Flowers are symbols of beauty, not only for people to admire and beautify life, but also have certain medicinal value and edible value. A hundred flowers cure a hundred diseases. Flowers can be used as medicine alone, such as winter jasmine which can detoxify and reduce swelling, chrysanthemum morifolium which treats stone disease, and roses which can nourish the face and eliminate spots. They can also be combined with other flower medicines, such as azalea and jasmine flowers combined to make tea to refresh the mind and benefit the throat, and Paris polyphylla combined with chrysanthemum and honeysuckle to deal with epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. With the development of the times, drinking flower tea has become a fashion. This natural drink was first favored by white-collar ladies and gradually entered ordinary families. Brewing flower tea and taking flower medicine, one experiences fashion and gains health.

Tea is the national drink of China. Clear tea preserves health, medicinal tea strengthens the body. Through combination with flowers of different medicinal properties, there is flower tea for drinking in all seasons. Drink flower tea in spring to avoid pathogens and expel wind; drink flower tea in summer to clear heat and relieve summer heat; drink flower tea in autumn to promote saliva production and aid digestion; drink flower tea in winter to conserve energy and build up strength.

Traditional medicine attaches great importance to the development of medicinal tea culture, emphasizing the combination of flowers and medicine, achieving the effect of preventing and treating diseases by brewing and drinking tea. Honeysuckle, Tibetan green fruit, and boat-fruited sterculia seed form a throat tea that clears heat, benefits the throat, and improves the voice; wild chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, wolfberry root bark, and glehnia root form a beauty tea that nourishes yin, clears the lungs, beautifies the complexion, and eliminates spots; saffron, raw hawthorn, and raw astragalus form a lipid-lowering tea that tonifies qi and activates blood; and there are also the popular Three Flowers (rose, Chinese rose, and bitter orange flower) Menstrual Regulation Tea for women, as well as Saliva-Producing and Body-Strengthening Tea, Cool and Brightening Tea, Blood Pressure Lowering and Longevity Tea, etc. Medicinal tea is not necessarily bitter, because formulation can solve the deficiency in taste, plus the sweetness and fragrance of the flowers, making its taste more fragrant and mellow.

You might as well choose the flowers suitable for you to brew tea, and you will get unexpected benefits.