Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Solar scented tea

Solar scented tea

Long summer is the first solar term in summer. At this time, the weather gradually turned hot and thunderstorms increased. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "summer qi and heart qi are interlinked", and yang qi is abundant in the outside and yin qi is abundant in the inside in the long summer, which is the time to care for the heart yang, so let the twenty-four solar terms introduce three kinds of herbal tea to soothe the nerves and nourish the heart in the long summer.

Traditional Chinese medicine theory advocates "nourishing yang in spring and summer", and nourishing yang focuses on nourishing the heart. In the long summer season, it is necessary to start to nourish the heart, so that all organs of the body can function normally, and achieve the state of "sufficient healthy qi and no evil". Chinese medicine believes that mental conditioning is beneficial to the heart, and drinking tea in the long summer can not only calm the nerves, but also regulate the mind.

1, American ginseng tea

2 grams of sliced American ginseng, 3 grams of white tea, brewed in boiling water. Chewing American ginseng after tea for one day has the effects of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, prolonging life, moistening lung and relieving cough, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, calming the nerves and calming the mind, and can relieve discomfort such as palpitation, insomnia and bradycardia.

2, black fungus jujube tea

30g of auricularia auricula, 20g of red dates and 0g of tea 1 0g are decocted in water once a day for 7 days. It has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, invigorating qi, nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, and is suitable for arrhythmia, fever of hands and feet, dysphoria of chest and heart, menorrhagia, etc.

3. Tremella ginseng tea

20g of ginseng, tremella fuciformis 10g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Soak tremella in warm water, decoct with ginseng in water, and add a little rock sugar after silver is cooked. This tea can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, effectively replenish qi and blood, and improve the symptoms of irritability.