Herbal tea is a traditional skill popular in China, Guangdong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

Herbal tea is a kind of drink that people in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao eat and summarize in the long-term process of disease prevention and health care, according to the local climate, soil and water characteristics, guided by the theory of TCM health preservation, and taking Chinese herbal medicines as raw materials. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, removing fire and removing dampness, and is accompanied by people's daily life. It has specific provisions to guide people's daily drinking, no dose limit and no doctor's guidance.

20 19, 19, 10 was included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of Macao on October 8.

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Herbal tea is a kind of drink that people in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao eat and summarize in the long-term process of disease prevention and health care, according to the local climate, soil and water characteristics, guided by the theory of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation, and taking Chinese herbal medicine as raw materials. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, removing fire and removing dampness, and accompanies people's daily life. It has specific provisions to guide people's daily drinking, no dose limit and no doctor's guidance.

Herbal tea is the general name of Chinese herbal medicine plant beverage, and it is also a kind of beverage that is often drunk in summer. The name is related to its function. Although it is called herbal tea, there is actually no tea in the drink.

Herbal tea is mainly composed of Abrus cantoniensis, Prunella vulgaris, honeysuckle, Siraitia grosvenorii and so on. The so-called "cool" refers to boiling and drinking Chinese herbal medicines with cold nature that can dispel the heat in the human body, so as to eliminate the heat in the human body or treat diseases such as sore throat caused by dryness in winter.