From the heart
In the new year, I believe everyone's primary wish is good health. While physical ailments are often curable, mental health issues are harder to treat. As a year has passed, the world is still shrouded in the pandemic. Besides fighting the virus, we must also pay attention to our emotional resilience.
Under the pandemic, many people feel down, anxious, suffer from insomnia, and often sigh for no reason. This could be due to stagnated liver qi.
As we enter Minor Cold, the cold weather combined with reduced daylight hours disrupts bodily functions, weakening the body's yang energy. This can easily lead to low spirits, and in severe cases, even trigger depression. The first secret to good health is to start from the heart and adjust your mood. It is recommended to drink the following two herbal teas, which help to soothe the liver, regulate qi, relieve internal stagnation, calm the mind, and alleviate vexation.
1. Rose and Buddha's Hand Tea: 3g rose petals, 3g dried Buddha's Hand fruit. Rinse with water, then steep in hot water for 5 minutes before drinking.
Rose petals are sweet in taste, warm in nature, and enter the liver and spleen meridians. They can regulate qi and relieve depression, invigorate blood and relieve pain, nourish blood and qi, beautify the skin, promote blood circulation, and balance endocrine. Dried Buddha's Hand fruit is warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, and enters the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians. It can regulate qi and harmonize the middle jiao, soothe the liver and relieve depression, and dispel dampness and resolve phlegm.
2. Mimosa, Rose, and Jasmine Tea: 3g mimosa flowers, 5 rosebuds, 3g jasmine flowers. Rinse with water, then steep in hot water for 5 minutes before drinking.
Mimosa flowers are neutral in nature, sweet in taste, and enter the heart and liver meridians. They have the effect of harmonizing the mind, relieving depression, and calming the nerves. Jasmine flowers are pungent and sweet in taste, warm in nature, and enter the liver, spleen, and stomach meridians. They can refresh the mind, calm the nerves and regulate qi, clear the liver and improve vision, and clear heat and detoxify.
Under the pandemic, many people feel down, anxious, suffer from insomnia, and often sigh for no reason. This could be due to stagnated liver qi.
As we enter Minor Cold, the cold weather combined with reduced daylight hours disrupts bodily functions, weakening the body's yang energy. This can easily lead to low spirits, and in severe cases, even trigger depression. The first secret to good health is to start from the heart and adjust your mood. It is recommended to drink the following two herbal teas, which help to soothe the liver, regulate qi, relieve internal stagnation, calm the mind, and alleviate vexation.
1. Rose and Buddha's Hand Tea: 3g rose petals, 3g dried Buddha's Hand fruit. Rinse with water, then steep in hot water for 5 minutes before drinking.
Rose petals are sweet in taste, warm in nature, and enter the liver and spleen meridians. They can regulate qi and relieve depression, invigorate blood and relieve pain, nourish blood and qi, beautify the skin, promote blood circulation, and balance endocrine. Dried Buddha's Hand fruit is warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, and enters the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians. It can regulate qi and harmonize the middle jiao, soothe the liver and relieve depression, and dispel dampness and resolve phlegm.
2. Mimosa, Rose, and Jasmine Tea: 3g mimosa flowers, 5 rosebuds, 3g jasmine flowers. Rinse with water, then steep in hot water for 5 minutes before drinking.
Mimosa flowers are neutral in nature, sweet in taste, and enter the heart and liver meridians. They have the effect of harmonizing the mind, relieving depression, and calming the nerves. Jasmine flowers are pungent and sweet in taste, warm in nature, and enter the liver, spleen, and stomach meridians. They can refresh the mind, calm the nerves and regulate qi, clear the liver and improve vision, and clear heat and detoxify.