20 Herbal Tea Recipes for Various Health Concerns

December 7, 2023

1. White Fruit Summer Tea

Ingredients: 5g white fruit, 3g pinellia tuber, 3g perilla seed, 2g mulberry bark, 2g almond, 5g flower tea.

Method: Boil 400ml of water with white fruit, pinellia tuber, perilla seed, mulberry bark, and almond. Then brew flower tea and drink.

Function: Clears the lungs, eliminates phlegm, and stops coughing.

Uses: Excessive coughing with phlegm, continuous wheezing; chronic wheezing due to weak lungs.

2. Thick Magnolia Three-Ingredient Tea

Ingredients: 5g thick magnolia, 3g aurantium fruit, 1g rhubarb, 3g flower tea.

Method: Steep in 250ml of boiling water for 10 minutes, then drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Regulates qi and removes stagnation.

Uses: Abdominal distension and pain, difficult bowel movements.

3. Stomach-Relieving Tea

Ingredients: 5g thick magnolia, 3g atractylodes, 3g tangerine peel, 3g ginger, 3g licorice, 3g flower tea.

Method: Boil thick magnolia, atractylodes, tangerine peel, and ginger in 400ml of water. Then brew licorice and flower tea and drink. Can also be steeped directly in 300ml of boiling water.

Function: Dries dampness, promotes spleen function, regulates qi, and harmonizes the stomach.

Uses: Abdominal distension and fullness due to dampness and obstruction in the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, bland taste in mouth, nausea, vomiting, belching, heavy limbs, fatigue; chronic gastritis.

4. Thick Bitter Melon Tea

Ingredients: 5g thick magnolia, 5g betel nut, 2 pieces of Chinese plum, 3g green tea, 10g white sugar.

Method: Brew in 300ml of boiling water and drink. Can also be brewed with the decoction of thick magnolia, betel nut, and Chinese plum, and then sweetened with sugar.

Function: Regulates qi and kills parasites.

Uses: Abdominal pain due to intestinal parasites, weight loss.

5. Thick Magnolia Ginger Tea

Ingredients: 5g thick magnolia, 3g ginger, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in 250ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Regulates qi and warms the middle.

Uses: Spleen and stomach deficiency with diarrhea and watery stools.

6. Magnolia and Coptis Tea

Ingredients: 5g thick magnolia, 1g coptis, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in 200ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Regulates qi and clears the stomach.

Uses: Indigestion, noisy and persistent diarrhea.

7. Fructus Aurantii Immaturus Tea

Ingredients: 10g fructus aurantii immaturus, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in 300ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Breaks up qi and dispels accumulation, resolves phlegm.

Uses: Phlegm stagnation in the chest, chest oppression and distention, food stagnation, regurgitation, belching, diarrhea.

8. Fructus Aurantii Tea

Ingredients: 5g fructus aurantii, 3g agarwood, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in 250ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Disperses cold and promotes qi circulation.

Uses: Cold invasion causing belching and regurgitation.

9. Fructus Aurantii and Licorice Tea

Ingredients: 5g fructus aurantii, 3g licorice, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in 250ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Regulates qi and detoxifies.

Uses: Diarrhea due to heat stagnation.

10. Fructus Aurantii and Coptis Tea

Ingredients: 5g fructus aurantii, 3g coptis, 2 Chinese plums, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in the decoction of fructus aurantii, coptis, and Chinese plums (350ml), then add flower tea and drink. Can also be brewed directly.

Function: Regulates qi, clears heat, and stops bleeding.

Uses: Bloody stool, heat and restlessness in the stomach.

11. Fructus Aurantii and Radix Codonopsis Tea

Ingredients: 5g fructus aurantii, 3g radix codonopsis, 3g astragalus, 3g licorice, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in the decoction of fructus aurantii, radix codonopsis, astragalus, and licorice (400ml), then add licorice and flower tea and drink. Can also be brewed directly.

Function: Tonifies qi and raises yang.

Uses: Rectal prolapse, sinking qi with poor appetite and weakness, uterine prolapse.

12. White Fruit Tea

Ingredients: 5g white fruit, 3g flower tea.

Method: Boil white fruit in 250ml of water until it boils, then brew flower tea and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Consolidates lung qi, stops coughing and wheezing, astringes urine, clears turbidity; has antibacterial and anti-tuberculosis effects.

Uses: Asthma with cough, white discharge, nocturnal emission, gonorrhea, enuresis.

13. Honeysuckle Tea

Ingredients: 10g honeysuckle, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in 300ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Dissolves phlegm, promotes diuresis, relieves gas, softens hardness.

Uses: Phlegm accumulation in the chest, lower rib distension, coughing, regurgitation, belching, persistent hiccups; edema; difficulty in lactation; breast abscess; toothache.

14. Honeysuckle and Scallion Tea

Ingredients: 5g honeysuckle, 5g scallion, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in 200ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Moves qi and promotes diuresis.

Uses: Excessive vaginal bleeding in women.

15. Honeysuckle and Pinellia Tea

Ingredients: 5g honeysuckle, 3g pinellia tuber, 3g poria, 3g tangerine peel, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in 300ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Removes dampness, resolves phlegm, relieves bloating, stops vomiting.

Uses: Phlegm-fluid retention in the chest, continuous vomiting, hardening sensation below the heart.

16. Honeysuckle and Ligusticum Tea

Ingredients: 5g honeysuckle, 3g ligusticum, 2g Chinese angelica, 0.5g asarum, 2g Chinese skullcap, 3g flower tea.

Method: Boil honeysuckle, ligusticum, Chinese angelica, asarum, and Chinese skullcap in 400ml of water. Then brew flower tea and drink. Can also be brewed directly.

Function: Moves the spleen, removes dampness, and transforms phlegm.

Uses: Wind-phlegm causing belching, poor appetite, dizziness.

17. Honeysuckle and Gastrodia Tea

Ingredients: 5g honeysuckle, 2g gastrodia, 3g chrysanthemum, 3g green tea.

Method: Brew in 250ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Dispels wind-phlegm, relieves headache and dizziness.

Uses: Wind-phlegm ascending causing dizziness and headache.

18. Honeysuckle and Angelica Tea

Ingredients: 5g honeysuckle, 3g dandelion, 3g bai zhi, 3g tangerine peel, 3g licorice, 3g flower tea.

Method: Brew in 300ml of boiling water for 10 minutes and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Clears heat, resolves phlegm, removes abscesses.

Uses: Breast abscess, acute mastitis, ulceration of breast cancer.

19. Indigo Plant Tea

Ingredients: 3g indigo plant, 3g green tea.

Method: Brew in 200ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Dissolves phlegm, stops bleeding, reduces inflammation; has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Uses: Sore throat, pharyngitis, tuberculosis, carbuncle and swelling, amenorrhea.

20. Indigofera Tea

Ingredients: 2g indigo plant, 1g radix sophorae flavescentis, 3g green tea.

Method: Brew in 200ml of boiling water and drink when the taste is weak.

Function: Clears heat, detoxifies, and soothes the throat.

Uses: Swelling and pain in the throat, mouth ulcers.

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