Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach control water, and excessive moisture will affect the transport function of the spleen and stomach, and then produce internal dampness, which is characterized by thick and greasy tongue coating, bitter oral mucus, dull complexion and weakness of limbs. In order to prevent rheumatism, people living in the south should often drink spring dampness-removing tea.
1, Chenpi Fuling tea
Practice: 5 grams of poria cocos and 2 grams of dried tangerine peel. Wash Poria cocos and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, put them in a thermos cup, pour hot water into the cup, and wait for 5 minutes before drinking.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, reducing phlegm and weight, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, eliminating phlegm and eliminating fat.
2. Lycium barbarum barley tea
Practice: 300 grams of coix seed, a handful of medlar, 2-3 red dates, rock sugar and water. Pick out the impurities from the bought Coix seed, rinse it with clear water, and control the moisture; Put Job's tears in the pot, and don't put oil in the pot. Stir-fry and bake Job's tears with low fire until they taste, then turn off the fire. Cut the red dates in half or put them in the teapot. You can grab a handful of medlar and put it in. If you like sweetness, you can put a few crystal sugar, then add the roasted Coix seed, pour it into boiling water and soak it for 5- 10 minutes before drinking.
Efficacy: Coix seed is a commonly used medicine for promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, which is beneficial to detumescence, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, relaxing muscles and tendons, removing arthralgia, clearing heat and expelling pus. Job's tears and wolfberry tea nourish the liver and improve eyesight, promote diuresis and eliminate dampness, which is suitable for spring health preservation.
3. Erhua honey tea
Practice: kapok 10g, Sophora japonica 10g, and proper amount of honey. Put kapok and Sophora japonica into a casserole, add 800ml of clean water, boil over high fire, and simmer for 15 minutes, remove the residue to leave juice, and add honey.
Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, cooling blood and stopping dysentery. Especially suitable for people with hemorrhoids, poor stool or bloody stool.
4. Five kinds of scented tea
Practice: honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, tofu, frangipani, kapok 15g, fresh Smilax glabra and coix seed 50g. After washing the above materials (fresh Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae should be chopped into fine powder), add appropriate amount of water and decoct for half an hour before drinking (appropriate amount of rock sugar can be added for seasoning).
Efficacy: All flowers with the efficacy of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat and promoting diuresis are selected, and the efficacy is self-evident. Adding Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae with the functions of promoting diuresis, detoxicating and benefiting joints, and Coicis Semen with the functions of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, clearing heat and relaxing muscles and tendons, the tea has stronger diuretic effect.
5. Poria cocos barley ginger tea
Practice: Poria cocos 15-20g, Coicis Semen 20g, and 3 slices of ginger. Poria cocos and coix seed are washed with clear water, put in a bowl of water and soaked for 30 minutes. Add ginger, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. When there is almost only one bowl of water, turn off the fire and drink it while it is hot. When drinking for the second time, continue to add a bowl of water and boil for 20 minutes. You can drink it again and continue to fry it in water for 20 minutes.
Efficacy: Poria cocos not only eliminates dampness and strengthens the spleen and stomach, but also warms the stomach with ginger, which is very suitable for people with bad stomach and cold stomach.
6, kapok Amomum villosum beverage
Practice: kapok 10g, Amomum villosum 3g. Put the two ingredients together in a cup, pour them into boiling water, cover them with 10 minute, and serve.
Efficacy: it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness. Suitable for people with abdominal distension, loss of appetite and heavy limbs after feeling damp and hot in spring and summer.
7. Xinliang Beverage
Practice: Coix seed 30g, Pogostemon Pogostemonis 3g, Eupatorium odoratum 3g, Amomum cardamom 3g. Because it is difficult to extract effective components from Coix lacryma-jobi during brewing, it is necessary to boil Coix lacryma-jobi in hot water for half an hour first, and then brew the other three kinds of tea material with Coix lacryma-jobi soup.
Efficacy: These four plants have always been regarded as the top grade for eliminating dampness. Taking them in summer and wet season can help the spleen and stomach dissolve the moisture in the body. At the same time, coix seed has the function of nourishing the spleen and stomach, which can enhance the anti-moisture ability of the spleen and stomach and avoid the re-invasion of moisture.