The fragrance of flowers is refreshing and has the effect of promoting qi circulation and dissipating stagnation. So it is timely to drink scented tea in spring. There are many flowers commonly used for making tea and medicine, such as rose, sweet-scented osmanthus, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and peach blossom ... which flower is suitable for you? Choose according to your own physique.
For ordinary people, the most suitable flower for spring is the rose.
Roses are rich in fragrance and have a good effect of promoting qi circulation and dissipating knots. And roses have the function of soothing the liver and relieving depression. Liver nourishing is the most important thing in spring. The generation of yang in spring also depends on the ascending and descending function of the liver. And roses meet the needs of the liver in spring.
The liver governs emotions, and people with large emotional fluctuations are prone to stagnation of liver qi, and roses are also aimed at this phenomenon. When you are in a bad mood or stressed, you can have a cup of rose tea to soothe the liver and relieve depression.
There are many kinds of roses, such as pingyin rose in Shandong, Phnom Penh roses in Yunnan and bitter roses in Gansu. No matter which variety is used, unopened buds should be preferred, and the effect of soothing the liver and regulating qi is better.
Rose+Lycium barbarum+Pueraria lobata: soothing the liver and relieving depression
Rose+hawthorn+brown sugar: promoting qi and blood circulation
Rose+tangerine peel+hawthorn: regulating qi and resolving phlegm
Roses are scattered, but it is easy to be qi-deficient when used too much. People with physical deficiency and qi deficiency can properly match a little astragalus.
Chrysanthemum can clear liver and improve eyesight, dispel wind and dissipate heat, and it is also a kind of scented tea that is often drunk in spring. Spring needs to nourish the liver, and the wind is strong in spring. The wind is "the length of all diseases" and often carries evil spirits such as cold, dampness and heat to attack people's bodies. Therefore, the role of chrysanthemum in nourishing the liver and dispelling wind is just used.
There are many varieties of chrysanthemums, including Hangju, Gongju, Boju and Chuju. Gongju and Hangju are light and fragrant, which is very suitable for drinking tea. These two kinds of chrysanthemums are also raw materials for chrysanthemum tea.
Gongju can be divided into July chrysanthemum and November chrysanthemum, that is, July chrysanthemum and November chrysanthemum. November chrysanthemum is the real tribute chrysanthemum. After experiencing the spirit of autumn, Gongju has a better effect of reducing fire and tastes sweet. Moreover, July chrysanthemum tastes slightly bitter and its function is much worse.
Chrysanthemums that have not yet opened are called chrysanthemums, which have better functions than flowering chrysanthemums, and can also be seen from the price.
Lycium barbarum+chrysanthemum+Siraitia grosvenorii: clearing liver and moistening lung
Radix Rehmanniae+Radix Ophiopogonis+Chrysanthemum: Promoting fluid production and dispelling fire.
Lycium barbarum+Rehmannia glutinosa+Chrysanthemum: nourishing liver and improving eyesight, nourishing yin and enriching blood.
Prunella vulgaris+chrysanthemum+mulberry leaves: dispelling wind and dissipating heat.
Chrysanthemum is cool, so it is not advisable to drink more, and it is not advisable to drink it after cooling. Reasonable collocation is better.
Aromatic honeysuckle is an ancient medicine in China. According to statistics, honeysuckle is used in Chinese medicine prescriptions of13, which enjoys the reputation of "fairy in pharmacy".
Spring is the peak of colds, and honeysuckle is used in many cold medicines. The main function of honeysuckle is to clear heat and relieve summer heat, dispel wind and dissipate heat. The main cleaning is the heat of lung and stomach. In hot summer, drinking honeysuckle dew as a drink is a childhood memory of many people.
1984, state administration of traditional chinese medicine identified honeysuckle as one of 70 precious Chinese herbal medicines and one of 38 precious Chinese herbal medicines under the state's key management, and was later identified as a dual-purpose medicinal and edible variety. It is also widely used in food and beverage, beer, herbal tea, fruit juice, toothpaste, cosmetics and other daily necessities. Only beverage factories such as Wang Laoji, Jiaduobao and Zheng Qi consume thousands of tons of honeysuckle every year.
Honeysuckle+honey: Honeysuckle is slightly bitter, and it tastes better with honey. It can clear lung heat and moisten lung dryness.
Honeysuckle+Chrysanthemum: The most common fires in spring are liver fire, lung fire and stomach fire. These two flowers put out three fires.
Honeysuckle+Siraitia grosvenorii: Clearing throat and benefiting throat.
Honeysuckle is cold, so you can't drink more or for a long time. It can clear away heat when it is hot, and it will hurt the yang of the human body when it is not hot. When you have a cold, you should also distinguish between wind-cold and wind-heat. Wind-heat cold is ok, but wind-cold cold is not suitable.
March of the lunar calendar is the season when peach blossoms are in full bloom. The flowering period of peach blossoms is very short. Ancient women will seize the opportunity to pick and collect some peach blossoms, which can be used for making tea, soaking wine, taking a bath and applying a mask, both for internal and external use.
Peach blossom is warm and has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, diuresis and resolving phlegm. Rose regulates qi. If you are angry just because you are in a bad mood and feel that your chest is blocked, it is just to get angry, so use roses. Qi stagnation leads to blood stasis. If qi stagnation is neglected for a long time, blood stasis will form. At this time, peach blossoms will be sent to play.
Peach blossom has the function of diuresis and expectoration, removing excess water and garbage in the body, giving people a relaxed and free feeling, and people look less swollen, just like losing weight.
Ancient women relied heavily on the beauty function of peach blossoms. According to "Chinese Materia Medica", "Picking fresh peach blossoms and soaking them in wine every day can make them rosy and beautiful as peach blossoms."
The skin is dull and has long spots, many of which are due to stagnation of qi and blood, and garbage can not be excreted in time and appears on the skin. Peach blossom has the function of removing blood stasis and resolving stagnation, blood circulation is smooth, and the skin looks much cleaner.
Peach blossom+brown sugar: promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis
Peach blossom+wax gourd kernel+dried tangerine peel: dispelling wind and resolving phlegm
Peach blossoms promote blood circulation and are not suitable for pregnant women. People with qi deficiency should not drink it often.
Osmanthus fragrans is pungent and warm, warming the stomach, resolving phlegm and removing blood stasis.
Osmanthus fragrans has the same warming effect as ginger, but it is not as strong as ginger and tastes much better than ginger. People with cold stomach and qi stagnation can use osmanthus to represent ginger.
"Materia Medica" said: "Osmanthus fragrans, dispersing air conditioning, ... abdominal chills, ... wrapped in steaming cloth. Nowadays, many girls like to wear low-rise pants and navel-revealing clothes, exposing their navel outside, which is easy to cause abdominal cold, abdominal pain, diarrhea and even dysmenorrhea due to palace cold. It's important to pay attention to what you wear. If the abdomen is cold, you can also wrap osmanthus in gauze, steam it, and then heat it. Usually, adding osmanthus into tea can warm the stomach and make tea very fragrant.
Modern people's diet is rich, fatty and sweet, which leads to phlegm-dampness stagnation. In addition, modern people are stressed, nervous and anxious, and liver depression and qi stagnation will aggravate blood stasis. Drinking osmanthus tea is very suitable, which can not only resolve phlegm, but also disperse blood stasis.
Osmanthus fragrans+oolong tea: relieving boredom and clearing intestines
Osmanthus fragrans+longan+jujube: invigorating qi and nourishing blood
Osmanthus fragrans+Rose+Chenpi: Regulating Qi and Resolving Phlegm
Osmanthus fragrans+Crataegus pinnatifida+Codonopsis pilosula: digestion and appetizing
Osmanthus fragrans is warm, and people with stomach heat should not drink it.
Luoshen flower, also known as rose eggplant.
Luoshen flower has a high acidity, but it is this acidity that can quench thirst. Luoshen flower is rich in vitamin C, and also contains flavonoids, protocatechuic acid, proanthocyanidins, organic acids and so on. , all have good antioxidant effect; Luoshenhua can also clear away heat and promote diuresis, regulate qi and promote digestion; You can also make a cup of Luoshen scented tea after drinking. The tea brewed by Luoshen Flower is ruddy, warm and romantic. It is good for health and has high value, so more and more people like it.
Luoshen flower tastes very sour, and drinking tea alone is not good, but it will be especially delicious with other sweet foods. For example, when cooking sour plum soup in summer, adding some Luoshen flowers can not only flavor, but also soften the sour taste of ebony and hawthorn, and can also be colored, with a dry red color.
Luoshenhua+ebony+hawthorn+dried tangerine peel+rock sugar: promoting fluid production to quench thirst.
Luoshenhua+pear+honey: nourishing yin and moistening dryness
Luoshen flower is cool, don't be greedy, and girls should pay attention to it during menstruation. Luoshenhua tastes sour and is not suitable for people with hyperacidity.
Magnolia, also known as magnolia, is planted on both sides of roads in many cities. It is not only an ornamental plant to beautify the urban environment, but also can be used as medicine.
Flos Magnoliae is familiar to patients with warm, cold and rhinitis. This is very common.
Magnolia should also be picked before flowering. It has a lot of hair on its surface. If you make tea directly, your hair will float in the tea, which will easily irritate your throat when you drink tea, so you should put it in a tea bag first, or wrap it in gauze before making tea.
Flos Magnoliae+Herba Menthae: Dispelling wind and dissipating heat
Flos Magnoliae+Folium Perillae: Warming Lung and Dispelling Cold
Follow the seasonal regimen, get twice the result with half the effort. It needs to be scattered in spring, and it is timely to drink scented tea in spring.
Health care should also conform to personal constitution, and different constitutions are suitable for different scented teas. Choose the right one, icing on the cake; The wrong choice is counterproductive.
Choose the flower that suits you and drink it.