Chinese tea culture has a long history, and medicinal teas also have a lot. According to different classification methods, medicinal teas can be grouped into several categories. Let's take a look at what medicinal teas are available through their different effects.
Heat-clearing herbal teas
These are herbal teas that mainly have the functions of clearing heat, removing fire, cooling the blood, drying dampness, detoxifying and clearing away deficiency heat. Common herbal teas for clearing heat include: mint tea, mung bean licorice tea, etc.
Anti-epidemic herbal tea
It refers to the herbal tea that mainly has the function of expelling the surface evil and treating the surface evidence. Common herbal teas for relieving symptoms include: ginger tea, pungent tea, peppermint tea, thornbush tea, etc.
Tonic tea
It refers to the medicinal tea that mainly has the function of replenishing useful substances, enhancing human body functions, improving immunity against diseases and treating physical weakness. Common tonic herbal teas include astragalus tonic qi tea, jing yue yi kidney tea and so on.
Hemostatic herbal tea
It refers to the medicinal tea that mainly has the effect of accelerating blood clotting and preventing various internal and external bleeding of the body. Common hemostatic herbal teas are: mulberry leaf tea, white foxglove tea, etc.
Herbal tea for calming the liver
It refers to the herbal tea that mainly has the effect of pacifying the liver and subduing Yang, calming the wind and stopping spasm. Common liver pacifying herbal teas are: cassia chrysanthemum tea, acacia flower tea, eucommia leaf tea, gentian herb tea and so on.
Blood-boosting herbal tea
It refers to the herbal tea that mainly has the function of speeding up the blood flow, resolving blood stasis, relieving swelling and pain, and relieving paralysis. Common blood activating herbal teas are: safflower sandalwood tea, salvia tea, panax ginseng tea and so on.
Diuretic herbal tea
It refers to the medicinal tea that mainly has the function of percolating dampness and promoting urination. Common diuretic herbal teas are: Chen Pi plantain tea, Artemisia annua Danshen tea, Zeligia plantain tea and so on.
Qi medicine tea
Refers to the main with the spleen to regulate the qi, the liver to disperse depression, soothe the qi and other effects of medicinal tea. Common qi herbal teas are: rose tea, kumquat tea, orange luo tea and so on.
Laxative herbal tea
It refers to the tea that mainly has the effect of clearing the actual heat, moistening the dryness and slippery intestine, laxative and drainage, removing the stagnation or harmful substances in the stomach and intestines. Common diarrhea herbal teas include: rhubarb tea, senna tea, etc.
Other medicinal teas
In addition to the above herbal teas, there are also warming herbal teas that can help to warm the lining of the body and disperse cold, warm the menstruation and relieve pain; dispel rheumatism and paralysis, dispel rheumatism herbal teas; awaken the mind and open the orifice, open the orifice herbal teas and so on.
