Flower name: Prunella vulgaris
Family name: Prunella vulgaris is the flowering ear of Prunella vulgaris, a plant in the Labiatae.
Picking part: ear. Harvest when the ears are brownish red in summer, remove impurities, and dry in the sun.
Place of origin: Prunella vulgaris is distributed almost all over the country.
Effect: Prunella vulgaris is cold in nature, bitter and spicy in taste. Clear fire and improve eyesight, and resolve stagnation and swelling. It is used for redness and swelling of the eyes, night pain in the eyes, headache and dizziness, scrofula, breast carbuncle, goiter, and hypertension.
One side of water and soil supports one side of people. Living in Hong Kong, you often need to drink some herbal tea to recuperate your body, but prunella is a cold thing, so people with heavy "moisture", weak spleen and stomach, or people suffering from rheumatism will have side effects after drinking it, which is easy to cause diarrhea and even aggravate your condition.
prunella decoction
By ReedHeller
Recipe Recommendations
- Prunella vulgaris 50 grams
Steps for prunella decoction
1
Main material: Prunella vulgaris.
2
Put it into a pan, rinse with water, and soak for 5 minutes. Rinse again. (The one I bought is of better quality, and there is no silt at all.)
3
Put the washed prunella vulgaris into a soup bag.
4
Pack it up and tie it up.
5
Add about 4 liters of water.
6
Cover, bring to heat, reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour, turn off heat, and add 1 piece of sugar. It's ready.
7
When the tea soup cools down, wash your hands and twist the soup bag containing prunella to produce the soup. Take away the dumplings.
8
Put the cooled tea soup into an empty bottle and place it in the refrigerator. Stand by.
9
Finished herbal tea.prunella decoction Make Tips
According to local elderly people, when boiling herbal tea, it is best to put a piece of sugar in after turning off the heat, so that there will be no "wind" and "heat". I don't know if there is any basis, but it does not hinder the taste of the tea, so, usually it will be put off after turning off the heat.