6 Teas to Help Regulate Your Constitution
With the recent fluctuating weather, if your body's immunity is not high, it's easy to experience various physical discomforts. Today, I recommend some teas to everyone to help regulate your constitution, boost immunity, and reduce the chances of getting heat-related illnesses and colds.
Yupinfeng Tea for Body Weakness
For: Those who often have a pale complexion, night sweats, are frail and catch colds easily.
Effects: Targets night sweat symptoms, using Atractylodes macrocephala and Astragalus membranaceus to improve them. Atractylodes macrocephala also strengthens the spleen and stomach, boosting appetite and physical strength. Astragalus membranaceus can strengthen the heart and protect the liver, improving symptoms of body weakness and enhancing immunity.
Ingredients: 6g Codonopsis pilosula, 15g Astragalus membranaceus, 8g Atractylodes macrocephala, 6g Saposhnikovia divaricata
Method: Put all ingredients in a pot, add 1000cc of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and drink while hot.
Mint and Lingzhi Tea for Mental Refreshment
For: Those who often stay up late, have irregular routines, poor immunity, and get tired easily.
Effects: For those who often stay up late and have excessive internal heat, Lingzhi can clear heat and detoxify. Toasted malt has the effect of strengthening the stomach and regulating the intestines, and can also relieve constipation. Additionally, mint, which can relieve depression and refresh the mind, can also boost spirits.
Ingredients: 5g Mint, 3g Lingzhi, 5g Toasted malt
Method: First, put Lingzhi and toasted malt in a pot, add 600cc of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then add mint and simmer for another 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and drink while hot.
Shenqi Guizhi Tea to Dispel Cold
For: Those with a constitution of deficiency and cold who often have cold limbs and poor gastrointestinal function.
Effects: Ginseng has the effects of greatly replenishing vital energy, improving gastrointestinal function, and calming the mind. Combined with Astragalus membranaceus and Cinnamon twig, which can improve cold limbs, dispel cold, and resolve deficiency, it addresses the problems of those with a constitution of deficiency and cold.
Ingredients: 6g Ginseng, 15g Astragalus membranaceus, 4g Cinnamon twig
Method: Put all ingredients in a pot, add 1000cc of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 10 minutes. Drink while hot.
Banlangen Tea to Alleviate Infection
For: Those with cold symptoms such as a sore throat, fever, and severe diarrhea.
Effects: Both Banlangen and Daqing leaf have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, which can relieve fever and sore throat symptoms. Honeysuckle can inhibit the spread of upper respiratory tract infections and influenza.
Ingredients: 10g Banlangen, 10g Daqing leaf, 6g Honeysuckle
Method: Put all ingredients in a pot, add 1000cc of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 10 minutes. Drink while hot.
Xiyang Shashen Tea to Reduce Fire
For: Those with heat-related symptoms such as a dry mouth and tongue, and those suffering from chronic, long-term coughs or bronchial infections.
Effects: For those with long-term coughs or upper respiratory tract infections, American Ginseng can nourish the lungs and reduce fire. Shashen and Ophiopogon japonicus have the function of moistening the lungs and stopping cough, and can effectively inhibit bacteria and enhance physical strength.
Ingredients: 6g American Ginseng, 3g Shashen, 3g Ophiopogon japonicus
Method: Put all ingredients in a pot, add 600cc of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and drink while hot.
Sangju Tea to Resist Viruses and Strengthen the Body
For: Suitable for patients in the early stages of a cold with mild symptoms such as aching limbs and drowsiness.
Effects: In the early stages of a cold, mulberry leaves can be used to reduce fever and inflammation to alleviate symptoms. Chrysanthemum can improve headaches and drowsiness. As for mint, in addition to refreshing the mind, it can also prevent the spread of cold viruses.
Ingredients: 6g Mulberry leaf, 6g Chrysanthemum, 3g Mint
Method: Put mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum in a pot, add 600cc of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then add mint and simmer for another 5 minutes. Drink while hot.