Liver-Soothing and Nourishing Herbal Tea
For the past few months, everyone has been cooped up at home due to the pandemic, feeling both physically and mentally exhausted. Coincidentally, with the arrival of the vernal equinox, the changing weather brings significant shifts in temperature and humidity, making the body susceptible to imbalance and illness. If emotional fluctuations occur, it can easily trigger mood disorders and mental illnesses.
Spring corresponds to wood and the liver. The liver is responsible for dispersion and drainage, it thrives on free flow and dislikes depression. When emotions, sleep, or stress are abnormal, they all affect liver function. The liver is the body's primary organ for detoxification and drainage, managing metabolism, secretion, and detoxification, and also regulating qi and blood.
In addition, the liver stores blood and opens to the eyes. The liver is the source of blood and bodily fluids. A compromised liver can reduce the secretion of lubricating fluid in the eyes, leading to dryness, and even affecting vision.
To soothe and nourish the liver, you can prepare 5 grams of cassia seed, 5 grams of chrysanthemum, and 10 grams of goji berries. After washing the ingredients, place them in a thermos and steep with hot water for 15 minutes before drinking.
Cassia seed is sweet, bitter, and salty in taste, slightly cold in nature, and enters the liver and large intestine meridians. It can lower blood pressure, clear the liver and improve vision, moisten the bowels and relieve constipation, and reduce fat and aid weight loss.
Chrysanthemum is slightly cold in nature, sweet with a bitter taste, and enters the liver and lung meridians. It can calm the liver and dispel wind, detoxify and reduce inflammation, lower blood pressure, and alleviate headaches.
Goji berries are sweet in taste, warm in nature, and enter the liver and kidney meridians. They can strengthen the liver and kidneys, benefit essence and qi, clear liver heat, and improve vision. They can treat liver and kidney yin deficiency and dizziness, and can also promote metabolism and enhance immunity, improving overall constitution.
Rest is essential for going the extra mile. Everyone should take advantage of this pandemic period to get more rest, nourish their liver, and emerge from emotional lows.
Spring corresponds to wood and the liver. The liver is responsible for dispersion and drainage, it thrives on free flow and dislikes depression. When emotions, sleep, or stress are abnormal, they all affect liver function. The liver is the body's primary organ for detoxification and drainage, managing metabolism, secretion, and detoxification, and also regulating qi and blood.
In addition, the liver stores blood and opens to the eyes. The liver is the source of blood and bodily fluids. A compromised liver can reduce the secretion of lubricating fluid in the eyes, leading to dryness, and even affecting vision.
To soothe and nourish the liver, you can prepare 5 grams of cassia seed, 5 grams of chrysanthemum, and 10 grams of goji berries. After washing the ingredients, place them in a thermos and steep with hot water for 15 minutes before drinking.
Cassia seed is sweet, bitter, and salty in taste, slightly cold in nature, and enters the liver and large intestine meridians. It can lower blood pressure, clear the liver and improve vision, moisten the bowels and relieve constipation, and reduce fat and aid weight loss.
Chrysanthemum is slightly cold in nature, sweet with a bitter taste, and enters the liver and lung meridians. It can calm the liver and dispel wind, detoxify and reduce inflammation, lower blood pressure, and alleviate headaches.
Goji berries are sweet in taste, warm in nature, and enter the liver and kidney meridians. They can strengthen the liver and kidneys, benefit essence and qi, clear liver heat, and improve vision. They can treat liver and kidney yin deficiency and dizziness, and can also promote metabolism and enhance immunity, improving overall constitution.
Rest is essential for going the extra mile. Everyone should take advantage of this pandemic period to get more rest, nourish their liver, and emerge from emotional lows.