When is the last time you went shopping at the Chinese Medical Hall? Yes, you heard me right. Chinese Medical Hall. For thousands of years, many health benefits have been attributed to drinking Chinese herbal Tea. This is especially true during the Chinese New Year festive season where many of the festive food are believed to give rise to excess heat in one’s body. Hence, drinking Chinese herbal tea with cooling properties is encouraged. Typically, the ingredients used are dried flowers, dried fruit, roots, leaves or seeds which can be easily bought at any Chinese Medical Hall.
One of the commonly used ingredient in Chinese Herbal Tea is Chrysanthemum. Besides being a natural coolant to reduce the excess heat in our body, it is believed to be able to treat colds, calm the nerves and lower the cholesterol levels. Chrysanthemum is also used to provide relief to the sore throat, eyes, respiratory system and aid in digestion.
Hence, you will be introduced 5 simple Chinese herbal tea recipes, which you can brew one for yourself within 15 minutes.
Simply pour in 250ml of hot water into the cup and steep for 15 minutes with all the ingredients needed. 15 minutes later, you can enjoy a cuppa of Chinese Herbal Tea goodness. Refill with hot water once the cup is empty and repeat the steps. Simple and easy right?
1. Chrysanthemum with Foetid Cassia Seeds Tea
- 2 g Wolfberries
- 5 g Foetid cassia seeds
- 2 g Chrysnthemum
The benefit of drinking this tea includes improving blood circulation, lower blood lipids and blood pressure.
2. Chrysanthemum with Licorice Tea
- 2g Wolfberries
- 3 slices Licorice
- 2g Chrysanthemum
Licorice strengths the liver and has both anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effect. This tea is a great thirst quencher that can aid in digestion as well.
3. Chrysanthemum with Honeysuckle Flowers Tea
- 2g Wolfberries
- 1g Honeysuckle Flowers
- 2g Chrysanthemum
This tea has both detox and cooling properties and is suitable for people who has excess heat in the body.
4. Chrysanthemum with American Ginseng Roots Tea
- 1g American Ginseng Roots
- 2g Chrysanthemum
- Rock sugar to taste
American Ginseng is well known for both its cooling properties and the benefit to keep one mentally alert. Hence this tea is not advisable to drink too close to bedtime.
5. Chrysanthemum with Wolfberries and Red Date Tea
- 2g Chrysanthemum
- 2g Wolfberries
- 2g Red Dates
- a small rock of sugar to taste
This tea is good to improve the eyesight and is also known as the beauty tea whereby ladies can drink to have better complexion.
Do note that with its natural cooling benefits, the above Chinese Herbal Tea recipes are not suitable for pregnant women. One should avoid drinking any of the tea for more than twice a week to reap the maximum benefits. Sometimes less is more.
Need to order some tea? You can buy your groceries at your nearest pandamart and get it delivered within the next 25 minutes!
