Medicinal Herbs for Summer: Benefits and Uses

January 14, 2024

  Huo Xiang has the effects of regulating qi and stomach, resolving dampness in the stomach, etc. It has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on summer colds, headaches, nausea and vomiting, chest and epigastric distension, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Take 10 grams each time, divided into 2-3 doses. The dosage of fresh Huo Xiang can be increased to 30 grams.

  

  Pei Lan has the effects of relieving summer heat, resolving dampness, invigorating the spleen, and harmonizing the stomach. It is commonly used to treat symptoms such as dizziness, chest and epigastric distension, poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea in summer. Take 15 grams each time, divided into 2-3 doses. The dosage of fresh Pei Lan can be increased to 30 grams.

  

  Xiang Ru has the effects of inducing sweating, resolving exterior syndromes, dispelling summer heat, and resolving dampness. It is often used to treat symptoms such as fever, heavy head and body, abdominal pain, and diarrhea in summer. It is a medicinal herb for treating "Yin heat" syndromes. Take 3-10 grams each time. Avoid using it for people who are weak and sweat a lot or have "Yang heat" syndromes.

  

  He Ye has the effects of detoxification, clearing heat, awakening the spleen, etc. Fresh lotus leaves are especially good at dispelling summer heat and cleansing impurities. They are used to treat heatstroke, headache, prickly heat, itching, and other conditions. Take 15 grams each time, divided into 2-3 doses.

  

  Green Bean has the effects of cooling heat, relieving thirst, detoxifying, clearing heat, promoting diuresis, etc. Drinking green bean soup or porridge in summer is effective in preventing heatstroke.

  
        

 

  Zhu Ye has the effects of clearing heat, relieving restlessness, clearing the heart, and promoting diuresis. It is used to treat symptoms such as irritability due to heat, dark yellow urine, reduced urine output, and oral ulcers in summer. Take 10 grams each time, divided into 2 doses.

  

  Watermelon Rind has the effects of clearing heat, relieving thirst, and promoting diuresis. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as restlessness, dryness, thirst, reduced urine output, and oral ulcers in summer. Take 30 grams each time, decocted 3-4 times as a tea substitute.

  

  Luffa Peel has the effects of clearing summer heat, relieving restlessness, and quenching thirst. Take 20 grams of fresh luffa peel each time, divided into 2 doses. It is used to treat conditions such as heatstroke, restlessness, and thirst.

  

  Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Water mainly has the effects of dispelling summer heat, detoxifying, resolving dampness, and regulating the middle. It can be used for patients with external contraction of febrile diseases, internal dampness stagnation, and symptoms such as cold, vomiting, and diarrhea.

  

  Shi Di Shui has the effects of dispelling summer heat, dispelling cold, and invigorating the stomach. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal discomfort caused by heatstroke. It can be used to prevent heatstroke for long-distance travelers and workers in high-temperature environments.

  

  Ren Dan has the effects of clearing heat, dispelling summer heat, avoiding filth, and stopping vomiting. It is a commonly used anti-heat medicine in summer. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as headache, acute gastroenteritis (vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea) caused by high temperature, summer cold, and discomfort due to water and soil changes.

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