Refreshing Herbal Teas for a Healthy Summer

Herbal tea, known as "herbal decoction" in traditional Chinese medicine, is a combination of natural herbs and tea leaves (or without tea leaves) that are brewed and consumed to cool down, detoxify, promote health, or treat and prevent diseases. Below are some health herbal teas suitable for summer, interested individuals may choose according to their own conditions:

Ginger Salt Tea

Ingredients and method: 2-3 slices of fresh ginger, 4g of salt, 6g of green tea, brewed with boiling water as tea.

Benefits: Helps with stomach discomfort and nausea. Particularly suitable for stomach discomfort, nausea, and vomiting.

Orange Red Tea

Ingredients and method: 5g of orange peel, 5g of green tea.

Benefits: Clears the lungs and stomach, regulates qi and transforms phlegm. Especially suitable for the auxiliary treatment of cough with excessive phlegm caused by chronic bronchitis and stomach bloating caused by indigestion.

Danshen Tea

Ingredients and method: 10g of danshen (coarsely ground), 5g of green tea, brewed with boiling water as tea.

Benefits: Activates blood circulation, relieves chest pain, clears the mind. Particularly suitable for coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, thromboangiitis obliterans, chronic hepatitis, and splenomegaly.

Sesame Tea

Ingredients and method: 6g of black sesame seeds, 3g of green tea leaves, brewed with boiling water as tea.

Benefits: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, nourishes the blood, and moistens the intestines. Particularly suitable for kidney deficiency, dizziness, premature greying of hair, and high blood lipids.

Honeysuckle Tea

Ingredients and method: 15g of honeysuckle, 3g of peppermint, brewed with boiling water as tea.

Benefits: Clears heat, relieves summer heat, relieves thirst. Especially suitable for elderly people and children with dermatitis, prickly heat, and boils. It can also be used as a refreshing and cooling drink for people in hot weather.

Bamboo Leaf and Rhizome Tea

Ingredients and method: 10g of fresh bamboo leaves, 30g of rhizome (coarsely chopped), 5g of green tea leaves, brewed with boiling water as tea.

Benefits: Clears heat, purges fire, and promotes urination. Particularly suitable for heat-toxin gout, internal heat and thirst, kidney stones, and symptoms of heatstroke.

Reishi Mushroom and Goji Berry Tea

Ingredients and method: 5g of reishi mushroom, 3g of goji berries, 3g of green tea, brewed with boiling water as tea.

Benefits: Nourishes the body, strengthens the spleen and kidneys, aids digestion, and reduces greasy food. Particularly suitable for the elderly, chronic bronchitis, diabetes, hepatitis, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, and cancer patients.

Plum and Pu-erh Tea

Ingredients and method: 6g of dried plum, 3-6g of pu-erh tea, brewed with hot water as tea.

Benefits: Invigorates the spleen and stomach, generates saliva, aids digestion, dissolves phlegm, relieves coughing, and helps with intestinal problems. Particularly suitable for poor appetite, abdominal distension, dry throat, and persistent diarrhea and dysentery in hot summer.

Huo Xiang and Peilan Tea

Ingredients and method: 9g of huoxiang, 9g of peilan leaves, 6g of tea leaves, brewed with boiling water as tea.

Benefits: Cools down the body, removes dampness, and purifies turbidity. Particularly suitable for summer heat and dampness, dizziness, chest tightness, poor appetite, indigestion, and other symptoms.