Honeysuckle is a traditional Chinese medicine and can also be used to make tea. Because the taste of honeysuckle tea is not as good as other scented teas, many people don't like to make tea with honeysuckle, but honeysuckle has many functions, and it is good for people to drink it often. Honeysuckle has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, dredging channels and activating collaterals. Drinking honeysuckle tea often can treat some fever. Making honeysuckle tea correctly can make it delicious and healthy, so how to make honeysuckle tea? What are the functions of honeysuckle tea?

1, soaking method of honeysuckle tea

(1) Xiangju honeysuckle tea

Step 1: Choose to brew green tea with 50 ml of hot water.

Step 2: After that, add chrysanthemum and brew together. When the tea is cold, add osmanthus to adjust it.

Step 3: Put honeysuckle into tea and mix well.

(2) Kumquat and honeysuckle tea

Step 1: Heat the kettle with hot water, and then add rock sugar. If you don't like it too sweet, don't put it.

Step 2: Clean kumquat, cut it in half, cut it into four pieces and put it in the pot.

Step 3: Add honeysuckle, add hot water of about 90 degrees and brew for about six minutes.

(3) Red dates and honeysuckle tea

Step 1: Wash red dates and medlar for later use.

Step 2: Add water to the pot, bring to a boil, add the previous red dates and medlar, and finally add rock sugar.

Step 3: After heating for about three minutes, add honeysuckle.

(4) Tremella and honeysuckle tea

Step 1: soak the tremella and cut into pieces.

Step 2: Cook the tremella and add honeysuckle after boiling.

Step 3: Season with white sugar after half an hour.

2. The function of honeysuckle tea

(1) pathogenic microorganisms. It can inhibit a variety of pathogenic bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Vibrio cholerae, typhoid Bacillus, paratyphoid Bacillus, etc.

(2) It has antibacterial and bactericidal effects on pneumococcus, meningococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, tuberculosis, Shigella and Streptococcus mutans, and has inhibitory effects on influenza virus, orphan virus, herpes virus and leptospira;

(3) Anti-inflammatory and detoxicating effects, which have strong functions of eliminating carbuncle, detumescence, clearing heat and detoxicating for swelling, furuncle, intestinal carbuncle and lung carbuncle;

(4) Eliminating heat and pathogenic factors has a certain curative effect on exogenous wind-heat or febrile diseases, such as body heat, headache, irritability, lack of sleep, pale tongue, dry throat and dry mouth. Honeysuckle tea can be brewed alone or together with other scented teas, with better fire extinguishing effect and better taste.

(5) Cooling blood to stop dysentery has the functions of detoxifying and stopping dysentery, cooling blood and relieving sore throat.

3. Nine taboos for honeysuckle tea.

(1) Never take too much.

Honeysuckle is cold, and eating too much can easily lead to gastrointestinal discomfort in the body. In order to improve the effect of honeysuckle on the body, some people take honeysuckle in large quantities at one time, which is not good for the body but not good.

(2) It is forbidden to take it during menstruation.

Menstruation is the most special time for all women. At this stage, women must take good care of themselves and eat less or touch less cold and greasy food or objects. Honeysuckle is cold, so it is best not to take it during menstruation to avoid adverse effects on the body.

(3) Use it with caution for those with spleen-stomach deficiency and cold.

Honeysuckle is cold, so if the original patient's constitution belongs to deficiency-cold constitution, it is easy to be weak and sick. Taking honeysuckle soaked in water can not only not regulate and protect the body, but will increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, which is very unfavorable to the body.

(4) Selection of fishing season

It is not suitable for taking honeysuckle all year round. Experts suggest that in order to get the best health care, it is best to take honeysuckle in summer. Due to the hot weather in summer, people are prone to heatstroke and thirst. Taking honeysuckle at this time can play a very good role in promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and clearing away heat and toxic materials.

(5) Don't spend the night in the water for honeysuckle.

The old Chinese doctor suggested that drinking honeysuckle water is actually the same as making tea every day. It can be brewed for two or three times, and it is best not to take it after overnight, so as not to deteriorate and affect health.

(6) Honeysuckle is not suitable for cold drinks.

It should be noted that it is best not to drink cold drinks when soaking honeysuckle with clear water every day, because it is easy to cause diarrhea in the body. If you want to take honeysuckle correctly, you can brew it with boiling water and take it while it is hot to give full play to the efficacy and nutritional value of honeysuckle.

(7) Honeysuckle can't be soaked in water every day.

Only when your body is angry, and so on. Do you want to start taking honeysuckle? Choose about10g each time and brew with boiling water. It is best not to drink it every day, otherwise it will do great harm to the spleen and stomach.

(8) Patients with hepatitis B should not take it for a long time.

The old Chinese doctor told us that patients with hepatitis B should not soak honeysuckle in water for a long time, otherwise it will easily lead to gastrointestinal discomfort, such as diarrhea, bowel sounds or poor appetite.

(9) Others

Honeysuckle is more suitable for some patients with internal heat. If the spleen and stomach are weak, cold, prone to diarrhea, stomach pain or cold abdomen, cold hands and feet, it is best to drink less, otherwise it is not good for the body.