Summer can be difficult for people with a damp-heat constitution. These individuals not only have an excess of dampness, but also heat. They often feel heaviness in their limbs and have symptoms of bladder damp-heat. So how can they regulate their body? Drinking tea can be a good option. Here are some teas that are suitable for them.
Chrysanthemum and Locust Flower Tea
Ingredients: 8g of locust flowers, 8g of chrysanthemum flowers, a suitable amount of rock sugar.
Instructions: Put the two flowers in a tea cup, pour hot water over them, cover the cup, let it steep for ten minutes, and then add rock sugar before drinking.
Benefits: Locust flowers can clear liver fire, which corresponds to the symptoms of excessive liver fire in individuals with a damp-heat constitution. Chrysanthemum flowers can dispel wind-heat, calm the liver, and improve vision. They are also suitable for individuals with a damp-heat constitution who are prone to wind-heat infections and excessive liver fire.
Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Tea
Ingredients: 2 chrysanthemum flowers, 2 mulberry leaves.
Instructions: Put the mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum flowers in a cup, pour boiling water over them, and drink it while it is still warm.
Benefits: Mulberry leaves can dispel wind, cool the body, cool the blood, and clear the liver and improve vision. Chrysanthemum flowers can dispel wind and clear heat, remove dampness, and refresh the mind. They are suitable for individuals with a damp-heat constitution.
Poria and Peppermint Tea
Ingredients: a suitable amount of poria, peppermint, and honey.
Instructions: Put the poria in a pot, add water, bring it to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Then add peppermint and honey, and simmer for another minute before drinking it while it is still hot.
Benefits: This tea can clear heat, remove dampness, promote urination, and improve digestion and appetite. It is suitable for daily consumption for individuals with a damp-heat constitution in early autumn and late summer, but should be used with caution by individuals with yin deficiency and excessive internal heat.
Clitoria and Green Tea
Ingredients: 15g of clitoria, 2g of green tea.
Instructions: Put the clitoria and green tea in a cup, pour boiling water over them, cover the cup, and let it steep for 5 minutes before drinking it while it is still hot. This tea can be consumed regularly.
Benefits: Clitoria can clear heat, remove dampness, promote diuresis, and relieve urinary tract infections. Green tea can reduce internal heat and detoxify. It is suitable for individuals with a damp-heat constitution, but should be used with caution by individuals with kidney yin deficiency.
Five-Flower Tea
Ingredients: 33g of dried kapok flowers, 10g of honeysuckle flowers, 8g of locust flowers, 20g of pagoda tree flowers, 10g of kudzu flowers.
Instructions: Prepare these flower teas, put them in a pot, add 400ml of water, bring it to a boil, and simmer until the tea becomes dark and concentrated.
Benefits: Kapok flowers can clear heat and promote dampness elimination; honeysuckle flowers can clear heat without damaging the stomach; pagoda tree flowers can clear heat and protect the liver; kudzu flowers can clear heat and dispel wind; locust flowers can clear heat, dispel wind, cool the blood, and moisten the lungs. This tea can effectively clear damp-heat in the large intestine.
Salty Lemon Tea
Ingredients: lemon slices or fresh lemons.
Instructions: Use a suitable amount of lemon slices, pour hot water over them, and add a little salt. Drink it while it is still hot.
Benefits: Lemon has a bitter and warm taste, which can clear heat, relieve summer heat, generate body fluids, and quench thirst. It is suitable for individuals with a damp-heat constitution. However, it should not be consumed with seafood, milk, or radish.
