The weather is hot in summer. Many people like to drink iced drinks to quench their thirst. At that time, they are very comfortable and quench their thirst, but they damage the Yang of the human body and are easy to cause deficiency and cold of the spleen and stomach. In fact, many traditional Chinese medicines have the effects of cooling and relieving summer heat, generating saliva and relieving thirst. You can make a cup of herbal tea yourself. In this issue, Liu Yang, a doctor in the sub-health Department of Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of traditional Chinese medicine, teaches you several methods of making herbal tea to help you spend the summer refreshing.

Heavy summer heat and dampness, poor appetite -- Wumei Chenpi tea

In summer, the appetite will become worse. In fact, poor appetite is closely related to the health of the spleen and stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that “the spleen governs the transportation”, and the spleen and stomach is an important place for transporting food and water and dampness. If their function is wrong, the appetite will naturally become worse, and nothing tastes good. Therefore, if you want to have a good appetite in summer, you should protect the spleen and stomach, strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.

Often drink black plum and orange peel tea to regulate qi and strengthen the spleen, dry dampness and stomach. Take 6 grams of black plum and 6 grams of orange peel, wash the orange peel and black plum, put them into a cup together, flush them with boiling water, cover them and soak them for about 10 minutes, dry them for warm and drink them, 1 dose a day. It is suitable for anorexia, dyspepsia, abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting and other diseases caused by food stagnation in the spleen and stomach.

Black plum has the functions of generating saliva, relieving thirst, increasing appetite and promoting digestion. The sour plum soup boiled with black plum has been a drink for relieving summer heat and thirst since ancient times. Tangerine peel has the effects of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. It is often used in abdominal distension, loss of appetite, cough and excessive phlegm caused by dampness of the spleen and stomach. Drinking tangerine peel with black plum tea can effectively improve the poor appetite caused by summer heat dampness in summer.

Insomnia, lotus leaf tea, heartache in summer

I believe many people will feel this way. In the hot summer, they will feel upset and can’t concentrate on anything, and they don’t sleep at night. More serious, they will have mouth and tongue sores. This is what traditional Chinese medicine thinks of as “strong heart fire”. The heart belongs to fire. Summer dominates heat. The heart and summer ventilation seek each other, so there is “summer heat connects the heart”, that is to say, summer heat can make the heart fire more vigorous, and the heart fire has a warm effect on all organs of the body. However, if this fire is too much, it will also lead to inflammation of the heart fire, resulting in sores in the mouth and tongue, insomnia, irritability and other diseases.

So the way to get rid of upset is very simple, which is “clearing the heart and fire”. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter taste enters the heart. Eating some bitter things appropriately can dispel the heart fire and eliminate the fire. The first is lotus seed core. It tastes bitter and can spread the heart fire, clear the heart and awaken the spleen. People who are angry can often drink a little lotus seed heart light bamboo leaf tea, which can clear their heart, get rid of trouble and sleep safely.

Take 3 grams of lotus seed heart and 6 grams of Phyllostachys pubescens leaves, put the above herbs into a cup, pour an appropriate amount of boiling water, cover and soak for 10 to 15 minutes, cool the offspring tea and drink it once a day. Lotus seed heart tastes bitter, but it is a good medicine to clear the heart and fire. It can regulate insomnia caused by heart, kidney disharmony or strong heart fire. Light bamboo leaf has the effect of clearing the heart and removing annoyance. According to the compendium of Materia Medica, light bamboo leaves “remove heat, facilitate urination and clear the heart”.

Dizziness, swelling brain, red face and red eyes in summer -- chrysanthemum sophora flower tea

In hot summer, people with vigorous liver fire and high blood pressure are prone to dizziness, brain swelling, red face and red eyes. At this time, we need to clear the liver fire. Chrysanthemum sophora flower tea is a good choice.

Take 6 grams of chrysanthemum and 6 grams of Sophora japonica, put the above herbs into a cup, pour an appropriate amount of boiling water, cover and soak for 10 to 15 minutes, cool the offspring tea and drink it, one dose a day.

Chrysanthemum was known as “longevity prolonger” in ancient times. It has long been listed as “top grade” in Shennong’s herbal classic. The compendium of Materia Medica believes that “it has the effect of dispersing wind heat, calming the liver and brightening the eyes”. It has high curative effect on headache, dizziness, red eye swelling and pain and eye fatigue caused by liver fire in summer.

Sophora japonica is a kind of widely used medicinal material, which is fragrant and sweet, rich in vitamins and a variety of minerals. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Sophora japonica flower is cool, bitter and non-toxic. It belongs to the liver and large intestine. It has the functions of clearing heat and cooling blood, clearing liver and purging fire and hemostasis. Those with strong liver fire can make tea with chrysanthemum and Sophora japonica, which can clear liver fire and stop dizziness.

Dry and thirsty in summer, drinking a lot of water doesn’t quench your thirst -- Ophiopogon japonicus white grass root tea

The summer weather is hot, which is easy to consume the body fluid in the body. The water supplemented by the body is far less than the water distributed by the body, resulting in dry and thirsty. Drinking a lot of water does not quench your thirst. This can be alleviated by Ophiopogon japonicus white grass root tea.

Take 6 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus and 10 grams of white grass root, put the above herbs into a cup, pour an appropriate amount of boiling water, cover and soak for 10 to 15 minutes, cool the offspring tea and drink it, 1 dose a day.

Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet, cold and moist. It has the nature of yin and softness, but it is nourishing but not greasy. It is good at nourishing yin and generating fluid. It is suitable for the syndrome of dry nasopharynx, dry mouth and thirst caused by heat injuring body fluid and yin deficiency dryness. “Shennong materia medica Sutra”: “Ophiopogon japonicus takes long clothes and is not old or hungry.” In addition to Ophiopogon japonicus, this tea also uses the root of Festuca arundinacea, which is cold and tastes sweet and bitter. It enters the lungs, stomach and small intestine. It has the effect of clearing heat and generating fluid, and can help remove the heat in the human body.

In summer, the tongue coating is thick and the mouth smells bad -- lotus leaf pelan tea

In summer, there is abundant rainfall, high air humidity and high temperature, which makes people feel stuffy and hot. Like in a steamer, this weather is called sauna day. At this time, if the function of the spleen is abnormal, water and dampness cannot be metabolized normally. In case of heat for a long time, dampness and heat will form. In addition, if the stomach does not reduce turbidity, dampness and heat will be expressed in the form of peculiar smell in the mouth and thick and greasy tongue coating.

Lotus leaf is a good medicine for clearing heat and relieving summer heat, generating saliva and quenching thirst. It is hot in summer. Cooking porridge, making tea and boiling soup with lotus leaf can help to remove summer heat and generate saliva and quench thirst. Lotus leaves are fragrant and fresh. Drinking tea with lotus leaves can also freshen your breath and remove bad breath. Perrin is orchid with fragrant smell. It is good at clearing away summer heat, removing dampness and invigorating the spleen, removing staleness, promoting the digestive function of the spleen and stomach. It is used for greasy and peculiar smell in the mouth.

Take 6 grams of lotus leaf and 6 grams of Perrin. Before making tea, rinse the two medicines first. After brewing with boiling water, it will be stuffy for 10 minutes. You can drink the tea when it has the smell of medicine. If you insist on using it for a week, you can get rid of the peculiar smell in your mouth.

Reducing weight and promoting dampness in summer -- lotus leaf tea

Lotus leaves are flat in nature and bitter in taste. The “key to syndrome and treatment” said: “taking lotus leaves makes people thin and bad, so taking them alone can eliminate the Qi of Yang water edema.” The research results of traditional Chinese medicine show that lotus leaf has the effect of reducing blood lipid. Lotus leaf alkaloid is an alkaloid extracted from lotus leaf. It can expand blood vessels, clear away heat and relieve summer heat, reduce blood pressure, and lose weight at the same time