Maidong Tea: Nourishing Yin and Soothing Heat

Maidong Tea

Introduction to Maidong Tea:

Alias: Ophiopogon japonicus, a rhizome plant of the Liliaceae family. It has a slightly cold nature and a slightly bitter taste. It enters the lung, stomach, and heart meridians.

Functions and Effects of Maidong Tea:

Hang Maidong - The dried rhizome is spindle-shaped with blunt tips at both ends, plump and slightly curved in the middle. The surface is yellowish-white, semi-transparent, with irregular vertical wrinkles. When not completely dried, it is relatively flexible, and after drying, it becomes hard. The broken surface is yellowish-white and glossy. It is relatively hard in texture, with a slight aroma and a mild taste, and less stickiness. Sichuan Maidong: similar in shape to Hang Maidong but shorter and thicker. The surface is milky white and glossy, and the texture is relatively hard. It has a slight aroma and a mild taste, and less stickiness.

Soil Maidong - rough and shriveled surface, yellowish-black color, small and slender in size, strong fibrous nature. The best Maidong tea is characterized by a light yellowish-white surface, plumpness, soft texture, pleasant aroma, sweet taste, and stickiness when chewed. Maidong tea can nourish yin, moisten the lungs, relieve restlessness, nourish the stomach, generate body fluids, clear thirst, relieve stagnation and heat, heat-induced fluid damage, dry throat, and constipation. It can also nourish yin, moisten the lungs, and clear the heart. It is used for lung dry cough, hemoptysis, bloody sputum, lung tuberculosis, lung abscess, asthenic fever and restlessness, excessive thirst, heat-induced fluid damage, dry throat, and constipation, nourishing yin, generating body fluids, moistening the lungs, and clearing the heart. It is used for lung dry cough, asthenic cough, fluid damage and thirst, restlessness and insomnia, internal heat and excessive thirst, dry intestines and constipation, and white throat.

Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangsu, etc., drinking Maidong tea before meals can nourish the spleen and stomach, preparing for a big feast, and can also be consumed after meals to aid digestion. Maidong tea has a slightly sweet taste and a good flavor, suitable for children, the elderly, and other people with weak digestion to consume regularly.

Medicinal Value:

【Formula】9g of Maidong, Codonopsis pilosula, Beishashen, Solomon's seal, and Pollen.

【Usage】Grind the above ingredients into coarse powder, brew with boiling water as tea, take 1 dose per serving, once daily.

【Effects】This formula has the functions of soothing the liver, nourishing yin, and clearing heat.

【Indications】Gastritis of the type of stomach heat and yin deficiency.

【Source】"Chinese Diet Therapy".

Flower Language: Maidong relieves heat and quenches thirst.

Precautions:

Maidong tea should be avoided for those with weak spleen and stomach causing diarrhea, phlegm and dampness, and those with sudden cold and cough caused by wind and cold.