Spring is a good season for nourishing the liver. Spring nourishing the liver refers to nourishing the liver in spring. Spring belongs to the Wood element in the Five Elements, and the liver in the human body also belongs to the Wood element. Therefore, spring qi promotes the liver. In spring, the liver qi is vigorous and rising. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring is the time when the liver is strong. Below is a tea drink that can help soothe the liver, regulate qi, invigorate the spleen, and dispel dampness. Drink one cup every day in spring.
【 Composition of Tea Recipe 】
3 grams of roses, 3 grams of dried tangerine peel, and 5 grams of Codonopsis pilosula
Boil water according to the above ratio and drink it as tea
Analysis of Tea Recipe
Rose petals have a sweet and slightly bitter taste, with a warm nature. They have the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, warming the stomach and spleen, soothing the liver and relieving depression, beautifying and nourishing the face, and regulating female endocrine disorders.
Chenpi has various pharmacological effects such as regulating gastrointestinal motility, promoting gastric juice secretion, anti ulcer, hepatoprotective, choleretic, anti allergic, lipid-lowering, antiplatelet aggregation, antioxidant, expectorant, anti asthmatic, antibacterial, anti-tumor, etc.
Codonopsis pilosula has a sweet taste and a mild nature. It has the effects of nourishing the middle and qi, quenching thirst, strengthening the spleen and lungs, nourishing blood and generating fluids.
【 Health benefits 】
Shugan tea has the effects of soothing the liver, relieving depression, strengthening the spleen and dampness, promoting blood circulation and replenishing qi, and beautifying and nourishing the skin. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that human health is related to the four seasons of nature. TCM calls this issue the unity of heaven and man, and spring corresponds to the liver. Spring is the season for the revival of all things, and the human liver is precisely this characteristic. The liver is also responsible for growth, and it is a process of upward and laxative growth. So Shugan tea drink can nourish your liver in spring, make you feel more relaxed, and increase your efficiency in life and work.