Today, I would like to recommend some important knowledge about clearing away lung heat and prescription tea that can be used for dietotherapy at home.
According to the five elements theory of traditional Chinese medicine, summer belongs to fire and lung belongs to gold. Fire is easy to take advantage of it, and the golden lung is insufficient. At the same time, fire is easy to regret water, leading to kidney water deficiency and failure. Therefore, while clearing the heart and strengthening the spleen in summer, we should also pay attention to clearing the lung and benefiting the kidney.
"The lungs are delicate and dirty" and "warm pathogens attack the lungs first", which means that the lungs are the most vulnerable organs to foreign harmful substances. Such as smoking, dust in the air, environmental pollution and so on.
Kidney stores essence, controls water and qi, and the quality of renal function directly affects our health. People often say, "Ten people are short of money". In fact, not only men but also women need to tonify the kidney.
The following summarizes the common Chinese herbal pieces and tea for tonifying lung and kidney for your reference.
Nourishing lung
First, Chinese herbal pieces
Ophiopogon japonicus: nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, moistening lung and clearing heart. Commonly used for lung dryness and dry cough, fatigue and cough, body fluid injury and thirst, upset and insomnia, intestinal dryness and constipation. This product is a good product for aftercare in autumn. Generally, the dosage of each decoction is 10- 15g, or boiled water is used instead of tea (note: Ophiopogon japonicus is slightly cold, which is not suitable for people with obvious water-dampness, cold-dampness, turbid phlegm and spleen deficiency and qi deficiency).
Asparagus: nourishing yin and moistening dryness, clearing lung and promoting fluid production. It can be used for treating lung dryness, dry cough, expectoration and sticky phlegm, dry throat and thirst, intestinal dryness and constipation. It can prevent and treat lung injury caused by warm and dry autumn.
Adenophora adenophora: Adenophora adenophora has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening lung, benefiting stomach and promoting fluid production, and is suitable for dry cough, scanty phlegm and dry throat caused by lung dryness due to yin deficiency or heat injury to lung yin, as well as dry mouth and throat, red tongue with little coating and dry stool caused by stomach yin injury due to yin deficiency and fluid deficiency or chronic febrile disease.
Polygonatum odoratum: It has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Suitable for lung and stomach yin injury, hot cough, dry throat and thirst. Suitable for dry cough with little phlegm, or dry mouth and throat, nourishing yin and clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.
Lily: nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, moistening lung and clearing heart. Commonly used for lung dryness and dry cough, fatigue and cough, body fluid injury and thirst, upset and insomnia, intestinal dryness and constipation. It can be used as a daily product for nourishing lung, moistening lung and promoting fluid production in autumn.
Polygonatum sibiricum: Yiqi Yangyin, Jianpi Runfei, Yishen. Used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue and thirst, lung deficiency and dry cough, essence and blood deficiency, and internal heat to quench thirst. Can be used for preventing and treating cough caused by yin deficiency and lung dryness in autumn.
Codonopsis pilosula: Tonifying middle energizer, invigorating spleen and benefiting lung. For spleen and lung weakness, shortness of breath, palpitation, loss of appetite, thin stool, deficiency asthma and cough, and internal heat to quench thirst. It can prevent and treat cough, shortness of breath, low voice or hoarseness caused by lung qi deficiency or lung qi and yin deficiency in autumn.
Pseudostellaria heterophylla: Yiqi Jianpi, Jinsheng Runfei. Used for spleen deficiency, anorexia, physical weakness after illness, deficiency of both qi and yin, spontaneous sweating and thirst, lung dryness and dry cough. It can be used for treating lung injury caused by dryness and heat, deficiency of both qi and yin, cough, shortness of breath and scanty phlegm, or dry mouth.
Stemona: Runfei Zhike can prevent and treat lung dryness and dry cough, chronic cough due to pulmonary tuberculosis, blood in sputum, or whooping cough.
Eriobotrya leaves: clearing away lung-heat, relieving cough, lowering adverse qi and stopping vomiting. It has the effects of moistening lung, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and lowering adverse reactions. Used for cough due to lung heat, dyspnea, vomiting due to stomach heat, and thirst due to heat.
Fritillaria cirrhosa: It not only has obvious antitussive and expectorant effects, but also can nourish lung yin, spread and moisten lung, and clear lung heat. It is a good medicine for treating chronic cough with excessive phlegm and asthma.
Siraitia grosvenorii: It has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on autumn dryness, cough, dry throat and tongue, intestinal dryness and constipation.
Second, prescription tea
Bufei decoction
Prescription: Radix Pseudostellariae, Radix Astragali, Cortex Mori, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis and Radix Asteris each 6-9g.
Practice: decoction, oral administration twice in the morning and evening, daily 1 dose.
Efficacy: benefiting qi, nourishing yin and moistening lung. It is suitable for pertussis with deficiency of both qi and yin, characterized by reduced paroxysmal cough times, weak cough, less expectoration, easy sweating, low voice, loss of appetite, red tongue, less tongue coating and weak pulse.
Yiqi Bufei Decoction
Formula: 6 grams of Colla Corii Asini (stir-fried with clam powder), 6 grams of Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, 6 grams of Cortex Lycii, 6 grams of Radix Asparagi, 6 grams of Radix Ophiopogonis, 9 grams of Lily, 6 grams of Fritillaria, 6 grams of Poria, and 0/2 grams of Coicis Semen/kloc-.
Practice: Use10g glutinous rice instead of boiled soup.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Treat tuberculosis. Lung qi deficiency, short body heat, dry mouth and throat, and even coughing and vomiting blood.
Ziyin runzao tea
Formula: Sterculia sterculia, Glehnia littoralis 3g, Platycodon grandiflorum 3g, Mume 3g and Jujube 3g.
Practice: put it in a thermos cup, brew it with boiling water, soak it for 1 hour, and add a little rock sugar to taste.
Efficacy: It has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is suitable for patients with dry mouth and sore throat caused by autumn dryness.
Shashen Runzao Decoction
Formula: Radix Adenophorae, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati each 20g, Radix Rehmanniae15g, and Herba Dendrobii 30g.
Practice: decoction, daily 1 dose, twice a day.
Efficacy: It has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening lung, benefiting qi and moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and benefiting stomach. Indications: dry lips, dry cough and hoarseness, upset and thirsty.
Maidong Ziyin decoction
Formula: Glehnia littoralis 10g, Ophiopogon japonicus 10g and candied dates 12g.
Practice: Wash it and put it in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, cut the cleaned lean meat into small pieces, put it in a casserole, add two slices of ginger, boil it with strong fire and stew it for 2 hours.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and moistening lung. Suitable for lung heat due to yin deficiency. Does not apply to veratrum nigrum.
Ganping Runfei Decoction
Formula: Glehnia littoralis 12g, Gastrodia elata 10g, Ficus carica 12g, Polygonatum odoratum 10g.
Practice: Wash it and put it in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, cut the cleaned lean meat into small pieces, put it in a casserole, add two slices of ginger and boil it with strong fire, then stew it for 2 hours.
Efficacy: calming the liver and calming the wind, clearing away heat and moistening the lungs. Applicable people: all ages, especially those with yin deficiency and liver fire. It is suitable for all seasons and should not be used with Veratrum nigrum.
Yang Fei Qinggan Decoction
Formula: Radix Rehmanniae 12g, Cundong 15g, Radix Adenophorae 12g, Rhizoma Bletillae 12g, Radix Paeoniae Alba 12g, Radix Scutellariae 9g, Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae 12g, and Semen Cassiae/kloc.
Practice: decoction, daily 1 dose, twice a day.
Efficacy: nourishing lung yin and clearing liver heat. Main liver and lung heat accumulation.
tonify the kidney
First, Chinese herbal pieces
Lycium barbarum: it is flat and sweet. Long-term administration has the effects of tonifying kidney and liver, improving eyesight, strengthening bones and muscles, eliminating lumbago and prolonging life. Especially for middle-aged and elderly people with kidney deficiency, it is the best food.
Pilose antler: a good product for tonifying kidney and essence, nourishing blood and strengthening tendons. It has a good curative effect on impotence and premature ejaculation caused by deficiency of kidney yang and essence and blood. In addition, women can also eat in moderation when they have symptoms such as infertility due to palace cold and frequent urination.
Cinnamon: tonify Yuanyang, warm spleen and stomach, dissipate cold and promote blood circulation. Treat life-threatening door fire failure, cold limbs and heavy pulse, yang collapse, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and yang deficiency and floating up.
Epimedium: tonify kidney-yang, strengthen bones and muscles, and dispel wind and dampness. Used for impotence, nocturnal emission, muscle weakness, rheumatism numbness and contracture; Climacteric hypertension.
Eucommia ulmoides Oliv : tonify liver and kidney, strengthen bones and muscles, and prevent miscarriage. It can be used for treating backache, soreness of feet and knees, dysuria, damp itching, abortion, fetal movement disorder and hypertension.
Sea cucumber: Sea cucumber is rich in arginine, zinc, acidic mucopolysaccharide, holothurin and other active substances, which has a strong effect on improving male and female renal function. It can improve the nerve function conduction of brain and gonad, slow down gonad aging, stimulate estrogen, inhibit ovulation and stimulate uterine contraction. Eating sea cucumber and tonifying the kidney should be eaten according to the course of treatment. Eating a sea cucumber in the morning and evening can improve symptoms such as kidney deficiency and frigidity.
Cistanche deserticola: It has the functions of tonifying kidney, strengthening yang, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. It can be used for impotence, premature ejaculation, infertility due to uterine cold, leukorrhagia, sequela of polio, senile asthenia, constipation due to intestinal dryness after illness and postpartum. Modern research shows that Cistanche deserticola contains trace alkaloids and crystalline neutral substances, which can improve the function of pituitary-adrenal cortex system and promote the formation of antibodies.
Cuscuta chinensis: It has the functions of tonifying kidney and essence, nourishing liver and improving eyesight. Used for lumbago and knee pain, nocturnal emission, diabetes, urinary incontinence and blurred vision. Cuscuta chinensis is one of the main components of Chinese patent medicines such as nourishing and fitness pills and Wuzi Yanzong pills.
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.: It has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney and benefiting essence and blood. Physicians in past dynasties used it for people with kidney deficiency. Anyone with kidney deficiency, premature gray hair, weak waist and knees, sore bones and muscles, or nocturnal emission of men and women, is suitable for eating.
Euryale ferox: it is flat in nature and sweet in taste, which is beneficial to the dual effects of kidney depression, spleen strengthening and diarrhea stopping. Anyone with nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, premature ejaculation, leukorrhagia and frequent urination should eat regularly.
Ligustrum lucidum: Ligustrum lucidum tastes sweet, bitter and flat. Has the effects of tonifying kidney, nourishing yin, nourishing liver and improving eyesight. Commonly used for liver and kidney deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, premature gray hair and other symptoms. In our country, it has been the most commonly used drug to refresh and enhance physical strength since ancient times.
Cordyceps sinensis: warm in nature and sweet in taste, it has the function of tonifying kidney and lung, and is a valuable medicinal material for nourishing yin and strengthening yang. Its efficacy mainly comes from cordycepin, which can tonify liver and kidney. Although Cordyceps sinensis is a nourishing and strong traditional Chinese medicine with few side effects, few people use it directly in prescriptions. Anyone with kidney deficiency should stew Cordyceps with lean meat, chicken or duck, and even fresh placenta, which is more beneficial as a nourishing food.
Second, prescription tea
Ginseng tea
Formula: ginseng 3-5g.
Practice: add 500 ml of water to decoct soup and take it warm.
Function: it has the functions of strengthening yang, tonifying yuan, strengthening kidney and benefiting qi.
Epimedium tea
Formula: 20 grams of epimedium and 5 grams of tea.
Practice: decoct or brew with boiling water. I have been drinking tea for a long time.
Function: It has the function of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang. It is suitable for sexual neurasthenia such as impotence, premature ejaculation and nocturnal emission.
Ginseng ginger tea
Formula: 3 grams of ginseng, 6 grams of ginger, eggs 1 piece.
Practice: Chop ginseng and ginger, put them in a pot, add water and boil them to1.50ml.. After deslagging and boiling, add egg white into the liquid medicine, mix well and drink on an empty stomach.
Efficacy: Ginseng can greatly replenish vitality, ginger can warm stomach and dispel cold, egg white is sweet, and it can neutralize the heat of ginseng and ginger, which is very helpful to relieve the disease.
Sha Zi Yuan cha
Formula: 8 grams of Semen Astragali Complanati and 2 grams of green tea.
Practice: Mash the seeds of Astragalus complanatus, then put them in a teacup with green tea at a ratio of 4∶ 1, brew them with boiling water, and drink them after 15 minutes.
Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, astringing essence and stopping spermatorrhea. Suitable for ejaculation due to physical weakness and soreness of waist and knees.
Shou Wu sheng di cha
Formula: Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. 10g, 7g of radix rehmanniae.
Practice: Put Polygonum Multiflori Radix and Radix Rehmanniae into a cup, add 500 ml of hot water to brew, and drink after cooling.
Efficacy: Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Bitter taste, slightly warm nature, liver, kidney, heart and lung meridians, nourishing blood and nourishing liver and kidney; The raw land is cool and sweet, and enters the heart, liver and kidney meridians, which helps to strengthen the heart and nourish the kidney. Drinking Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. and Radix Rehmanniae with tea will help to replenish the kidney qi lacking in the body and make the blood circulation better.
Duzhongcha
Formula: Eucommia ulmoides leaves 12g, green tea 3g.
Practice: chop Eucommia ulmoides leaves, put them in a teacup together with tea leaves, brew them with boiling water 10 minutes before drinking.
Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening bones and muscles, and strengthening yang, and is suitable for treating waist and knee pain, impotence and premature ejaculation, frequent micturition and urgency, hypertension, heart disease, liver cirrhosis and other symptoms caused by kidney-liver yang deficiency.
Cuscuta tea
Formula: Semen Cuscutae 12g, green tea 3g.
Practice: Mash Semen Cuscutae, add appropriate amount of crystal sugar, and brew with boiling water with green tea, and take it after 10 minutes.
Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of nourishing yin and strengthening yang, arresting seminal emission and reducing urine, and stopping impotence. Can be used for treating male infertility, sexual hypofunction and thirst caused by liver and kidney deficiency. Taking this tea for a long time also has the effects of improving eyesight, slimming and prolonging life.
Xianmaocha
Formula: 5g of Rhizoma Curculiginis and 3g of black tea.
Practice: brew with 200 ml of boiling water and drink until the taste is light.
Efficacy: This prescription warms kidney, strengthens yang and strengthens bones and muscles, and is suitable for male impotence, cold, incontinence, lumbago and leg pain, female frigidity and low libido.
Yizhiren tea
Formula: Alpinia oxyphylla 15g, green tea 3g.
Practice: Mash Fructus Alpinae Oxyphyllae first, brew with boiling water, and don't drink tea.
Efficacy: This prescription has the effect of warming kidney and fixing essence, and is used for nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, impotence, low libido, upset and insomnia caused by insufficient renin in lower energizer.
Lycium barbarum tuckahoe tea
Formula: Lycium barbarum, Poria cocos 5- 10g each, and black tea 6g.
Practice: Grind Lycium barbarum and Poria into fine powder, take 5 ~ 10g each time, add 6g of black tea, and brew with boiling water for10min, twice a day for tea drinking.
Efficacy: Lycium barbarum can tonify kidney and replenish essence, Poria can invigorate the spleen and induce diuresis, and black tea can induce diuresis and refresh the mind. It is an ideal drink to treat urination.
Longan jujube tea
Formula: longan 12g, jujube 15g.
Practice: put longan and jujube together in a cup, add 500 ml of hot water to brew, and drink after cooling.
Efficacy: Longan has the functions of nourishing the heart and strengthening the spleen, benefiting qi and blood, and red dates can nourish blood and soothe the nerves. Soaking longan and jujube in tea can replenish qi and blood. When qi and blood are full, there will be more hair, and the hair color will be deeper and more shiny.
Albizia julibrissin tea
Formula: 3 grams of ginseng, 2 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, 2 grams of Morinda officinalis, 2 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 2 grams of Lycium barbarum and 5 grams of black tea.
Practice: Boil the medicine with 500ml water for 10 ~ 15min, and then brew black tea for drinking. Honey can be added. Drink until the taste is light.
Efficacy: tonify qi and blood, strengthen kidney and nourish essence.
Korea gouqi tea
Formula: Korean ginseng 3 tablets, Lycium barbarum 10g.
Practice: add 1 ml hot water to the medicinal materials, soak for 5 minutes and then drink 1 cup every day, which can be drunk every day.
Efficacy: Korean ginseng nourishes vitality, promotes blood circulation and resists fatigue, and Lycium barbarum nourishes liver and kidney, qi and blood.
Ginseng tea
Formula: American ginseng 3-5g.
Practice: brew with about 300 ml of boiling water, and drink it frequently as tea after 5 minutes. After repeated brewing until tasteless, you can chew American ginseng to refresh yourself.
Efficacy: American ginseng has the effects of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and benefiting qi, and tonifying kidney.
Warm reminder
It is very important to nourish lung and kidney in summer. In daily life, besides diet therapy and drug conditioning, we should also pay attention to developing a healthy lifestyle. Forward this article to friends around you, so that everyone can nourish their lungs and tonify their kidneys from their daily lives.