Different herbal teas have different properties: cooling, warming, and neutral. People with different constitutions should choose according to their own.
Today's fashion lovers love to "mix and match," and herbal teas seem to be joining the trend. However, Director Yang Xianguang of the Pharmacy Department at Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, reminds us that herbal tea blends should not exceed three types and must be properly matched.
Different herbal teas have different properties: cooling, warming, and neutral. People with different constitutions should choose according to their own. Those with a "heat" constitution should opt for cooling herbs, while those with a "deficient cold" constitution are suitable for warming herbs. Neutral herbs can be consumed by most people. Cooling edible herbs mainly include Prunella, Honeysuckle, Chrysanthemum, and Pagoda Tree flowers. Warming edible herbs mainly include Plum Blossom, Jasmine, Rose, China Rose, and Saffron. Neutral herbs mainly include Albizia Silk Tree, Corn Silk, Cotton Rose, and Lavender.
It is best not to mix warming herbs with cooling herbs for consumption. When blending, it is advisable to consume them under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. Because each herbal tea contains its own nature and flavor, these different properties can easily conflict, which can easily produce substances harmful to the body, or even become toxic. In severe cases, it can cause adverse reactions such as palpitations and dizziness.
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Yang Xianguang suggests that the more herbs you mix in a tea, the more potent its effects, but also the more adverse effects it can have on the body. For example, during a cold caused by wind-cold and during a woman's menstrual period, one should not drink cooling herbal teas. An improper blend that includes a large amount of cooling herbs can lead to a prolonged and difficult recovery from a cold, and for women during their period, it can affect the normal discharge of menstrual blood, leading to blood stasis and stagnation over time.
Here are 6 recommended "mix and match" herbal tea blends:
Rose + California Lipid Honey Jujube: Can effectively expel excess fat from the body, resulting in a slim figure;
Verbena + Lemongrass: Can break down fat and promote urination, helping to slim down the lower body;
Rose + Apple Blossom: Can regulate menstruation, nourish blood, remove acne, and whiten the skin;
Fat-reducing Flower + Verbena + Gynostemma: Can clear blood lipids and reduce body fat;
Rose + Goji Berry + Hangzhou White Chrysanthemum + Dark Plum: Can regulate endocrine and eliminate fatigue;
Rose + Jasmine: Nourishes beauty and has a nourishing effect on the liver and stomach, and can also relieve tension.