Some people think that ginseng is a tonic, and eating it is always good for your health. This is a wrong idea. Whether it is red ginseng or dried ginseng, it should be done step by step, not too fast or too much.
In addition, we must pay attention to seasonal changes. Generally speaking, the weather is cool in autumn and winter, and the food is better; Summer, when the weather is hot, is not suitable for eating.
Avoid eating radishes and drinking tea after taking ginseng. Ginseng should not be eaten with grapes. Grape contains tannic acid, which is easy to combine with protein in ginseng to form precipitation, which affects absorption and reduces drug efficacy.
Safe dose: the daily dose is 5 ~ 10g.
6 Boat-fruited Sterculia clears the lungs and relieves sore throat. Boat-fruited Sterculia is sweet, cold and poisonous. It has the effects of clearing away lung heat, relieving sore throat, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, and is suitable for silence caused by wind-heat and toxic pathogens invading the throat. Silence caused by other reasons is invalid for boat-fruited Sterculia. Especially for the elderly with sudden aphonia and spleen deficiency, it should be used with caution.
Safe dosage: no more than 3 tablets of tea substitute each time to prevent poisoning.
7 Chrysanthemum calming the liver and improving eyesight, detoxifying chrysanthemum is pungent, sweet, bitter and slightly cold, and has the functions of dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight and detoxifying. However, people with yang deficiency constitution are not suitable for taking it; Use with caution for patients with qi deficiency, stomach cold and diarrhea; Hypertensive patients with yin-yang deficiency and phlegm-dampness and blood stasis should not take chrysanthemum.
How to take it: Chrysanthemum morifolium or Chrysanthemum morifolium, especially Chrysanthemum morifolium growing in Suzhou and Hangzhou, drink about 3g tea each time, three times a day.
Safe dose: the daily dose is 6 ~ 10g.
8 Honeysuckle clearing heat and detoxifying Honeysuckle is sweet and cold, which can clear the interior heat and dissipate the exterior heat. Because honeysuckle is cold, it is not suitable for long-term drinking, especially for people with weakness of spleen and stomach, sores due to yin deficiency or weakness due to qi deficiency, and menstrual women.
How to take it: A teaspoon of dry honeysuckle tea is brewed with a cup of boiling water and stewed for about 10 minute, and can be drunk, and crystal sugar or honey can be added as appropriate.
Safe dose: the daily dose is 9 ~ 30g.