Bitter taste enters the heart:
Among the five flavors, bitterness corresponds to the heart, that is, bitterness enters the heart, which has a good effect on clearing the heart fire. Therefore, when your heart is full of enthusiasm, you might as well add some bitter foods to your diet, such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, bitter chrysanthemum, andrographis paniculata, oil wheat vegetable, chrysanthemum and so on. Or use bitter lotus plum, kudingcha, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion and other materials to make tea, which can clear the heart.
People who don't like bitter taste can improve their taste through careful cooking.
Summer heart fire
Tea is the best choice.
Tea drinks, such as green tea, black tea, oolong tea, Pu 'er tea, Kuding tea, etc., are all natural products that clear away heat and reduce fire and replenish water. With some Chinese herbal medicines, the effect is more obvious, and it is an ideal choice for relieving heart fire in summer.
Clear heart and lotus seed heart//soothe the nerves//
Alias: lotus seed heart, violet heart, lotus seed and bitter seed.
Taste: bitter in taste and cold in nature.
Meridian tropism: meridian tropism and kidney tropism.
Lotus seed heart lotus seed heart has the effect of clearing the heart and nourishing the spirit. It is often used for delirium, irritability, insomnia and other symptoms caused by heat entering pericardium, excessive heart fire or disharmony between heart and kidney. Modern research has proved that it has a significant effect on lowering blood pressure.
Traditional tea for clearing heart and reducing fire
Lotus plumule tea
material
3 grams of lotus plumule.
working methods
Put the plumula Nelumbinis into a bowl with a cover, brew with boiling water, cover and soak for 5~ 10 minutes before drinking.
use
Daily 1 dose, which can be brewed several times for drinking tea.
Expert Proverbs: This tea is a traditional tea for clearing the heart. Has the effects of lowering blood pressure, relieving polydipsia, relieving summer heat and improving sleep.
Avoid: It is suitable for patients with hyperactivity of heart and liver fire, insomnia due to dryness and heat, vexation and thirst, dizziness, palpitation and insomnia, red eyes and swelling and pain, and for patients with hypertension. It is best to drink in hot season; It is forbidden for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
Qing Chu fancha
Lian Xin green tea
material
2 grams of lotus plumule and 3 grams of green tea.
working methods
Put the lotus plumule and green tea into a teapot, brew with boiling water, cover it and soak for 10~ 15 minutes before drinking.
use
Daily 1 dose, often drinking instead of tea.
Expert Proverbs: Green tea is unfermented tea. The effective components in fresh leaves are retained more, and the heat-clearing effect is better. Paired with lotus plumule, it can clear heart, remove annoyance, clear heat and reduce fire.
Avoid: Suitable for people with heart fire, dizziness, brain swelling, irritability and thirst, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and obesity. Especially in spring and summer; Use with caution for those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
Chufanyang ginseng tea
Lotus leaf tea
material
2 grams of lotus plumule and 3 grams of bamboo leaves.
working methods
Put lotus plumule and bamboo leaves in a teapot, brew with boiling water, cover and soak for 10~ 15 minutes before drinking.
use
Daily 1 dose, often drinking instead of tea.
Rumor: This kind of tea can clear the heart, relieve annoyance, refresh, quench thirst and induce diuresis. Commonly used for fever and insomnia caused by summer heat.
Bogey: It is suitable for patients with excessive heart fire and heat entering pericardium, such as upset insomnia, delirium, upset thirst, sore mouth and tongue, dizziness, red eyes and short urine. Especially in summer; Deficiency of spleen and stomach, hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency or diarrhea are not suitable.
Tip: You should avoid eating lotus plumule.
Lotus plumule can be used alone, often with Scrophularia, Ophiopogon japonicus, honeysuckle, chrysanthemum and gardenia. Because it tastes bitter, it usually needs to be mixed with rock sugar and honey. Generally, it can be decocted or made into tea, and powder can also be added. The dosage of decoction is 2-5g.
Although plumula Nelumbinis has good heat-clearing effect, obvious blood pressure lowering and blood lipid lowering effects (by weight