The Medicinal Power of Huanglian: Two Refreshing Tea Recipes

Speaking of Huanglian, I believe the first thing that comes to mind for everyone is "bitterness". However, if you only know the bitterness of Huanglian, then you don't really understand it. As the ancients said, "Good medicine tastes bitter", Huanglian is a good medicine for treating diseases. In the "Shennong Materia Medica", Huanglian is listed as a top-grade medicine. In modern times, with the in-depth research and exploration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, the medicinal value of Huanglian has been greatly enhanced. People who often stay up late and work overtime can use Huanglian to make tea to refresh their minds and make them feel energetic. Today, I will recommend two Huanglian teas, Huanglian green tea and Huanglian Shan Yao (Chinese yam) tea, to help you refresh your mind.

1. Huanglian Green Tea

Ingredients: 8g of Huanglian, 3g of green tea, 1g of black tea, and an appropriate amount of honey.

Instructions:

1. Rinse the Huanglian with clean water. Soak the green tea and black tea separately to remove impurities.

2. Put the Huanglian, green tea, and black tea in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and boil to extract the juice. Then pour the juice into a cup, add an appropriate amount of honey, and mix well.

Benefits:

1. Huanglian: It has the effects of clearing heat, drying dampness, and detoxifying.

2. Green tea: It has the effects of moisturizing the intestines, detoxifying, refreshing the mind, preventing tooth decay, and enhancing immunity.

3. Huanglian green tea: This tea has the effects of clearing heat, drying dampness, refreshing the mind, detoxifying, and enhancing immunity.

2. Huanglian Shan Yao (Chinese Yam) Tea

Ingredients: 3g of Huanglian, 15g of Chinese yam.

Instructions:

1. Rinse the Chinese yam and Huanglian with clean water, then crush them and put them in a thermos.

2. Pour an appropriate amount of boiling water into the thermos, cover the lid, and let it steep for 20 minutes.

3. If you want to reduce the bitterness of the tea, you can add some sweet chrysanthemum sugar according to your taste.

Benefits:

1. Chinese yam: It has the effects of tonifying the spleen and stomach, moisturizing the lungs, nourishing yin and yang, strengthening the kidneys, and promoting metabolism.

2. Huanglian: It has the effects of clearing heat, drying dampness, and detoxifying.

3. Huanglian Shan Yao tea: This tea has the effects of tonifying deficiency, drying dampness, refreshing the mind, detoxifying, and nourishing yin and yang.

For those who often stay up late and work overtime, try a cup of Huanglian green tea to refresh your mind!

Reminder: This product is extremely bitter and cold. Overuse or long-term use can easily damage the spleen and stomach. It should be avoided by those with "spleen and stomach deficiency-cold". It should be used with caution by those with "stomach deficiency and vomiting, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, and kidney deficiency at midnight". It should be used with caution by those with "bitterness and dryness damaging body fluids, yin deficiency and body fluid damage".