Goji berries soaked in water can reduce liver fire and clear heat, making it an excellent health product for white-collar workers who often use computers. It not only delays aging but also improves the body's immune function.
Goji Berries
(1) Goji berries have a neutral nature and sweet taste. They have the effects of clearing the liver and improving eyesight, nourishing the kidneys, and moisturizing the lungs. Whether boiled in soup or soaked in water, they can effectively reduce liver fire and clear heat.
(2) For office workers who often stay up late or use computers for long periods of time, goji berries are a great health supplement. Moreover, soaking goji berries in water can also strengthen the body, delay aging, and enhance the body's disease resistance.
(3) Goji berries can also be paired with different ingredients to make tea. Brewing it with chrysanthemum can clear the liver and improve eyesight, while brewing it with red dates can nourish the blood and replenish qi. Brewing it with astragalus can calm the mind and relieve thirst, and so on.
Dried Hawthorn
(1) Hawthorn can improve digestion, activate blood circulation, and dissipate blood stasis. It can also expel parasites and regulate menstruation and relieve pain in women. It can also be consumed to alleviate postpartum abdominal pain caused by blood stasis.
(2) Soaking dried hawthorn slices in water can aid digestion, warm the stomach, disperse cold, reduce blood pressure, lower blood lipids, and have antibacterial and cardiotonic effects.
(3) Hawthorn can be paired with different ingredients to achieve different effects. When combined with brown sugar, it can activate blood circulation and dissolve blood stasis and promote digestion. When used with malt and shenqu, it can treat indigestion and belching. When used with chuanxiong or danggui, it can promote blood circulation, relieve pain, and disperse stasis.
Tangerine Peel
(1) Tangerine peel can regulate qi, invigorate the spleen, and dry dampness and phlegm. People with cough and excessive phlegm can drink tangerine peel soaked in water.
(2) Soaking tangerine peel in water can also treat vomiting, stomach pain, loss of appetite, indigestion, and chronic gastritis.
(3) Tangerine peel can be used with other medicinal herbs such as atractylodes and magnolia officinalis to relieve abdominal distension, nausea, and vomiting caused by stagnation of qi in the spleen and stomach. It can be used with hawthorn and shenqu to treat food stagnation and qi stagnation. It can be used with zhishi and ginger to treat chest stuffiness and shortness of breath.
Licorice
(1) Licorice has the effects of expectorating phlegm, detoxifying, relieving pain, and anti-cancer. It can nourish the spleen, replenish qi, moisturize the lungs, relieve cough, and harmonize the effects of other herbs.
(2) Soaking licorice in water can moisturize and detoxify, dissolve phlegm, inhibit melanin production, and regulate endocrine. It can be used for beauty and anti-aging purposes.
Astragalus
(1) Astragalus can replenish qi, strengthen the surface, and promote diuresis and detoxification. It has a good effect on qi deficiency and fatigue. Astragalus also has the function of detoxification and skin regeneration.
(2) Soaking astragalus in water is a common method of consumption. It can relieve fatigue and shortness of breath. It can also treat spleen deficiency and strengthen the body, making it a commonly used medicinal herb for replenishing qi and nourishing blood.
(3) It can be soaked in water with goji berries or added to soup with danggui to replenish qi and blood.
Warm Tips: The above medicinal herbs have different effects. To maintain health, choose the appropriate herbs based on your own physical condition to soak in water. However, it is important not to drink excessively.
