Winter
sweet flower tea
Material: Dried winter sweet flower alone, or equal
amount of dries winter sweet flower and green
or white tea.
Usage: Brew the tea in boiling water for 5 minutes and serve. Add brown sugar or honey as needed.
Effect: Winter sweet flower is used in the Chinese medicine to clear fever,
sooth sore throat, stimulate appetite, suppress cough, detoxify the system, and
stimulate tissue growth and skin renewal.
The herb is often included in the formulations for treating measles,
acute conjunctivitis, stomachache, chest tightness, coughing, and burns. The herb can be used with bitter mellon,
lemon grass, and Ganoderma.
Apple
flower tea
Material: Dried apple flower alone, or equal
amount of dries apple flower and oolong tea.
Usage: Brew the tea in boiling water for 5 minutes and serve. Add brown sugar or honey as needed.
Effect: This tea can be used to treat dark spots and pimples and to tune
acne-prone skin. The apple flower is
often used in the Chinese medicine for promote skincare, help digestion, detoxify
liver, promote blood circulation, and nourish blood. The herb can be used with rose and orange
flower.
Jasmine
flower tea
Material: Dried jasmine flower alone, or equal
amount of dries jasmine flower and green
tea.
Usage: Brew the tea in boiling water for 5 minutes and serve. Add brown sugar or honey as needed.
Effect: Jasmine flower is believed to
have antibacterial, anti-asthmatic, and anti-cancer activity. The Chinese medicine use this herb to improve
blood circulation, nourish spleen and stomach, lower blood pressure, and strengthen
cardiovascular system. The herb can be
used together with rose, mint, chamomile, rosemary, marigold, and osmanthus
flower.
Roselle flower
tea
Material: Dried roselle alone, or equal
amount of dries roselle and oolong tea.
Usage: Brew the tea in boiling water for 5 minutes and serve. Add brown sugar, rock sugar or honey as
needed.
Effect: This flower tea is believed to nourish skin, remove dark spots, and is
anti-anging. Roselle herb is used to
sooth cough, lower blood lipid level, detoxify, and soften blood vessels.
Lavender flower
tea
Material: Dried lavender flower alone, or equal
amount of dries lavender flower and oolong
tea.
Usage: Brew the tea in boiling water for 5 minutes and serve.
Effect: Chinese medicine believes that lavender can purify mind, relieve
stress and anxiety, strengthen immune system, lower blood pressure, and treat
insomnia and headache. The herb can be
used with roses, marigolds, sage, chamomile, violet, mint, or jasmine.
Stevia and flower
tea
Material: Stevia with other flower tea.
Usage: Brew a few stevia leaves with a flower tea of your choice in
boiling water for 5 minutes and serve.
Effect: Stevia is used as a sugar substitute in flower tea. Chinese medicine believes that stevia can
eliminate fatigue, lower blood sugar, nourish level, and stimulate central
nervous system.
Pagoda tree flower bud tea
Material: Dried Pagoda
tree flower bud alone, or equal amount of dries Pagoda tree flower bud and green
tea.
Usage: Brew the tea in boiling water for 5 minutes and serve.
Effect: Pagoda tree flower bud is a
common herb in Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine believes that the herb is anti-inflammatory and
analgesic
and can remove heat, cool
blood, stop bleeding, lower blood pressure, and strengthens blood vessels. The herb is often used in the formulations
for treating blood in stool, hemorrhoids, blood in the urine,
uterine bleeding,
nose bleed,
diarrhea,
red eyes, ulcers, and sores.
Thanks for reading.
Connie
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