Summer Green Tea with Chrysanthemum and Hawthorn
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Prepare all the materials, generally available in supermarkets or pharmacies
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Pour an appropriate amount of water into the casserole and boil
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Pour in the washed hawthorn and stir evenly
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Then add some rock sugar and boil the hawthorn together to combine the sourness of the hawthorn
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Cover the lid, boil and cook on a low heat for about five minutes until the effective ingredients are precipitated. After cooking, remove the lid and turn to medium heat to continue cooking for a while to keep warm for later use
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Take a clean teacup, put in the prepared green tea leaves and chrysanthemums
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Put a little boiling water in the pot, wash it again to remove impurities, and pour out the hot water in the cup
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Put the hot water and hawthorn in the pot again until it is eight or nine minutes full
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Cover the lid and soak for about three minutes, until the tea leaves have a floral fragrance, uncover and drink while hot.
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I stayed at home every day and went to Jinhua to come back and I got heatstroke, but it was so serious. Yesterday I went to scrape and cupping the dark one which scared me to death.
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So today I boiled a tea for clearing away heat and detoxification, and it feels good, so I will share it
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Even with heatstroke, I still can’t get off my work. It’s said that I delivered the goods for the whole morning, and then burned delicious drops. I made this tea with fresh grapes sent by my friends. A wonderful afternoon was spent so pleasantly. .......
Tips:
1. Chrysanthemum function is good for dispelling wind and heat, clearing liver and purging fire, and benefiting yin and improving eyesight. Therefore, it can be used to treat red and swollen eyes caused by wind-heat in the liver meridian, or liver fire upside down, mostly with mulberry leaves, cassia seeds, and gentian grass. Equally used, it has the effect of soothing the wind and clearing the liver and improving eyesight; if the liver and kidney are insufficient, the eyes are dim, and it is often used with medlar, rehmannia glutinosa, and cornus. The power of improving eyesight.
It has been verified by modern medicine that chrysanthemum contains effective chemical components, such as adenine, choline, stachytine, etc. The volatile oil extracted from chrysanthemum contains chrysanthemum ketone, camphor, bornyl acetate, etc. Pharmacological experiments have proved that Baiju decoction has inhibitory effects on Shigella Songi, Proteus, Typhoid, Paratyphi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae.
Ordinary use of chrysanthemum decoction can significantly expand the coronary heart and increase coronary flow, reduce serum sterols and triglycerides, and reduce blood pressure to prevent angina pectoris. White chrysanthemum can also be used as a substitute for tea, and its color, fragrance and taste are as good as those of Longjing tea. Regular use can enhance capillary resistance, inhibit capillary permeability, and play an anti-inflammatory and physical effect. The southern provinces and Hong Kong and Macao like to use white chrysanthemum as a refreshing drink for relieving heat.
2. Hawthorn can nourish the skin and lose weight. Women's weight loss tablets Hawthorn contains vitamin C, carotene and other substances which can block and reduce the generation of free radicals, can enhance the body's immunity, have anti-aging and anti-cancer effects; women eat more hawthorn It can eliminate body fat and reduce fat absorption. For women who love beauty, it can achieve the effect of beautifying and slimming.
Hawthorn has antihypertensive, lipid-lowering, anti-oxidant properties, enhances immunity, clears harmful bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, etc. It can also prevent liver cancer. Men who have fatty liver must nourish the liver and protect the liver. Hawthorn is the first choice. Hawthorn can help digestion and has the effect of nourishing the liver and removing fat.
Hawthorn can significantly reduce serum cholesterol and triglycerides, and effectively prevent atherosclerosis. Hawthorn can also increase myocardial contractility, increase cardiac output, expand coronary blood vessels, increase coronary blood flow, and reduce myocardial oxygen consumption. To strengthen the heart and prevent angina pectoris. In addition, the total flavonoids in hawthorn can dilate blood vessels and permanently lower blood pressure.
Hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is a good food therapy for patients with blood stasis dysmenorrhea. Patients with blood stasis dysmenorrhea often present with lower abdomen pain on the first to 2 days of menstruation or 1 to 2 days before menstruation. When the menstrual blood is discharged smoothly, the pain gradually reduces or disappears, and the menstrual blood is dark in color and accompanied by blood clots.
The ripe fruit of hawthorn can be used raw or fried with yellow scorch as medicine. Hawthorn fruit is widely used in the manufacture of sweet and sour foods such as candied haws, fruit bark, hawthorn cakes, and hawthorn cakes.
3. The antioxidants contained in green tea help resist aging. Because of the human body's metabolism process, if it is over-oxidized, it will produce a lot of free radicals, which is easy to age and can also cause cell injury. SOD (Superoxide Disproportionation) is a free radical scavenger, which can effectively remove excess free radicals and prevent free radicals from damaging the human body. The catechins in green tea can significantly increase the activity of SOD and scavenge free radicals.
