Three Lung Cleansing and Moistening Teas: A Natural Way to Protect Smokers' Lungs

With the development of society, more and more people are smoking. Smoking not only harms one's own health, but also causes second-hand smoke, which harms those around them. Although everyone is well aware of the damage smoking does to the lungs, it is just difficult to quit. So for smokers, how can they protect their lungs and keep them clean? Traditional Chinese medicine recommends three lung cleansing and moistening teas. Let's take a look.

Lung Cleansing and Moistening Tea

1. Sand Ginseng and Jujube Tea

Ingredients: 15g of sand ginseng, 5 jujubes

Directions:

1. Put both ingredients into a cup and add boiling water.

2. Cover and let steep for 15 minutes before drinking.

Benefits:

1. Sand ginseng: Clears and moistens the lungs, nourishes yin and tonifies yin, improves appetite and digestion, clears heat, and stops coughing.

2. Sand ginseng and jujube tea: Clears heat, nourishes yin, and cleans and moistens the lungs.

2. Monk Fruit and Peppermint Cooling Tea

Ingredients: 1/2 monk fruit, 3g of peppermint (dried)

Directions:

1. Wash and peel the monk fruit, remove the flesh, and break it into pieces.

2. Prepare a pot, put the monk fruit in it, add enough water, bring to a boil over high heat, then add the peppermint, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.

Benefits:

1. Monk fruit: The flesh of the monk fruit is highly nutritious, rich in vitamin C, and mainly functions to stop coughing, dissolve phlegm, clear heat, and moisten the lungs. It also has the effects of lowering blood lipid levels and promoting weight loss.

2. Peppermint: The fragrance of peppermint can stimulate the brain, refresh the mind, dispel wind-heat, promote blood circulation, and relieve headache caused by a cold.

3. Monk fruit and peppermint tea: This tea has the effects of refreshing and moistening the mouth, clearing and moistening the lungs, and soothing the throat.

3. Winter Chrysanthemum and Lily Tea

Ingredients: 10g of winter chrysanthemum, 5g of lily

Directions:

1. Wash the winter chrysanthemum and lily with clean water.

2. Then put the lily in a pot, add enough water to boil, and after boiling, take the juice while hot. Add an appropriate amount of sugar and mix well, then add the winter chrysanthemum and steep for 10 minutes. Drink as often as desired.

Benefits:

1. Winter chrysanthemum: It has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough, resolving phlegm, and clearing heat.

2. Lily: It has the effects of tonifying the middle, benefiting qi, relieving cough, moistening the lungs, and nourishing the heart and calming the mind.

3. Winter chrysanthemum and lily tea: This tea has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, calming the mind, stopping coughing, and resolving phlegm.

Smokers, it's time to try these three lung cleansing and moistening teas to cleanse your lungs!