With the improvement of living standards, people are paying more and more attention to health. Some friends with liver and gallbladder damp-heat may wonder what kind of tea is suitable for them.
Corn silk tea
Ingredients: 30g fresh corn silk, 10g green tea.
Method: Put the corn silk in a cup with green tea, add 250ml boiling water, and let it steep for a few minutes.
Benefits: Corn silk has the effect of clearing and benefiting the liver and gallbladder damp-heat, and green tea can clear heat. Therefore, corn silk tea is suitable for patients with liver and gallbladder damp-heat causing reduced urine output and yellow urine.
Plantain honey tea
Ingredients: 10g plantain, a little honey.
Method: Soak the plantain in cold water for 10 minutes, discard the cold water, add boiling water, and when the water temperature drops to about 60 degrees, add a little honey.
Benefits: Plantain has the effect of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, and reducing jaundice. It is a good medicine for treating liver and gallbladder damp-heat. It is suitable for patients with liver and gallbladder damp-heat causing yellowing of the skin and eyes.
Isatis root and chrysanthemum drink
Ingredients: 30g isatis root, 10g Hangbai chrysanthemum.
Method: Add the isatis root to an appropriate amount of water and boil for half an hour, then add the Hangbai chrysanthemum and boil for another 5 minutes.
Benefits: Both isatis root and Hangbai chrysanthemum can clear liver heat. Hangbai chrysanthemum can also improve eyesight. Isatis root and chrysanthemum drink is suitable for patients with liver and gallbladder damp-heat causing swollen and painful eyes with excessive eye discharge.
Purslane and plantago seed drink
Ingredients: 30g purslane (50g fresh), 15g plantago seed.
Method: Wash the purslane and put it in a pot with plantago seed, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
Benefits: Purslane has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, and plantago seed can clear heat and promote diuresis. Purslane and plantago seed drink is suitable for patients with liver and gallbladder damp-heat causing edema, reduced urine output, dry mouth, and thirst.
Five-juice drink
Ingredients: 1 pear, 100g each of water chestnut, lotus root, and fresh reed root, 20g ophiopogon root.
Method: Soak the ophiopogon root overnight in advance. Wash the pear, water chestnut, lotus root, and reed root, remove the skin, and then put all the ingredients into a juicer and juice.
Benefits: These five ingredients can all clear heat and generate fluid, suitable for patients with persistent liver and gallbladder damp-heat.
Safflower tea
Ingredients: 15g safflower.
Method: Wash the safflower, put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and boil it to make a tea to replace regular tea.
Benefits: Safflower has the effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, and reducing jaundice. It is suitable for patients with liver and gallbladder damp-heat causing yellowing of the skin, eyes, and urine.
Plantain, lotus leaf, and jujube tea
Ingredients: 20g plantain, 10g lotus leaf, 10 jujubes, 10g roasted licorice root, 10g ginger.
Method: Wash all the ingredients and put them into a pot with an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
Benefits: Plantain clears and benefits the liver and gallbladder damp-heat, while lotus leaf clears heat and dampness. Therefore, plantain, lotus leaf, and jujube tea have the effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis.
Turmeric liver-clearing tea
Ingredients: 10g turmeric, 2g green tea, 5g roasted licorice root, a little honey.
Method: Boil turmeric, green tea, and roasted licorice root in water, then simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. After cooling, when the temperature drops to about 60 degrees, add honey.
Benefits: Turmeric can soothe the liver, relieve depression, and dissolve stones. Turmeric liver-clearing tea is suitable for patients with liver and gallbladder damp-heat caused by gallstones.
