The weather is hot, people are not consciously lazy: they just want to lie down and sit when they have nothing to do, they don't want to eat much, and they feel that their stomachs are bloated when they eat a little... It turns out that summer tiredness is the real proposition!
How can you drive away this "laziness" in the summer? I recommend this heat-clearing and damp, very suitable herbal tea - five-flower tea.
Why drink pork belly tea in summer?
He Mengyao, a famous lingnan doctor in the Qing Dynasty, believed that Lingnan "is humble and thin, and if the soil is thin, the yang qi is easy to vent, people live in the land, the skin sweats out, and the qi is more than the altar." The ground is humid and particularly humid, with morning and evening fog, spring and summer rain, and many people getting wet. The humid heat is abundant, so the physique of the Lingnan population is mainly yang heat or phlegm wet.
At the same time, hot evil is easy to burn yin liquid, wet evil is easy to hinder the formation of jin liquid, coupled with the fact that the Lingnan region is mostly rich in iron and lacks humus, the Lingnan people who are born of the earth are loose, and the qi is easy to be lost with sweat, so most of the people who are weak are people with qi deficiency or qi and yin.
Due to the regional characteristics of the Lingnan region, the physiological and pathological characteristics of spleen deficiency run through the occurrence of diseases in most Lingnan people. Therefore, the physical characteristics of Lingnan people can be summarized by four words: "spleen deficiency, dampness and heat".
In order to cope with this unique climatic characteristic, the Lingnan region is particularly popular in the "herbal tea culture". Among the herbal teas in Guangdong, the more famous ones are "Twenty-four Flavors", "Gong Sha", "Wang Laoji" and other old brands, in addition, the prescription is not fixed, with the richest "five flowers tea".
Five-flower tea has the effect of clearing heat and dispelling dampness, preventing wind and fever, cold, damp and hot diarrhea, so it is very suitable for health care in mid-summer.
Which flowers should I choose for five-flower tea?
Although the recipe of wuhua tea is not fixed, most versions of "wuhua tea" mainly contain four kinds of flowers: honeysuckle, kapok, plumeria and locust. So let's focus on these "four golden flowers" first.
1. Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle, also known as "honeysuckle", is a regular visitor to many traditional herbal teas in Guangdong. Its sweet and cold taste, with the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, is mostly used for the treatment of external wind fever or temperature fever and heat stroke and other diseases.
"Lei Gong Cannon Pharmaceutical Sexual Solution" is called "to make up for the deficiency and cure the wind, long service for a long time". Modern studies have shown that honeysuckle can fight a variety of antigenic microorganisms, reduce the toxicity of pathogens and anti-inflammatory.
At the same time, it should be noted that honeysuckle is cold, and there is a risk of slippery tires in large quantities, and friends with spleen and stomach deficiency are also inappropriate.
2. Kapok
Kapok taste sweet, light, cool, can clear heat, cool blood, detoxification, the main treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, eczema and other diseases, "Lingnan Medicine Record" believes that it has the effect of "cooling down".
Its sex is slightly lighter than honeysuckle, so it is less contraindicated.
3. Frangipani
Frangipani flowers are named because of their white and tender flowers and shaped like egg whites.
The "Guangxi Materia Medica" records that the plumeria is "sweet in taste, fragrant and cool in nature", which can clear heat and dampness, dissolve phlegm and relieve cough, and is used to treat dysentery, enteritis and acute bronchitis.
"Lingnan Medicine Collection" believes that in addition to "curing damp and hot diarrhea, tenesmus and weight", plumeria can also "moisturize the lungs and detoxify".
There are relevant reports that frangipani has an antibacterial laxative effect.
4. Locust flowers
Locust flowers are the finest of several flowers, so they are also called "locust rice", and in some places there is a custom of eating "locust rice" when the locust flowers are in full bloom.
Locust flower taste bitter, slightly cold, with cool blood to stop bleeding, clear liver and bright purpose, mainly used for the treatment of intestinal wind and stool blood, hemorrhoids bleeding, dysentery, blood in the urine and other diseases.
The "Materia Medica" records that the locust flower can "purify the heart, lungs, liver, and large intestine fire, except for the five internal troubles, the heart and abdomen are hot, and kill chancres."
Studies have shown that there is also a small role in preventing stroke. Locust flowers are as cold as honeysuckle, so the spleen and stomach are cold, yin and hot, and friends who do not have a real fire should be used with caution.
How do different people drink five-flower tea best?
After introducing the four main flowers in the recipe, I will teach you how to cook this five-flower tea.
Due to the variety of formulas, Dr. Lai has sorted out the formulas comprehensively, and everyone can choose drugs according to their symptoms like picking dishes according to taste. However, it should be emphasized that in order to ensure the health care effect, try not to exceed 6 drugs.
Honeysuckle 10g, kapok 15g, frangipani 10g, locust flower 10g
Strengthen the ventilation and heat removal: add chrysanthemum 5g, also known as "golden chrysanthemum five-flower tea"
Throat discomfort: Add 5g of chrysanthemums and add 1 monk fruit
Summer wet cold: lentil flower 10g
Summer damp fever: 10g of water ong flower
Rhinitis: Xinyi flower 10g (wrapped fried)
Bad mood, irregular menstruation: 10g roses (use with caution for those with large menstruation)
Good drinking, heavy moisture: Kudzu flower 10g
Mondo: Acacia flowers 10g
Preparation method: Mix various flowers into the pot, add about 2-3L of water, friends who like to drink sweet can add an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn off the heat and simmer for 10 minutes before serving. The above amount is the amount of 2 servings per day.
Precautions
1, this tea is the best drink in the middle of summer, the weather is hot, easy to deteriorate, so drink with the pot, try to drink on the same day, the next day it is directly poured.
2, friends with cold physique are not suitable for drinking herbal tea, and it is not recommended to drink directly after refrigeration, the tea is cold, and it is easier to damage the spleen and stomach after refrigeration.
3. It is not recommended to add sugar to drink for people with cold and cough, it is easy to produce wet and sputum.
4. Roses have a good effect of activating blood and menstruation, and those with large menstrual periods should be used with caution.
5. Pregnant and lactating women are not allowed to drink.