In the Five Elements Doctrine of Traditional Chinese Medicine,. "The tongue is the seedling of the heart", when there is a problem with the heart, it is often reflected on the tongue first, so the summer fire is most likely to cause the manifestation of the tongue, such as the tip of the tongue is red and red, easy to ulcerate, etc. In addition, "the heart and the small intestine are on the inside", and the heart fire is transmitted downward to the small intestine, so that the small intestine's turbidity function is affected, and symptoms such as short urine, constipation, and burning sensation in urine will occur. Therefore, it is easier to clear the heart fire in summer, and today I will introduce you to some tea drinks that clear the heart fire, which you can also do at home.
【Dandelion Gardenia Tea】
Ingredients: 5 grams of dandelion, 3 grams of gardenia, add boiling water to make tea and drink.
Efficacy:. Dandelion has a bitter, sweet, and cold taste, which can help the body to get off fire, thereby improving symptoms such as dry mouth, mouth and tongue sores, and yellow urine caused by heart fire. Gardenia has a bitter taste and a cold nature, which can alleviate symptoms such as fever, irritability, sleeplessness, and drenching and astringency caused by heart fire.
【Lotus Seed Heart Licorice Tea】
Ingredients: 2 grams of lotus seed heart, 5 grams of licorice, add boiling water to make tea and drink.
Efficacy:. Lotus seeds have a bitter taste and a cold nature, which can improve the symptoms of insomnia, irritability, and frequent urination caused by the exuberant heart. Licorice has a sweet taste and a flat nature, which can neutralize the bitter taste of the lotus seed heart, and relieve symptoms such as mouth ulcers, red tongue, red and swollen gums caused by heart fire.
【Kuding chrysanthemum tea】
Ingredients: 3g of bitter ding, 5 chrysanthemums, add boiling water to make tea and drink.
Efficacy:. Bitter taste, cold, can relieve irritability, irritability, sleeplessness and other symptoms caused by exuberant heart. Chrysanthemum has a pungent, sweet, bitter taste, and a slight coldness, which helps to improve symptoms such as restlessness, insomnia, dreams, dry eyes and red pain caused by heart inflammation.
【Sanhua Tea】
Ingredients: 5 honeysuckle, 5 chrysanthemums, and 5 jasmine flowers, add boiling water to make tea and drink.
Efficacy:. Honeysuckle is sweet, cold, and can clear the heart. Jasmine has a spicy, slightly sweet, and warm nature. The three flowers together enhance the power of clearing the heart and fire, which can relieve the symptoms of irritation such as red eyes, thirst, body heat, dry stools, and yellow urine.
【Light bamboo leaf wheat winter tea】
Ingredients: 10 grams of light bamboo leaves, 5 grams of wheat winter, add boiling water to make tea and drink.
Efficacy:. Light bamboo leaves are sweet, light, cold, and can alleviate symptoms such as upset and mouth and tongue sores caused by heart fire. Wheat winter is sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold, and can alleviate symptoms such as upset, insomnia, intestinal dryness, and constipation caused by heart fire.
The Qingxin Fire Tea introduced above has the effect of clearing heat, and is not suitable for pregnant women and children.