Cold, everyone is familiar with it, is the most common disease that can occur all year round. Due to different climates in different seasons and different constitutions of patients, the clinical manifestations are also different. Generally, it can be divided into two categories: wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold, including situations such as mixed heat, mixed warmth, and physical weakness. Clinically, appropriate herbal teas should be selected for treatment based on the characteristics of different symptoms. The following four herbal teas will definitely suit you.
Ginger and Perilla Herbal Tea
Source: "Family Food Therapy Book"
Formula: Cut ginger into thin shreds, wash perilla leaves, put them in a cup, brew with boiling water for 10 minutes, drink instead of tea, take 2 doses daily, morning and afternoon, warm.
Effect: Dispelling wind and cold, regulating qi and stomach. Suitable for colds with symptoms such as headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, and abdominal distension. This formula uses herbs instead of tea, with less taste but concentrated effects, simple and practical, suitable for family health and prevention and treatment of diseases.
Perilla and Qianghuo Herbal Tea
Source: "Research and Reference Materials for Common Disease Prescription"
Formula: Perilla leaves, qianghuo, and tea leaves, each 9 grams.
Usage: Grind the above herbs into coarse powder, brew with boiling water. Take 1 dose daily, can be taken at any time, warm.
Effect: Warm and dispel the surface. Suitable for colds with symptoms such as aversion to cold, fever, headache without sweating, and body aches. Taking the herbs as tea repeatedly and drinking it warm can dispel cold and relieve body aches caused by colds. It is a simple and effective treatment method.
Cold Herbal Tea
Source: "Collection of Secret Recipes from Henan Province"
Formula: Qianghuo 30 grams, Bai Zhi 12 grams, Huang Ling 15 grams.
Usage: Brew the above 3 herbs with boiling water. Take 1 dose daily, can be taken at any time, drink instead of tea, warm.
Effect: Weakens wind and dispels cold. Suitable for external wind-cold, headache, body pain, stuffy nose, runny nose, aversion to cold, and fever.
Bai Zhi and Jing Jie Tea
Source: "Selected Medicinal Recipes"
Formula: Xiang Ju Bai Zhi 30 grams, Jing Jie Su, La Cha Ye, each 3 grams.
Usage: Grind Xiang Ju Bai Zhi and Jing Jie Su into fine powder. When taking it, boil it with La Cha or brew it with boiling water to make tea. Take the tea soup orally, 2 times daily, 6 grams each time.
Effect: Dispels wind and cold, relieves surface and alleviates pain. Suitable for early-stage colds with symptoms such as aversion to cold, fever, stuffy nose, runny nose, headache, and toothache.
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