Back-to-school stress
Students across Hong Kong have successively returned to school. With social distancing measures still in place, it is puzzling why students must return to school, making it difficult to avoid large gatherings. Coupled with the recent outbreaks in primary schools and tutorial centers in Japan and Korea, parents are naturally extra worried. Besides health concerns, the stress students face from returning to school cannot be ignored. Just yesterday, on the first day of school, two children in Hong Kong tragically fell to their deaths.
While it may seem like students got an extra four-month holiday, it actually put more pressure on both parents and students. With shortened online learning periods, they still had to complete assignments for various subjects, and on the first day of school, all homework needed to be sorted and submitted to the school. For example, my son, who is in Primary One, was nervous about not being able to fully grasp all his assignments.
My friend's child, a Primary Five student, had been self-studying at home during the months of school suspension. School only resumed yesterday, and in two weeks, he needs to prepare for the Assessment of Attainment Test. Even if his parents don't pressure him, at his age, he is already sensible enough to understand the importance of this exam, and the stress is so great that he occasionally has nightmares.
To help children cope with homework and exam stress, they can drink Ophiopogon and Lily Honey Tea. Prepare 5 grams each of Ophiopogon root and lily bulb. After washing, steep them in hot water for 10 minutes. Once cooled, add an appropriate amount of honey. This tea can boost immunity, calm the mind, aid sleep, relieve stress, and nourish yin and moisten the lungs.
Ophiopogon root is sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature, and enters the heart, lung, and stomach meridians. It nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, generates fluids, and reduces fire. Lily bulb is sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature, and enters the heart, lung, and stomach meridians. It moistens the lungs, stops coughs, disperses lung qi, nourishes yin, clears the heart, and calms the mind. Honey is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and enters the lung, spleen, and large intestine meridians. It tonifies the middle jiao, alleviates acute conditions, clears heat, detoxifies, moistens the lungs, stops coughs, and lubricates the intestines to relieve constipation.
While it may seem like students got an extra four-month holiday, it actually put more pressure on both parents and students. With shortened online learning periods, they still had to complete assignments for various subjects, and on the first day of school, all homework needed to be sorted and submitted to the school. For example, my son, who is in Primary One, was nervous about not being able to fully grasp all his assignments.
My friend's child, a Primary Five student, had been self-studying at home during the months of school suspension. School only resumed yesterday, and in two weeks, he needs to prepare for the Assessment of Attainment Test. Even if his parents don't pressure him, at his age, he is already sensible enough to understand the importance of this exam, and the stress is so great that he occasionally has nightmares.
To help children cope with homework and exam stress, they can drink Ophiopogon and Lily Honey Tea. Prepare 5 grams each of Ophiopogon root and lily bulb. After washing, steep them in hot water for 10 minutes. Once cooled, add an appropriate amount of honey. This tea can boost immunity, calm the mind, aid sleep, relieve stress, and nourish yin and moisten the lungs.
Ophiopogon root is sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature, and enters the heart, lung, and stomach meridians. It nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, generates fluids, and reduces fire. Lily bulb is sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature, and enters the heart, lung, and stomach meridians. It moistens the lungs, stops coughs, disperses lung qi, nourishes yin, clears the heart, and calms the mind. Honey is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and enters the lung, spleen, and large intestine meridians. It tonifies the middle jiao, alleviates acute conditions, clears heat, detoxifies, moistens the lungs, stops coughs, and lubricates the intestines to relieve constipation.