The #1 Chinese Herbal Tea for Optimal Health This Winter
By admin on Jan 22, 2010 in General Acupuncture
So what is the #1 Chinese Herbal Tea (of course in my humble opinion) that you can make yourself for Optimal Health This Winter?
3 Simple Ingredients:
Chrysanthemum, Mint, and Honeysuckle. Mix these herbs in roughly equal amounts and strain or soak with slightly less than boiling water. These tea tastes great AND is a phenomenal tool to help you ward off those mid-season colds and flu. Not only that but it tastes great.
Drinking tea is highly underrated. According to Chinese Medicine, tea warms the digestive system, which helps your body “cook” and extract valuable nutrients. Plus we all know that our medicine is made from the extracted ingredients of herbs and other medicinal plants and objects from the natural world. Why not get your medicine and like it!
More about the ingredients:
Chrysanthemum, known for it’s pinyin name Ju Hua or it’s more common American name Mums, is mostly a Holiday or decorative plant in the western world. However in China is well known to improve vision, soothe the eyes and relax headaches.
Mint or Bo He is an ancient herb in China dating over two thousand years. Probably many of you have mint tea in your cabinet right now! Mind can help cool bothersome blisters, cold sores, canker sores, and soothe an upset stomach.
The last herb, Honeysuckle or Jin Yin Hua, is probably the least known medicinal of the three. This herb dates back to a medical text written in 659 AD. This herb also helps to relieve heat and cool the body.
So where can you get these 3 herbs in a nice little baggie? Easy – Central Path Acupuncture and Wellness.
With the idea that tea “cooks,” what is the best time to drink tea relative to eating meals and snacks??
Maureen | Jan 22, 2010 | Reply
It depends on the herbs in the tea and whether the tea is meant to harmonize digestion or provide a different function. Traditionally herbs that work with digestion are taken before meals and herbs or other medicinals that are meant to act as an immune system booster or other tonic should be taken alone.
Brendan Carney | Jan 25, 2010 | Reply