The Power of Herbal Teas: Enhancing Beauty, Nourishing the Body, and Delaying Aging

  Xian Tea

  [Recipe] 500g fine tea, 375g sesame seeds, 75g Sichuan peppercorns, 150g fennel seeds, 30g dried ginger, 30g roasted salt, 750g glutinous rice, 750g yellow corn, 750g soybeans, 750g red adzuki beans, 750g green beans.

  [Usage] Grind the ingredients into powder and mix them together. Add roasted wheat flour and stir-fry until golden brown. Mix with the previous 11 ingredients evenly and store in a porcelain jar. You can also add walnuts, jujubes, pine nuts, and white sugar as desired. Take 3 spoons of the mixture and drink with boiled water.

  [Effects] Nourishes the essence and enhances beauty, strengthens the kidney, and delays aging. Suitable for people in their forties and fifties to slow down the aging process.

White Atractylodes and Licorice Tea

  [Recipe] 3g green tea, 15g white atractylodes, 3g licorice.

  [Usage] Boil white atractylodes and licorice with 600ml of water for 10 minutes. Add green tea and divide into 3 portions to drink warm. Soak and drink again. Take 1 dose per day.

  [Effects] Strengthens the spleen and kidney, nourishes qi, and promotes blood circulation.

Sesame Blood-Nourishing Tea

  [Recipe] 6g black sesame seeds, 3g tea leaves.

  [Usage] Stir-fry the ingredients until golden brown, then boil them with tea for 10 minutes. Drink the soup and eat the sesame seeds and tea leaves.

  [Effects] Nourishes the liver and kidneys, nourishes the blood, and moistens the lungs. It is used to treat liver and kidney deficiency, rough skin, yellow and dry hair, premature graying, and tinnitus.

Rejuvenation Tea

  [Recipe] 18g pagoda tree fruit, 30g polygonum multiflorum, 18g winter melon peel, 15g hawthorn meat, 3g oolong tea.

  [Usage] Boil the first four ingredients with water, remove the residue, and steam the oolong tea with the medicinal juice to make tea.

  [Effects] Clears heat, eliminates stasis, nourishes the blood vessels, enhances vascular elasticity, lowers cholesterol levels, and prevents and treats arteriosclerosis.

Duzhong Tea

  [Recipe] 6g Eucommia bark, green tea as needed.

  [Usage] Grind the Eucommia bark into powder and drink with green tea water. Take 3g per dose, twice daily.

  [Effects] Nourishes the liver and kidneys, strengthens the bones, and lowers blood pressure.

Ginseng Tea

  [Recipe] 15g tea leaves, 20g schisandra berries, 10g ginseng, 30g longan meat.

  [Usage] Mash the schisandra berries and ginseng, and finely shred the longan meat. Mix them with tea leaves and steep in boiling water for 5 minutes. Drink as desired.

  [Effects] Nourishes the brain, strengthens the body, and invigorates the qi.

Shouwu and Pine Needle Tea

  [Recipe] 18g polygonum multiflorum, 30g pine sap (flower is better), 5g oolong tea.

  [Usage] Boil the polygonum multiflorum and pine needles or flowers in water for about 20 minutes, remove the residue, and use the hot medicinal juice to steep the oolong tea for 5 minutes. Take 1 dose per day, anytime.

  [Effects] Nourishes the essence and blood, nourishes the yang, and expels pathogenic factors. It is used for people with liver and kidney deficiency, and those engaged in chemical, radiation, pesticide manufacturing, nuclear technology, and underground mining work, as well as those with reduced white blood cells after radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

Dangshen and Red Date Tea

  [Recipe] 20g codonopsis root, 10-20 red dates, 3g tea leaves.

  [Usage] Wash the codonopsis root and red dates, then boil them together with tea leaves and drink.

  [Effects] Tonifies the spleen and stomach, nourishes qi, and generates fluids. Suitable for people with physical weakness, reduced appetite after illness, loose stools, fatigue, palpitations, dry throat, and dry skin in women.

Zhishu Tea

  [Recipe] 5g tea leaves, 30g white sesame seeds.

  [Usage] Roast the sesame seeds until golden brown, crush them, and drink with tea water. Take 1 dose in the morning.

  [Effects] Nourishes the body, invigorates the blood, and moistens the intestines.

Butter Tea

  [Recipe] 150g butter, brick tea, refined salt as needed, 1 cup of milk.

  [Usage] Pour 100g of butter, 5g of salt, and milk into a clean tea container. Then add about 1-2kg of brewed tea. Use a clean wooden stick to stir up and down for 5 minutes. Add 50g of butter and stir for another 2 minutes. After stirring, pour into a teapot and heat for about 1 minute (do not boil, boiling will separate the tea oil and affect the taste). Drink at any time.

  [Effects] Nourishes yin, supplements qi, invigorates the spleen, and refreshes the mind. Used for post-illness, postpartum, and various types of weakness, it can enhance physical fitness, increase appetite, and accelerate recovery.

Sulfur Tea

  [Recipe] 9g sulfur, 9g chebulic myrobalan, 9g purple bamboo leaves.

  [Usage] Grind the sulfur into fine powder and wrap it in a clean cloth bag. Boil it with chebulic myrobalan and purple bamboo leaves in water for 10-15 minutes. Filter and take the juice. Drink warm, 1 dose per day.

  [Effects] Warms the kidney and strengthens yang, astringes and stops diarrhea. Used for kidney yang deficiency (weakness in the Gate of Vitality), nocturnal diarrhea, cold pain in the gallbladder area, cold limbs, or prolonged diarrhea.

  [Precautions] Not suitable for those with yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity or pregnant women.

Black Hair and Rejuvenation Tea

  [Recipe] Prepared polygonum multiflorum (sliced and steamed and then dried), raw rehmannia (wine washed), equal parts of green tea.

  [Usage] Boil and extract the juice (avoid contact with ironware) and drink.

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