesame, hawthorn leaves, Lygodium japonicum, Rosa laevigata root and butterfly can induce diuresis to relieve stranguria and remove stomach fire; Then use Lysimachia christinae and charcoal to remove blood stasis, soothe the liver and stomach. These traditional Chinese medicines are all natural plants, which can effectively eliminate human toxins and improve immunity.
3. Radix Isatidis herbal tea: selected high-quality medicinal materials such as Radix Isatidis, Flos Lonicerae, Flos Chrysanthemi, Prunellae Spica, Fructus Crataegi, Cao Xian, Radix Glycyrrhizae, etc. as raw materials, and extracted their essence through modern scientific and technological processes.
4. Summer mulberry chrysanthemum tea: It is composed of Prunella vulgaris, mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum and other plants. Sweet taste, clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing fire and improving eyesight. Prevent lung dryness in autumn and winter, and dispel summer heat and dampness in spring and summer.
5, Deng Lao herbal tea: including honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, dandelion, frosted mulberry leaves and other traditional Chinese medicines, with the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, dispersing wind and heat, antivirus, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory. Banlangen: The main component of Banlangen granules is Banlangen. Radix Isatidis has definite antibacterial and antiviral effects. Its water extract has inhibitory effect on Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus suis, Escherichia coli, Typhoid Bacillus, Paratyphoid Bacillus, Shigella flexneri, Enterobacteriaceae, Cerebral coccus A and other pathogenic bacteria, and is a good medicine for treating diseases such as fever, fever, toxic heat, sore throat and so on.
6. Qingkailing: It is made of 8 Chinese herbal medicines including honeysuckle, scutellaria baicalensis, isatis root, gardenia, buffalo horn, animal cholic acid and pearl powder. The medicine has antiviral, heat and toxic materials clearing away, resuscitation inducing, antibacterial and other functions. It has obvious preventive and therapeutic effects on various viral (heat toxin) colds and upper respiratory tract infections.
7. Honeysuckle tea: The main ingredients are honeysuckle, wild sesame and chrysanthemum, and it has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood to relieve summer heat, reducing fire and relieving sore throat, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing wind and heat, common cold, swelling and pain in blood dysentery, fever and fever.
8. Spiced tea: The main ingredients are honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, Sophora japonica, kudzu root and kapok. It is refined from pure Chinese medicines, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, relieving hangover and removing dampness, invigorating stomach and resolving food stagnation.
Summer health herbal tea
1. Chenpi Tea: Wash 10g Chenpi, tear it into small pieces, put it into a teacup, pour it in boiling water, cover the cup and stew for about 10 minutes, then remove the residue and add a little sugar. It's best to put it in the refrigerator and ice it when it's a little cooler. Drinking this kind of tea regularly can not only relieve summer heat, but also relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and strengthen stomach.
2. Mulberry tea: mulberry leaf, white chrysanthemum each 10g, licorice 3g. Boil it in a pot, then remove residues and leaves, and add a little sugar to make mulberry chrysanthemum tea. Drinking this mulberry chrysanthemum tea regularly can dissipate heat, clear lung and moisten throat, clear liver and improve eyesight, and also has certain curative effect on wind-heat cold.
3. Lotus leaf herbal tea: Tear half a lotus leaf into pieces, add talc 10g, Atractylodes macrocephala 10g, and licorice 6g into water, boil for about 20 minutes, remove residues to get juice, add a small amount of white sugar, stir evenly, and drink after cooling, which can prevent heatstroke and cool down.
4. Watermelon skin herbal tea: Unfortunately, many people throw away the skin after eating watermelon. You can use the green layer of the skin, wash and cut into pieces, add appropriate amount of water to boil for about half an hour, remove the residue to get juice, and then add a small amount of sugar and stir evenly. Watermelon skin herbal tea.
5, mint herbal tea: go to the Chinese medicine shop to buy mint leaves and licorice, take 6 grams each time, add about 1000 grams of water, boil for 5 minutes, add sugar and stir evenly. Drinking this herbal tea often can refresh you. Wash 5 grams of mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum, 3 grams of mint, 30 grams of bitter bamboo leaves and 30 grams of cogongrass rhizome, put them in a teapot and use boiling water 10 minute. Instead of tea, it can be drunk at any time, pungent and cool, and is suitable for wind-heat colds.
Variety and efficacy of herbal tea
1, Xihuangcao tea has the effects of clearing liver, expelling toxin, promoting diuresis and eliminating jaundice. Suitable for acute and chronic hepatitis and cholecystitis.
2, light salt herbal tea has the effect of quenching thirst, relieving fever and vexation, and treating dizziness and nausea.
3. Jinsheng Runzao tea has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving sore throat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Suitable for sore throat, dry throat and dry mouth.
4, the fire king tea has the effect of purging fire and detoxifying, cooling blood and relieving sore throat. It is suitable for sore mouth and tongue, sore throat, red eyes and upset eyes, fever, etc.
5, Guangdong herbal tea has the effect of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, eliminating dampness and promoting fluid production. Can be used for treating common cold and fever, sore throat, damp-heat stagnation, dry mouth and yellow urine.
6. Kudingcha herbal tea (granule) tea has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and cooling wind and heat. Suitable for dry throat, red eyes, sore throat, wind-heat cold and fever.
7, sugar-free summer mulberry chrysanthemum has the effect of treating wind-heat cold, red eyes and headache, hypertension, dizziness and tinnitus, sore throat.
8. Fire-reducing herbal tea has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, quenching thirst and promoting fluid production, and inducing diuresis and stranguria. It is suitable for sore mouth and tongue, sore throat, red eyes and upset eyes, fever, etc.
9. Juice black tea has the effect of removing fire and refreshing.
10, Wuhua Qushi Tea has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, relieving summer heat, relieving vexation, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, invigorating stomach and resolving food stagnation.
1 1, Sangju Qingre tea has the effects of clearing liver, improving eyesight, expelling wind and dissipating heat, and relieving sore poison. Suitable for wind-heat cold, red eyes and headache, sore throat, fever, etc.
12, Yuye Yinhua Tea has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood, relieving sore throat, expelling toxin and reducing swelling. It is suitable for sore mouth and tongue, sore throat, red eyes and upset eyes, fever, etc.
13, fresh plantain tea has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, eliminating dampness and stranguria, improving eyesight and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for edema, heat stranguria with astringent pain, summer-heat diarrhea, red eyes with swelling and pain, phlegm-heat cough.
14, Gan Ping Qingre Tea has the effects of clearing away liver and toxic materials, and cooling wind and heat. It is suitable for stagnation of liver qi and damp-heat of liver and spleen.
15, Bitter Summer Herbal Tea has the effects of aromatic dampness, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Suitable for dry throat, sore throat and summer heat.
16, the snake gall under Huowang tea has the effects of purging fire and detoxifying, cooling blood and relieving sore throat. It is suitable for sore mouth and tongue, sore throat, red eyes and upset eyes, fever, etc.
17. Damp-heat herbal tea has the functions of purging fire and detoxifying, clearing heat and promoting diuresis, and clearing liver and purging fire. Qingnei Hot Herbal Tea has the effects of cooling blood and purging fire, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and moistening lung.
18, Qingweire tea set has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, and relieving flatulence. It is suitable for heartburn, no appetite, dry mouth and bad breath caused by stomach heat.
19, Houttuynia cordata tea has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating carbuncle and expelling pus, and inducing diuresis to treat stranguria. Its pharmacological effects are antibacterial, antiviral and antihypertensive. It is an anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drug, which can be used to treat various bacterial infections or viral infectious diseases in respiratory tract, urethra and intestine.
20. Honeysuckle tea has antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and immunomodulatory effects. It is often used for clearing away heat and toxic materials, treating fever, dysentery with toxic blood, carbuncle and swelling, and also for wind-heat cold and bronchitis.
2 1, herbal tea has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing toxic materials and promoting diuresis, and catching a cold.
22, chrysanthemum Sydney tea has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing liver and improving eyesight, dispersing wind and dissipating heat.
23. Qingrejiedu herbal tea has the effect of dispelling wind and clearing heat, detoxifying and reducing swelling. It is suitable for sore throat, wind-heat cold, polydipsia, red eyes and wind-heat diseases.
24. Four Seasons Herbal Tea has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, quenching thirst and promoting fluid production, and promoting diuresis and stranguria. Suitable for oral diseases, sore throat, red eyes and upset eyes, fever, etc.
25. Abrus cantoniensis herb tea has the effects of soothing the liver, clearing away heat, and relieving jaundice and diuresis. Suitable for acute and chronic hepatitis.
26. Twenty-four kinds of herbal tea, dispelling wind and cold, relieving exterior heat, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Suitable for common cold in four seasons, dry throat, sore throat, febrile disease and fever.
27, Kuding herbal tea (bag bubble) tea has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling wind and heat. Suitable for dry throat, red eyes, sore throat, wind-heat cold and fever.
28. Fresh grass-root herbal tea has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, relieving summer heat and relieving annoyance, relieving sore throat and moistening throat.
29, fresh reed root herbal tea has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Suitable for summer heat, dry throat, polydipsia, red eyes and sore throat.
30. Siraitia grosvenorii scented tea has the effects of eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and moistening lung.
3 1, Hawthorn appetizing tea has the effects of promoting appetite, eliminating dampness and resolving food stagnation.
32. Watermelon skin herbal tea has the effects of dispelling summer heat, diuresis and detoxification.
33, mint herbal tea has a refreshing effect.
34. Vanilla herbal tea has the effects of relieving fever and expelling wind, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, stimulating appetite and stopping vomiting.
35. Chenpi tea has the effect of drinking this tea often, which can not only relieve summer heat, but also relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and strengthen stomach.
36. Fresh lotus root herbal tea, often drunk, has the effect of removing fire and removing blood stasis.
37. If orange tea is drunk with sterilized fresh orange peel and white sugar, it has the effects of relieving swelling, promoting fluid production and moistening throat, clearing heat and relieving cough.
38. Mulberry tea can dissipate heat, clear lung and moisten throat, clear liver and improve eyesight, and also has certain curative effect on wind-heat cold.
39. Lotus leaf herbal tea has the effect of heatstroke prevention and cooling.
40, children's summer mulberry chrysanthemum has the effect of clearing liver and improving eyesight, dispelling wind and dissipating heat, and relieving sore poison. Suitable for wind-heat cold, red eyes and headache, sore throat, fever, etc.