Licorice chrysanthemum tea preparation and efficacy

I believe everyone is very familiar with chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum not only has good ornamental value but we can also eat it. Chrysanthemum has good medicinal effects. Eating chrysanthemum regularly can also have good health care effects. In addition to being used to make various medicinal foods, we can also use chrysanthemum to make tea. In the following article, we use chrysanthemum and licorice to make licorice chrysanthemum tea.

Chrysanthemum is one of the top ten famous flowers in China, one of the four gentlemen of flowers (plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum), and one of the four major cut flowers in the world (chrysanthemum, rose, carnation and gladiolus), ranking first in production. Because chrysanthemums are pure and proud of the snow, Tao Yuanming wrote the famous line "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, I can see the distant southern mountains." Chinese people have the custom of appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival. In the poem "Visiting an Old Friend's Farm" by Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty, it says: "Wait until the Double Ninth Festival, and come back to eat chrysanthemums." In ancient myths and legends, chrysanthemums are also given the meaning of auspiciousness and longevity.

Chrysanthemum is a precious ornamental flower that has been cultivated through long-term artificial selection. Around the 8th century AD, chrysanthemum was introduced to Japan from China as an ornamental flower. Dutch merchants introduced Chinese chrysanthemums to Europe in the late 17th century, to France in the 18th century, and to North America in the mid-19th century. Since then, Chinese chrysanthemums have spread all over the world.

Based on the small chrysanthemum, according to traditional Chinese medicine, the effects and functions of "wolfberry chrysanthemum tea - improving eyesight and resisting radiation, and licorice chrysanthemum tea - clearing heat and lowering blood pressure" are formulated.

Licorice---sweet, neutral. It enters the heart, lung, spleen and stomach meridians. Nourishes the spleen and replenishes Qi, clears away heat and detoxifies, eliminates phlegm and relieves cough, relieves urgency and stops pain, and harmonizes various medicines. It is used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath, cough with excessive sputum, cramps and pain in the abdomen and limbs, carbuncles and sores, and to relieve the toxicity and potency of drugs.

Golden Chrysanthemum----bitter, pungent, slightly cold in nature, enters the liver and heart meridians, and its main effect is to clear away heat and detoxify. Chrysanthemum has a stronger ability to clear away heat and detoxify. It is good at treating all kinds of furuncles and carbuncles, and has anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antihypertensive and lipid-lowering effects.

How to drink: 4-6 grams is enough to brew a cup, licorice + chrysanthemum flavor, tastes better! A good product for relieving fatigue in summer; just one piece of licorice is enough, the golden chrysanthemum is sweet and delicious through the sweetness of licorice!

In the above article, we introduced what chrysanthemum is. We know that chrysanthemum not only has ornamental value but also can prevent and treat diseases. The above article uses chrysanthemum and licorice to make licorice chrysanthemum tea.