Entering summer, the temperature is generally high, and it is easy to feel dry mouth and tongue due to a lack of drinking water. Due to the hot weather, more people stay up late, making it easier for them to get angry and even suffer from heatstroke. Therefore, in summer, it is advisable to drink some health tea to help regulate the body and replenish the necessary water to maintain normal blood circulation, accelerate toxin excretion, and maintain a healthy internal environment. The tea drink shared below can prevent getting overheated, clear heat and reduce fire. You may want to brew a few cups when you have time to prevent and relieve it.
【 Tea Recipe Composition 】
3-6 grams of Golden Lotus and 10-18 grams of Ophiopogon
Boil water according to the above ratio and drink it as tea
Tea Formula Analysis
Golden Lotus, a traditional Chinese medicine ingredient, has a bitter taste, a cold nature, and is non-toxic. It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling, and improving eyesight.
Ophiopogon japonicus has a slightly cold nature, a sweet and bitter taste, and has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough, nourishing yin, and generating fluids. It also has various pharmacological effects such as lowering blood sugar, sedation and hypnosis, relieving asthma, enhancing immunity, delaying aging, protecting myocardium, and reducing blood viscosity.
[Health benefits]
Legend has it that during the Liao and Jin dynasties, the most famous Empress Dowager Xiao often brewed and drank golden lotus flowers, resulting in fair skin and youthful beauty even after middle age. Qinghuo tea can prevent excessive heat, clear heat, inflammation, detoxify, moisturize the lungs and produce fluids, as well as enhance immunity, beautify the skin, and resist aging.