There is a folk saying that "a bowl of tea in summer keeps the doctor from helping". The tea mentioned here is not the tea we usually use to make tea, but the folk pure natural herbal tea, which can be said to be both herbal tea and Chinese herbal medicine for preventing and treating diseases. It is a common raw material of natural herbal tea in summer.
"A bowl of tea in summer doesn't help the doctor", and three kinds of natural teas are often changed to drink, which is necessary for heatstroke prevention!
1, sesame
Sesame L., also known as sesame L., is a short shrub plant of Sterculiaceae, which is mostly wild in the bushes on the hillside. It is a common wild plant in rural areas and a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine.
The roots, stems and leaves of sesame can be used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, purging fire and detoxicating, and can be used for many diseases such as cold, high fever, dry cough due to lung heat, sore throat, tonsillitis, mastitis, dysentery and measles. At the same time, it is also a common herbal tea material, which is mostly used for damp heat and fire poison.
2. Gunn Megan
Gangmei is also a scale tree. Because there are many points on the tree, just like the points on the previous scale beam, it is named point scale tree. It is a shrub plant of Ilex, which is mostly wild on hillsides and jungles.
The roots and leaves of Mume Fructus can be used as medicine, and have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing throat, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. It can be used for treating common cold, high fever, tracheitis, cough and pharyngitis. At the same time, it is the main medicine of Wang Laoji and other herbal teas commonly used by the people. It tastes bitter first and then sweet, and is deeply loved by the people.
3. Water hyacinth flower
Water hyacinth is an evergreen arbor plant of Myrtaceae, which is mostly wild by the water. It is a common wild plant in rural areas. Its flower buds are often picked to make scented tea and soaked in water, which has a good health care effect.
In fact, the bark, leaves and flower buds of Clerodendrum bungeanum can be used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, eliminating dampness and relieving depression. Can be used for treating common cold, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, fever, eczema and other diseases in summer. It is a natural refreshing drink commonly used by Guangdong people in summer, which is mostly used to relieve summer heat and dampness and colds.
Water hyacinth, dark plum and sesame are all common wild plants in rural areas, and they are also commonly used natural herbal tea drinks. In addition, common broken bowls, Hedyotis diffusa, Lysimachia christinae, bamboo leaves and Myrtle in rural areas can also be used as raw materials of natural herbal tea in summer. In summer, it is used to boil water as herbal tea, and several ingredients are often changed to drink, which is necessary for summer heatstroke prevention. Doctors don't need help if they often drink health tea.