According to Oriental medicine, summer is the season of most fire and dampness, the most hot and inflamed weather, the season corresponding to the heart, the yang energy in the body is at its peak but the functions of the spleen and stomach are very vulnerable. Therefore, drinking tea in the summer must take the task of clearing heat and dampness, clearing the heart and strengthening the spleen as the most important. Below are some ways to prepare tea that are beneficial to health for readers to refer to and apply.
Formula 1:
Tea 3g, chrysanthemum 9g, brew and drink. Uses: clears the head, clears heat and promotes urination, very good for people who often have headaches, dizziness, mental fatigue, heat, and red urine in the summer.
Formula 2:
Tea 3g, lotus flower 6g (take lotus petals or buds in July, dry them in the shade), grind them, and drink. Uses: clears the heart and cools the blood, activates blood circulation and stops bleeding, used for people who often have heat, lips and mouth are prone to ulcers, red urine, and diseases that are prone to bleeding in the summer such as nosebleeds, subcutaneous bleeding, prolonged menstruation due to heat in the blood...
Recipe 3:
3g tea, 3g fresh mint, 6g ginseng (can be replaced with 8g codonopsis pilosula or 3g ginseng), 1 slice of fresh ginger, steep and drink. Uses: detoxifies, clears the eyes, regulates the spleen and stomach, used as a health drink in the summer, very good.
Recipe 4:
2g tea, 2 green plums, remove the pulp and seeds, 3g lotus heart, steep and drink. Uses: quenches thirst, clears the mind and eliminates toxins, is good for cooling and strengthening the body in the summer.
Formula 5:
Steep 3g of tea in 500ml of boiling water for 5 minutes, 1 medium-sized watermelon, split open and squeeze out the juice, mix with the tea, divide into several servings to drink during the day. Uses: clears heat and detoxifies, produces body fluids and quenches thirst, used as a thirst quencher on hot days.
Recipe 6:
5g tea, 10 jujubes with burnt skin, 20g honey, steep and drink. Uses: replenishes Qi and blood, moistens the lungs and spleen, used for people with digestive tract diseases in the summer.
Formula 7:
Tea 3g, ginseng 3g, jasmine 3g, astragalus 6g, steep and drink. Uses: replenishes Qi, produces body fluids, stops sweating, used for people with poor appetite, sweat easily, or have palpitations in the summer. People with high blood pressure should not use it.
Formula 8:
3g tea, half a fresh lotus leaf, 6g talcum, 6g Atractylodes macrocephala, 4g Pogostemon cablin, 3g licorice, enough white sugar, boil and drink. Uses: eliminate dampness, harmonize the spleen and stomach, used to quench thirst and prevent sunstroke and heatstroke in the summer.
Formula 9:
10g tea, 3g fresh ginger, 4.5g salt, boil and drink with 500ml water. Uses: clears heat, generates body fluids, and detoxifies, used to quench thirst in the summer when sweating a lot, dry lips and mouth, and is very good for heat.
Formula 10:
Tea 3g, brown rice 30-50g, grind into powder, steep with boiling water in a sealed container, after about 30 minutes it can be used, drink during the day. Uses: generates body fluids, quenches thirst, strengthens the spleen and promotes urination, reduces heat and detoxifies, very good for those who
