Spring flowers are blooming, and all kinds of flowers can't wait to bloom wave after wave, such as spring flowers, magnolia flowers, tulips.....
Many friends may not know that many flowers are not only beautiful, but also have a certain health effect.
At this time, if you can drink some flower tea, it will help to soothe the liver and strengthen the spleen, dispel dampness and fire, which is very conducive to spring health!
To maintain health in spring, you must drink 2 cups of flower tea!
Rose tea: soothes the liver and strengthens the spleen
Roses are known as the "queen of flowers" and have a fragrant smell and are regarded as a symbol of love. In addition, it is also a traditional Chinese medicine that blindly soothes the liver, regulates qi and activates blood, and is also known as "gentleman's medicine".
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that roses enter the liver and stomach meridians, have the effect of regulating qi and relieving depression, can warm the liver and blood vessels, relieve depression in the body, and have the effects of calming, soothing and antidepressant, so it has the reputation of "spring liver flower".
The Ming Dynasty's "Food Materia Medica" also recorded that roses are "fragrant and sweet to eat, refreshing", which has the effect of soothing the liver and regulating qi, and can regulate people's mood.
Modern people live in a high-intensity work and living environment for a long time, and if the pressure and emotions are not released, people are prone to liver qi stagnation, causing poor liver qi, resulting in chest tightness, chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitation, poor sleep and other discomforts.
At this time, you may wish to drink some rose tea to relieve the depression in the body, so as to play a role in nourishing the liver.
Health recommendation: Rose mint tea
Method: Use 10 grams of roses, add 5 grams of mint that is aromatic and depressing, soothing the liver and relieving depression, brew in boiling water for 10 minutes and drink.
Efficacy comments: This tea can regulate qi and relieve depression, soothe the liver and strengthen the spleen, antidepressant, and has a certain alleviating effect on the astringency caused by the computer.
Kapok tea: dispels dampness and clears away heat
Every spring, the kapok is full of branches, red and bright like fire, and it is very beautiful.
In fact, in addition to being extremely ornamental, the medicinal value of kapok is also very good.
Kapok is sweet and cool, and has the effects of clearing heat, relieving dampness, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. After sun-dried or dried kapok, it is a good product for both medicine and food.
In spring, there are many rainy days, and it is wet everywhere, and moisture is easy to invade the human body and accumulate in the body, resulting in poor spleen and stomach function, making people feel sleepy, dizzy, loss of appetite and other discomforts.
At this time, you may wish to use kapok to make dampness tea and dampness soup, which is also the authentic spleen and dampness food therapy of Lingnan people.
Here, I would like to recommend a kapok tea to you-
Health recommendation: five-flower tea
Method: Take 10 grams of kapok, 5 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of acacia flowers, 10 grams of frangipani, and 5 grams of wild chrysanthemum, wash and brew, and drink instead of tea.
Efficacy comments: Pork belly tea has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, dissipating heat and dampness, and can be used to prevent and treat common wind-heat, summer dampness and colds in spring and summer, but people with deficiency and cold should not drink.
In addition, if you sweat a lot and feel hot on a humid day, you can boil water with kapok alone to drink.
The above pictures are all from Yitu.com.
(Health Daily Push)