10 Refreshing Herbal Teas for Lung Health and Hydration

1. Sand Mai Tea

Ingredients: 5g of Codonopsis pilosula, 3g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 3g of Polygonatum sibiricum, 2g of Morus alba leaves, 3g of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Boil the decoction of the first four herbs in 400ml of water, then steep with Glycyrrhiza uralensis and green tea, and drink it until the taste is light.

Function: Clear lungs and moisturize dryness.

Uses: Lung deficiency with dryness, fever, cough, dry mouth and thirst.

2. Polygonatum Tea

Ingredients: 10g of Polygonatum sibiricum, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Steep in 300ml of hot water and drink. Can be sweetened with rock sugar.

Function: Nourish yin and moisturize dryness, relieve irritation and quench thirst.

Uses: Yin deficiency due to fever, cough, thirst, fatigue, night sweats, frequent urination, and throat discomfort.

3. Stomach-Nourishing Tea

Ingredients: 5g of Polygonatum sibiricum, 3g of Codonopsis pilosula, 3g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 3g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 3g of green tea, 10g of rock sugar.

Usage: Steep in 300ml of hot water and drink it until the taste is light.

Function: Nourish the stomach and produce fluids.

Uses: After sweating due to fever, it nourishes the depleted stomach fluids; throat discomfort.

4. Bamboo Leaf Tea

Ingredients: 5g of Polygonatum sibiricum, 3g of Lotus leaf, 3g of Chrysanthemum flower, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Steep in 300ml of hot water and drink. Can be sweetened with rock sugar.

Function: Nourish yin, dispel external pathogens, and improve vision.

Uses: Red, painful eyes and blurred vision after external pathogenic heat invasion.

5. Dendrobium Tea

Ingredients: 5g of Dendrobium nobile, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Steep in 200ml of hot water and drink. Can be sweetened with rock sugar.

Function: Nourish the stomach and produce fluids, clear heat and nourish yin.

Uses: Dehydration due to fever, dry mouth and thirst; post-illness deficiency heat.

6. Dendrobium and Gua Lou Tea

Ingredients: 5g of Dendrobium nobile, 3g of Trichosanthes kirilowii, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Steep in 250ml of hot water and drink. Can be sweetened with rock sugar.

Function: Produce fluids and moisturize the lungs, promote lung function and stop coughing.

Uses: Dry cough with scanty phlegm due to lung dryness; chronic bronchitis.

7. Pollen Tea

Ingredients: 10g of pollen, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Steep in 300ml of hot water and drink. Can be sweetened with rock sugar.

Function: Produce fluids and quench thirst, reduce heat and moisturize dryness, promote pus drainage and reduce swelling.

Uses: Thirst due to fever, diabetes, lung dryness with coughing up blood, jaundice, abscesses and swellings.

8. Scrophularia Tea

Ingredients: 10g of Scrophularia ningpoensis, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Steep in 300ml of hot water and drink. Can be sweetened with rock sugar.

Function: Nourish yin and reduce heat, relieve irritation, detoxify.

Uses: Fever with restlessness and thirst, constipation; spontaneous sweating, night sweats; throat swelling and pain; carbuncles, swollen and inflamed skin.

9. Scrophularia and Isatis Leaf Tea

Ingredients: 5g of Scrophularia ningpoensis, 3g of Isatis indigotica leaf, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Steep in 300ml of hot water and drink. Can be sweetened with rock sugar.

Function: Clear heat and cool blood, nourish yin and detoxify.

Uses: Mastitis with swelling and pain, common cold with fever, mumps.

10. Reed Root Tea

Ingredients: 10g of reed root, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Steep in 300ml of hot water and drink. Can be sweetened with rock sugar.

Function: Clear heat and produce fluids, relieve irritation and stop vomiting.

Uses: Fever with restlessness and thirst; stomach heat with nausea, acid regurgitation; lung abscess.

11. Reed and Mai Men Dong Tea

Ingredients: 5g of reed root, 3g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 3g of green tea.

Usage: Steep in 250ml of hot water and drink. Can be sweetened with rock sugar.

Function: Nourish yin and clear heat.

Uses: Cholera with diarrhea, restlessness, mouth dryness, and yellow urine; bladder cancer; throat discomfort.