Prepare Summer Heat-Relieving Teas in Advance!

       Chrysanthemum

(1) Chrysanthemum Tea: Brew chrysanthemum flowers in hot water to make tea. It has a pleasant aroma and can relieve heat, promote body fluid production, dispel wind, soothe the throat, nourish the eyes, and counteract the effects of alcohol.

(2) Drinking white chrysanthemum tea can leverage its effects of calming the liver, subduing yang, dispelling wind, clearing heat, cooling blood, and improving vision. White chrysanthemum has a sweet fragrance and taste, enhancing the flavor of tea and making it more palatable.

(3) Chrysanthemum tea is one of people's favorite cooling beverages. The well-known Hangzhou white chrysanthemum, available in yellow and white varieties, is used for brewing tea or blending with tea leaves. It not only has a rich aroma, refreshing the mind, but also helps dispel wind and clear heat, nourish the liver and improve vision, and lower blood pressure and promote blood circulation.

Mint: Brew mint leaves in hot water to make tea. The menthol and menthone in mint have a wind-dispelling and heat-clearing effect. The tea has a cooling sensation and is an excellent remedy for clearing heat and promoting urination.

Brew American ginseng slices in hot water to make tea. The sweet, slightly cold nature of American ginseng can adjust the flavor of the tea, and it is very effective for nourishing yin deficiency. This American ginseng tea often has good effects in benefiting the lungs, nourishing the stomach, replenishing yin fluids, clearing deficiency fire, and relieving low-grade fever.

Brew tangerine peel in hot water to make tea. Tangerine peel helps regulate qi in the middle burner, resolve phlegm, and stop coughing. Brewing tangerine peel with green tea can relieve heat, resolve phlegm, and have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, making it beneficial for those with excessive phlegm and cough.

Barley Tea

There are many causes of edema. If the swelling is simply due to fluid retention, barley tea is recommended.

Ingredients: 10g stir-fried coix seed (barley), 5g fresh lotus leaf, 5g hawthorn.

Method: Boil in hot water and then drink.

Effects: Clears heat, promotes urination, and treats edema.

Lotus Leaf Tea

Low mood and high mental stress can increase intestinal sensitivity, leading to constipation. Lotus leaf tea is recommended.

Ingredients: 3g lotus leaf, 6g stir-fried cassia seed, 3 roses.

Method: Brew with boiling water.

Effects: Clears summer heat and dampness, treats edema due to water retention, and promotes hair growth and smooth bowel movements.

Little reminder: In winter, avoid gulping down cold drinks as it may damage the stomach and intestines.

Cassia Seed Tea

People with sluggish intestinal motility (especially those dieting for weight loss) are prone to accumulated stool and constipation. Cassia seed tea is recommended.

Ingredients: Cassia seed tea.

Method: Brew with hot water.

Effects: Clears the liver, improves vision, promotes urination, and relieves constipation.

Winter Heat-Clearing Dietary Remedies

In winter, many people tend to develop internal heat. The following dietary remedies may help.

Hoarse or dry throat: 1. Drink light salt water; 2. Drink tangerine peel tea with sugar.

Sore throat: 1. Mash fresh loofah, squeeze out the juice, and gargle frequently; 2. Gargle with a mixture of vinegar and equal amount of water to relieve pain; 3. Gargle with a spoonful of soy sauce for about 1 minute, then spit out, repeat 3-4 times.

Mouth ulcers: 1. Chew a few slices of ginger slowly to gradually reduce the ulcers; 2. Chew 1-2 cloves of garlic or garlic leaves raw, and the ulcers will gradually disappear.

Cough with phlegm: 1. Wash 10g mulberry bark, 5g licorice, and 5g bamboo leaves, put them in a pot with an appropriate amount of water, and decoct. This can treat excessive morning phlegm; 2. Finely chop 1 piece of ginger, take 1 egg, and a little sesame oil. Fry the ginger and egg together in sesame oil like a fried egg, eat while hot, twice a day.