During the dry autumn season, it is important to focus on nourishing and moisturizing the body. Today, I would like to introduce a simple tea recipe for moisturizing the body. It is called Reed Root Tea.
Take two segments of 20cm fresh reed root (if fresh roots are not available, you can use 50g of dried reed roots from a pharmacy). Boil them in water and add a small amount of rock sugar. Once the tea is still warm, it can be consumed. As the water evaporates, the refreshing aroma of the reed root will be released. Adding a small amount of rock sugar enhances the sweetness of the tea, but do not add too much as it may overpower the natural sweetness of the reed root itself.
Reed root has a sweet and cold nature and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat, generating body fluids, relieving restlessness, and stopping vomiting. It can be used for conditions such as fever with restlessness and thirst, vomiting and retching due to stomach heat, hiccups, lung weakness, lung abscess, and even for detoxification from pufferfish poisoning.
On the basis of Reed Root Tea, we can add other ingredients to give it additional benefits. For individuals who suffer from dry and hot cough during autumn, half a fresh pear can be added to the tea. If there is slight phlegm, a small amount of fresh orange peel can also be added.
As autumn arrives, the body may be affected by dryness, heat, or coldness. Therefore, when moisturizing the body, it is important to avoid consuming raw and cold food, especially those that have moisturizing effects. Firstly, raw and cold food can easily damage the spleen and stomach yang qi. Secondly, moisturizing foods themselves have a cooling nature. If consumed in a raw and cold form, it may result in abdominal pain and diarrhea due to the spleen and stomach being exposed to coldness. Additionally, it is important to choose light and moisturizing foods in autumn, rather than heavy and nourishing ones.
After the summer season, the damage caused by dampness and heat to the spleen and stomach may not have been fully recovered. If heavy and greasy medicinal foods are consumed in a short period of time, it may hinder the spleen's ability to generate body fluids and make the body feel even drier.
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