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清补凉 茶 /汤包 6oz 成分：淮山，海玉竹，生芡实，洋薏米，白莲子，百合，元肉 清补凉具有很好的健脾益气的功效，同时清热润肺，家庭汤水，老幼咸宜，体弱虚火上升者可以再加入党参，能够补中益气，健脾益肺。用于脾肺虚弱，气短心悸，食少便溏，虚喘咳嗽，内热消渴。临床常用的补气药，功能补脾益肺，效近人参而为较弱，适用于各种气虚不足者。 溫馨提示：請先向醫師咨詢是否合適服用此茶 清补凉瘦肉汤 原料 瘦肉250克（5两），清补凉配料1包 做法 1.把瘦肉放落滚水中煮5分钟，取出洗净。 2.洗净全部清补凉配料。 3.把适量的清水煲滚，放入全部材料，煲1-2小时，汤成，用盐、生抽适味即可。 功效 此汤清甜滋补，有去湿开胃，除痰健肺等温和清凉功效，特别适宜身体瘦弱虚不受补者饮用，是夏秋季节的合时汤水。 Sweet Soup 清補涼 (Qing Bu Liang Herbal Soup) Effect: cooling, cleansing, tones digestion, improves breathing, weight loss This classical tong sui (sweet) dessert soup (mandarin: Qing Bu Liang / Cantonese: Ching Bo Leung) is a traditional mixture of herbs cooked in a soup and enjoyed throughout China and Vietnam. Although the contents can vary depending on the method of preparation, the mixture generally consists of seven standard herbs: Dioscorea, lily bulb, dried polygonatum, fox nut, pearl barley, dried lotus seed, and dried longan. There are variations of this recipe, made with pork or chicken. It can be served hot adding pungent toppings like scallions, pickled pepper, or radish. More often it is served cold as a sweet dessert either plain or by adding fruit such as apple or pear or lo han quo monk fruit during cooking. A stock can be added and simmered over low heat for two to three hours. This soup is popular all year round and is believed to detoxify the body, nourish the kidneys and lungs, and build up the blood. Individually, the ingredients have a wide array of indications. For example, lily bulb is used for mild cardiac insufficiency, arrhythmias, urinary tract infections, and kidney stones; pearl barley (coicis seed) is used for bronchitis. Round lotus seeds and lily bulbs are a very popular and common in South China and are classified in TCM as astringents, sweet and neutral, and good for the spleen, kidney, and heart.  Ingredients: Dioscoreae root, Barley/semen coicis, Euryale Seed, fox nuts, Lotus seed, Lilii bulb, Solomon seal rhizome, Dried Longan fruit Suggestions: This soup is more than a tangy or sweet dessert, it is a health and beauty tonic that you can make your own. You might get creative and add the cooked Sweet Soup ingredients to cold coconut milk and add sliced fresh papaya, pear, pineapple or your choice. Good year-round to satisfy a healthy sweet tooth. Simmer the ingredients, if possible in a non-metal or ceramic coated pot until all seeds and dioscorea yam are cooked and tender. Add meat or fruit is you like. Also, see White Treasure Beauty Tea Please consult your physician before using this product.

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七星茶 Sweet Digestive Tea / Er Ke Qi Xing Herbal Tea 成分：薏苡仁、稻芽、山楂、淡竹叶、钩藤、蝉蜕、甘草。七味药制成，故名：七星茶。 七星茶是一种药物。七星茶功能与主治：开胃消滞，清热定惊。用于积滞化热，消化不良，不思饮食，烦躁易惊，夜寐不安，大便不畅，小便短赤。 用法：煎服，三碗水煎成一碗后内服。   Sweet Digestive Tea 兒科七星茶 (Er Ke Qi Xing Herbal Tea) Effect: Settles the stomach, indigestion and congestion This is a version of a classic tea, Xiao Er Qi Xing, used to help resolve bloating, indigestion pain, and excess phlegm. Chinese mothers give the herbal tea as the final formula of the day for babies to help them sleep peacefully by easing digestion. This version uses rice sprout instead of millet and uncaria (gou teng) to cool liver agitation. Have you ever lay awake at night, thinking, planning, fretting, or have you slept poorly from feeling too full of food or suffering from stomach pain? This tea is a gentle remedy for people who need to cool their nerves and improve digestion.  Ingredients :  Fired barley/semen coicis, Raw barley/semen coicis, Oryzae Fructus Germinatus/ rice sprout, Dried Cicada skin, Juncus allioides flower/ common rush flower, Bamboo leaves, Loquat Leaf, Licorice root, Crataegi Fructus, hawthorn berry, Uncariae stem and thorn/ gou teng Directions: Add three bowls of water. Boil three bowls of water into one bowl, then filter and take the soup.  The amount of water is a key point because it can directly affect the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, so if cooking the herbal soup according to the guidelines, the best results will be achieved. Suggestions: This tea may be too cleansing for pregnant women. Avoid cleansing remedies that may be laxative or diuretic for you. The traditional method of preparation is  “三碗水煎至一碗 Boil three bowls of water to one” which makes a rather strong tasting water extract. It may be wise to begin more slowly by simmering the herbs for about 20 minutes and drink it as a pleasant tea. After becoming familiar with its taste and effects, the cooking time can be increased as needed.  Please consult your physician before using this product.

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生化汤 Women’s Comfort / Shenghua Soup 生化汤，中医方剂名。为理血剂，具有养血祛瘀，温经止痛之功效。主治血虚寒凝，瘀血阻滞证。产后恶露不行，小腹冷痛。临床常用于治疗产后子宫复旧不良、产后宫缩疼痛、胎盘残留等属产后血虚寒凝，瘀血内阻者 成分: 当归﹐川芎﹐甘草﹐红花﹐桃仁﹐香附﹐黑薑 ﹐益母草。 用法：四碗水煎至八分碗。 处方来源：清·《傅青主女科》。系从《济生方》佛手散加味衍化而成。   Women’s Comfort 生化湯 (Sheng Hua Herbal Soup) Effect: Regulates menstruation, reduces pain, replenishes blood Chinese herbal women’s formulas aim to correct underlying problems of blood deficiency and poor circulation in order to prevent monthly misery. It is fairly normal to feel some hyper-emotional and sexual feelings during PMS. After all we are designed to have children. Our hormones are activated then. However, under certain circumstances, we can easily develop anxiety or depression during PMS and throughout the period. We are sensitized. We are open to the world and to creation of life. It is important to honor and protect your body and feelings with a regular wise wellness routine. Use Women’s Comfort between periods or for women who have no period, due to illness, surgery or age, enjoy this healing beverage as a beautifying treatment. The energetic aim of Women’s Comfort is to build enriched blood and to enable smooth circulation in order to avoid common female discomforts and prevent women’s problems such as fibroids or menstrual irregularity. Ingredients: Radix Angelica sinensis, Dong Quai/Tang Kuei, Rhizome ligusticum root, Licorice root, Carthami Flos, Semen Persicae/peach kernel, Nutgrass Galingale Rhizome, Ginger, Motherwort Directions: Add four bowls of water. Boil four bowls of water to less than one, then filter and take the soup.  The amount of water is a key point because it can directly affect the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, so if cooking the herbal soup according to the guidelines, the best results will be achieved. Suggestions: The traditional method of cooking this sort of herbal formula is to make a water extract: “四碗水煎至八分碗: Boil four bowls of water to less than one.” That makes very strong acting and tasting remedy. However, if you are new to Chinese herbs we suggest that you gradually become acquainted with their flavor and aroma. Cook it twice. Simmer the herbs for up to 20 minutes. Inhale the steam and enjoy the aroma. Drink a small cup twice a day between meals. For the second cooking of the herbs simmer for up to an hour or more. Drink the water decoction as needed for menstrual comfort. It can be stored in a glass jar in the refrigerator for 3 – 5 days. Your following period may be heavier or contain clots, which is part of the cleansing process. Check with your herbalist if you experience side-effects.   Women’s Comfort is a safe, effective combination of widely used Chinese herbs that have been formulated to avoid unpleasant side-effects. It is totally vegetarian with a bitter/sweet flavor from safflower, ginger, nutgrass, licorice root and the semi-sweet blood tonic herbs. Use it between periods with your herbalist’s advice. Avoid Women’s Comfort and in general blood-moving herbs during pregnancy or nursing.  Please consult your physician before using this product.

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十全大补汤料 Ten Warriors / Ten flavor tea formula / Shi Quan Da Bu Soup 成分：当归，川芎，白芍，熟地，北芪，党参，茯苓，白术，甘草，肉桂 《宋·太平惠民和剂局方》卷五方之十全大补汤治男子、妇人诸虚不足，五劳七伤，不进饮食，久病虚损，时发潮热，气攻骨脊，拘急疼痛，夜梦遗精，面色萎黄，脚膝无力，一切病后气不如旧，忧愁思虑伤动血气，喘嗽中满，脾肾气弱，五心烦闷，并皆治之。此药性温不热，平补有效，养气育神，醒脾止渴，顺正辟邪，温暖脾肾，其效不可具述。 用法: 煎服，五碗水煎成一碗后内服。 溫馨提示：請先向醫師咨詢是否合適服用此茶 Ten Warriors Ten flavor tea formula 十全大補湯 (Shi Quan Da Bu Herbal Soup) Effect:  Builds blood and Qi vitality Ten Warriors is an extremely versatile tonic, especially appropriate for post-surgical recovery of Qi, blood, and for people who have had long-term chronic illness with marked deficiency. For example, fatigue, reduced appetite, weak digestion, pale complexion, shortness of breath, chronic weak cough, dizziness from blood deficiency, cold hands and feet, aversion to cold, seminal fluid loss, weak back and lower extremities. Other symptoms may include slow healing sores. Women may experience mid-cycle spotting and irregular menstruation. In general, there may be a tendency to bruising or bleeding, generalized weakness, and slow recovery from injury, surgery, or illness. Unlike some traditional Chinese Qi and “yang” formulas that address chronic weakness, impotence and “fear of cold temperatures,” the herbs in Ten Warriors are not overly cooling or heating nor do they cause adverse reactions so that they may be used by either men or women to recovery energy, build resistance and increase vitality. Cinnamon is added to enhance circulation and may also be helpful for people prone to diabetes. Ingredients : Radix Angelica, Rhizoma ligusticum root, White peony root, Rehmannia Root Tuber, Radix Astragalus, Radix Codonopsis, Poria, White atractylodes, Licorice root, Cinnamon Directions: Add five bowls of water. Boil five bowls of water into two bowl, then filter and take the soup.  The amount of water is a key point because it can directly affect the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, so if cooking the herbal soup according to the guidelines, the best results will be achieved. Suggestions: The traditional method of cooking such an herbal formula is “五碗水煎至一碗: Boil five bowls of water to one” which makes a strong water extract. However, people who are unfamiliar with Chinese herbs may find their smell to be strong and taste at times bitter. We suggest that you become acquainted with them gradually. Empty the package of herbs into – quarts of water and simmer them for up to 30 minutes. A non-metal pot works best. If you have it use a ceramic coated or glass pot. The same herbs may be used again, the second cooking can be as long as 1 hour. Inhale the steam to help clear sinus congestion and head and throat discomforts. It may feel relaxing. Allow the mixture to cool until it is comfortably warm. Drink a small cup once a day and increase as needed to no more than three cups daily between meals. If it keeps you awake, reduce the dose or frequency. Follow a wise diet and exercise routine. Please consult your physician before using this product.

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四神汤 Four Spirits Soup / Si Shen Soup 成分：芡实、淮山、莲子、茯神 四神汤是中医著名的健脾食方，其中“四神”是指茯苓，淮山，莲子和芡实（或薏仁），汇集在一起后互相补遗，制成的汤水对人体具有养颜、清火、利尿等诸多益处，几乎发挥出了“无敌”的功效，四神之名当之无愧。 “四神”都有补益脾阴、厚实肠胃的功能，可以治疗消化不良、容易拉肚子，能吃不长肉、长不胖的人，且价格大众，是瘦人增肥食疗佳品。加入猪肚一起煲，更有帮助消化之效。 喝此汤要注意不能与其它药物同时服用，饮食宜清淡为主，忌烟酒辛辣大荤。此汤宜温服，还可用于防治疾病、辅助治疗、病后调理、摄生自养等。 晨起空腹一碗温热的汤滋润肠胃，极易吸收，还很适合老年人及病后体虚之人，可谓寓治疗与饮食之中，一举两得。 用法:煎服，五碗水煎成一碗后内服。 溫馨提示：請先向醫師咨詢是否合適服用此茶 Four Spirits Soup 四神湯 (Si Shen Herbal Soup) Effect: Fortifies energy, digestion, weight loss, mental clarity, improved breathing In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Shen, usually translated as spirit, refers to our consciousness, thoughts and emotions. A spirit or shen occupies and influences each of our deep organs. These spirits may be damaged by our actions, thoughts and emotions. It’s the TCM mind/body connection, an important part of understanding who we are and our ability to comprehend and act out our destiny. Our shen make us human and keeps us well. This soup, named in honor of shen, supports healthy digestion and kidney/adrenal energy with foods that detoxify the body and support vitality and mental clarity with enhanced digestion.  This bland-tasting soup may be used for fasting, as part of a weight loss program, for deep cleansing from undigested food (and thoughts and relationships.) It can improve low energy that is due to poor digestion and phlegmy congestion that weakens breathing.  Ingredients: Euryale Seed/fox nuts, Radix dioscoreae/white yam root, Lotus seed,Tuckahoe with pine, fuling Directions: Add five bowls of water. Boil five bowls of water into two bowl, then filter and take the soup.  The amount of water is a key point because it can directly affect the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, so if cooking the herbal soup according to the guidelines, the best results will be achieved. Please consult your physician before using this product.

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四物汤 成分：当归，川芎，白芍，熟地 四物汤药方最早出现记载于唐朝的蔺道人著的《仙授理伤续断秘方》，目前应用较为广泛的药方则是取自《太平惠民合剂局方》的记载。一般来说，它具有补血调经的效果，可减缓女性的痛经。 用法: 煎服，五碗水煎成一碗后内服。 溫馨提示：請先向醫師咨詢是否合適服用此茶   Effect: Blood tonic, women’s health and beauty, regulates menstruation This rich, semi-sweet tasting tea has a pleasant almost licorice flavor. It is made up of four major blood enhancing herbs that work together to nourish and support health and beauty. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine blood deficiency, not necessarily anemia, looks like a dry, pale or sallow complexion, sleeplessness, irregular menstrual cycles with the scanty flow, lightheadedness, dry stool and/or lack of energy. Blood deficiency is particularly common in women due to the loss of menstrual blood however anyone recovering from illness or long term stress would benefit from healthy blood production. Four Friends effectively addresses blood deficiency, with an emphasis on liver blood.  Four Friends is based on a classic blood tonic formula Si Wu Tang and is composed of four herbs that fall into two groups, based on the role they play in the formula. Shu di huang which is Chinese foxglove (raw rehmannia root that is cooked in yellow wine and steamed until black ) is nourishing and moistening. Nourishes blood (pallid complexion, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, irregular menses, uterine issues of postpartum bleeding)  Nourishes Yin and Jing Essence (night sweats, nocturnal emissions, steaming bone disorder, wasting and thirsting (aka diabetes symptoms of chronic thirst and chronic hunger,) low back pain, osteoporosis, weakness of lower extremities, COPD, lightheadedness, dizziness, tinnitus (ringing in the ears,) progressive hearing loss, and premature grey hair) Ingredients: Radix Angelica sinensis, Rhizoma ligusticum root, White peony root, Rehmannia root Directions: To make a strong water extract that acts as a medicine to correct chronic menstrual issues, use the traditional cooking method: 五碗水煎至一碗：Boil five bowls of water down to one. Otherwise, simmer the herbs for up to 30 minutes in several cups of water depending on the strength you prefer and enjoy it as a relaxing beauty treatment beverage after meals or before bed. If it causes loose stools, reduces the dose. Please consult your physician before using this product.

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御方胃寧茶 Digestive Comfort Tea / Yu Fang Wei Ning Herbal Tea 成份： 夏枯草, 木贼 , 薄荷, 威灵仙, 甘草, 党参, 海漂蛸, 延胡索, 白芍, 蒲公英, 救必应  功效：舒肝和胃，理氣止痛 用法：煎服，五碗水煎成一碗后内服。 溫馨提示：請先向醫師咨詢是否合適服用此茶 Digestive Comfort Tea 御方胃寧茶 (Yu Fang Wei Ning Herbal Tea) Effect: Supports liver and stomach, regulates Qi and relieves pain Several natural painkiller herbs are used in Digestive Comfort Tea and have been combined with herbs in order to the direction their action to improve digestion and address cramps and digestive irregularities. Clematis is anti-inflammatory, normally used for joint pain and stiffness (rheumatism), headaches, varicose veins, gout, bone disorders, ongoing skin conditions, and fluid retention. Cuttlefish bone is astringent (absorbs excess fluid) that stops leucorrhea (vaginal discharge), uterine bleeding, nocturnal emission, and premature ejaculation from kidney deficiency. In this formula it controls acidity and alleviates stomach pain, distasteful belching, acid reflux, and stops diarrhea due to kidney deficiency or dysentery with cramps.  Herbs for digestive discomforts in the formula include corydalis known to Chinese herbalists as a calming painkiller herb sometimes given post surgery to ease tensions. The final garden herb in Digestive Comfort Tea is holly bark jiu bi ying (Cortex Ilicis rotundae).  Chinese herbals describe the bark as bitter, cold; entering the lung, stomach, large intestine and liver meridians. Its actions are to clear heat and remove toxicity and alleviate pain. It has been used for rheumatic arthritis, traumatic injury, sores and boils, sore throat, diarrhea due to damp-heat, abdominal distension, and fever due to digestive disturbance.  Ingredients:  Spica Prunellae, Herba Equiseti Hiemalis, Mint, Clematis Root, licorice root, Radix Codonopsis, Sepiae Endoconcha, Corydalis Rhizoma, White peony root, Dandelion, Ilicis Rotundae Cortex Directions: Add six bowls of water. Boil six bowls of water into one bowl, then filter and take the soup.  The amount of water is a key point because it can directly affect the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, so if cooking the herbal soup according to the guidelines, the best results will be achieved. Suggestions: The cleansing herbs in this formula are rather bitter. The traditional way to prepare them is to make a strong water extract. “五碗水煎至一碗 Boil five bowls of water to one.” However, we suggest that you gradually get used to their healing benefits: Simmer the herbs in water for 20 minutes. Steam your face to help prevent skin blemishes and inhale the aroma. Let it cool somewhat and drink a small cup. It may taste better cold or with a little lemon. Cook it a second time for  45 minutes to one hour and drink a small cup before meals as needed to ease digestion. It keeps in the refrigerator for up to three days. If you are creative you might make ice cubes from the liquid and add them to a Bloody Mary instead of bitters.  Please consult your physician before using this product.  

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武溪大補茶 成分：黃精、白朮、茯神、當歸、枸杞、黨參、北芪、熟地   Ingredients : Huáng jīng, Báishù, Fú shén, Dāngguī, Qǐ zi, Dǎngshēn, Běi qí, Shúdì Please consult your physician before using this product.

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香砂六君子汤 Happy Tummy / Xiang Sha Liu Jun Soup 香砂六君子汤，中医方剂名。出自《古今名医方论》卷一引柯韵伯方。 功用 疏补化痰。 主治 气虚肿满，痰饮结聚，脾胃不和，变生诸证者。 方义 本方由六君子汤加砂仁、木香组成。方中人参、白术、茯苓、甘草益气健脾；半夏、陈皮、砂仁、木香理气化痰。 Happy Tummy 香砂六君湯 (Xing Sha Liu Jun Herbal Soup) Effect: strengthens digestion, reduces bloating, indigestion and belly fat Happy Tummy increases digestion and moves stuck food in the digestive tract along its happy way. Codonopsis, a neutral form of ginseng, which is neither too heating nor cooling, is added to enhance energy, promote peripheral blood circulation, prevent chronic diarrhea and promote wellness as a general tonic.  Ingredients: Radix Codonopsis, Pinellia buds, White atractylodes, Poria, Tangerine peel, Fructus Amomi, cardamom, Vladimiria Root, Radix Glycyrrhizae preparata Suggestions: As a pleasant digestive beverage to be enjoyed with or between meals, simmer the herbs for up to 30 minutes to make a decoction. Drink it warm as needed. Used as a stronger herbal treatment to help prevent stomach pain, bloating, indigestion and circulation irregularities resulting from weak digestion and rich meals, simmer the herbs for an hour or more. Drink 1 - 3 cups per day as needed. Use with caution or avoid during pregnancy.  Please consult your physician before using this product.

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御方 养心安神茶 Gentle Heart / Yang Xin An Shen Tea 成分：五味子、桂圆肉、茯神、合欢花、灵芝、莲子、夜交藤、丹参、甘草、酸枣仁 功效：养心安神。 用法：五碗水煎至一碗。   Gentle Heart 養心安神茶 (Yang Xin An Shen Herbal Tea) Effect: soothes nerves, protects against stress, protects the heart Here is a tea that calms nervous tension, enhances immunity and protects the heart. It provides premium herbal health benefits for modern life.  Ingredients: Schisandra fruit, Longan fruit, Poria/fuling/tuckahoe, Silktree Albizia Flower ,Ganoderma, reishi, Lotus nut, Polygonum multiflorum, Salvia root, Licorice root, Spine Date Seed, jujube seed Directions: Add five bowls of water. Boil five bowls of water into one bowl, then filter and take the soup.  The amount of water is a key point because it can directly affect the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, so if cooking the herbal soup according to the guidelines, the best results will be achieved. Suggestions: As an everyday tea, simmer the herbs in water for up to 20 minutes and drink as needed between or with meals. For treatment of severe weakness, low immunity, low energy and chest discomforts simmer the herbs for an hour or more and drink 1 cup once a day and increase the dose gradually as needed to no more than 3 cups per day. Gentle Heart can be taken the same day as heart medications. However to avoid interactions, separate the herbs and drugs by two hours. The herbs are not blood thinners, but tend to balance energy and build resilience and endurance. They will help you to maintain a healthy exercise routine. Monitor your heart health with regular checkups with your doctor.  Please consult your physician before using this product.

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御方 壮腰 壮阳 健腎 茶 A Strong Back, Muscles and Bones / Zhuang Yao Jian Shen Tea 成分：杜仲，熟地，枣皮，续断，淫羊藿，芡实，枸杞，首乌，巴戟 功效：补肝肾，益精髓，强骨健筋 用法： 煎服，五碗水煎成一碗后内服。 溫馨提示：請先向醫師咨詢是否合適服用此茶 A Strong Back, Muscles and Bones 壯腰健腎茶 (Zhuang Yao Jian Shen Herbal Tea): Effect: For weakness or pain in the lower body: low back pain, weak back, hips, knees, legs, weak tendons. A Strong Back, Muscles, and Bones may prove to be a useful fall/winter tonic for weak or aging people or anyone who suffers from chills and weakness, and chronic deep aches and pains that improve with the application of heat and gentle massage. Chinese doctors recommend this remedy for people with kidney yang and kidney qi deficiency: 补肝肾、益精髓、强骨健筋 which may manifest as the body’s inability to support strong muscles and bones with many resulting health issues ranging from chronic diarrhea, bone fractures, back and leg pain, poor circulation, low sexual vitality, and osteoporosis. Since the Kidney/adrenal Qi impacts many aspects of health in the body, there may be accompanying troubles such as low immunity, depression, obesity, heart weakness, or being accident-prone. Either men or women may use A Strong Back, Muscles, and Bones for exhaustion with chronic pain and weakness. However a warming tonic will have side-effects for people who already have inflammation issues. It should be avoided during a cold or flu, fever, headache, acne, or other internal heat discomforts. Inflammatory heat feels hot, burning, pounding, unrelenting, and sometimes disorienting. Otherwise heating sexual tonic herbs such as epimedium (lusty goat weed) may be used by men or women when balanced, as it is in this formula, with cooling, moistening rejuvenating herbs such as wolfberry (goji berry) Polygonum multi. (fo-ti) and rehmannia. (If you want a formula to tone energy and blood without warming herbs see Ten Warriors. ) Cautions and Contraindications: Heating. Avoid during a cold or flu Ingredients :  Eucommia Bark, Rehmannia Root Tuber, Fructus Corni, Himalayan Teasel Root, Epimedium Herb,  Euryale Seed, fox nuts, Wolfberry Fruit, Sharpleaf Galangal, Polygonum multiflorum, Morinda Root Directions: Add five bowls of water. Boil five bowls of water into one bowl, then filter and take the soup.  The amount of water is a key point because it can directly affect the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, so if cooking the herbal soup according to the guidelines, the best results will be achieved. Suggestions: The traditional method of cooking this herbal tonic is to make a strong water extract: 五碗水煎至一碗 : Boil five bowls of water to one. It makes a strong-tasting brew that some people prefer. However it can be cooked twice by blanching the herbs in hot water, simmering them the first time for 30 minutes, drinking the tea, then cooking a second time for up to two hours for a stronger beverage. The beverage can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Add some to your home-cooked bone broth. The herbs may be added to a liter of vodka to make an alcohol tincture. Add all the herbs to an air-tight glass container and keep it away from heat and light for 2 weeks. The dosage for an alcohol tincture is from 10 – 20 drops in a wine glass of water. Please consult your physician before using this product.

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竹殼茶 葫蘆茶 竹壳茶(原名葫芦茶)，竹壳茶广东紫金的出品。 以整片竹箨（竹壳）包扎成五个连珠葫芦状，底部贴上红纸标签，过去在广州市中药店悬挂出售，颇为引人注目，是广东民间凉茶之一。这些年因利润低微，且外观“老土”，故在广州已难觅踪迹。可它却是真材实料之品。竹壳茶，内含鸭脚木叶、葫芦茶、鸡骨草、金银花、车前草、金不换、救必应等中草药，据说民间已有近四百年的饮用历史。 功效 清热解暑 茶功擅清热消暑，利湿消滞，用治感受暑热、感冒食滞、大肠湿热等病症。 帮助消化 三四口之家，每次取茶丸两个，加水煎滚5分钟即可饮用。汤味苦中带甘，醇和宜人。尚可煎水外洗以清热止痒。 竹壳茶主要原料是葫芦茶。葫芦茶属草本植物，叶片外形如倒转葫芦；采叶晒干为茶叶，性味微苦、涩、凉，有清肺利咽、清热利湿、消滞杀虫的功效，能治咽喉肿痛，肺燥咳嗽痰血，湿热泻痢，暑湿证，小儿疳积、消化不良。常与其它药配成清暑消滞类凉茶，也可单方100至150克煎水当茶饮。 防虫保健 葫芦茶的全草能防腐杀虫，《岭南采药录》记载：“干置衣箱中，辟蠹去蛀虱。”广东民间用它腌制咸鱼和肉类，以防蝇蛆。 竹壳茶现已制成袋泡剂和冲剂等新剂型，前者易名为“保健茶”，加入了现代广东民间凉茶的行列。   Bamboo shell tea/cucurbit tea/Zhu Ke Cha/ Hu Lu Cha A combination of traditional plant medicine herbs to support healthy digestion, wrapped in a bamboo leaf.  From the manufacturer:  Bamboo shell tea (formerly known as gourd tea), bamboo shell tea produced by Guangdong Zijin. The whole piece of bamboo sheath (bamboo shell) is wrapped into five lianzhu gourds, and the bottom is affixed with a red paper label. In the past, it was hung and sold in Guangzhou Chinese medicine stores. It is quite eye-catching and one of the folk herbal teas in Guangdong. In recent years, because of low profits and "old-fashioned" appearance, it has been difficult to find it in Guangzhou. But it is a real product.  Bamboo shell tea contains Chinese herbal medicines such as duck's foot knobs, gourd tea, chicken bone grass, honeysuckle [anti-biotic], plantain, Jinbuhuan, Jiu Bing [anti-parasite], etc. It is said that [this tea has been used for 400 years]. [Canton love-pes vine (aka chicken bone grass, Abrus Frutus Losus herb,) improves liver function, clears dampness, reduces bloating, improves general wellbeing. (timeout.com) ] Effects: The tea is used to relieve heat [inflammation, fever, etc] Tea Gong is good at clearing heat, eliminating dampness and stagnation, and is used to treat symptoms such as heat, cold and food stagnation, damp heat of the large intestine. Improve digestion  For a family of three or four, take two tea pills at a time, add water and boil for 5 minutes before drinking. The soup tastes bitter, sweet, mellow, and pleasant. It can [be used topically] with decoction to clear heat [skin redness] and relieve itching. The main raw material of bamboo shell tea is gourd tea. Gourd tea is a herbaceous plant, the shape of the leaves is like an inverted gourd; the leaves are picked and dried into tea. The taste is slightly bitter, astringent, and cool.  It has the effects of clearing the lungs and throat, clearing heat and dampness, eliminating stagnation and [treating infections], and can cure sore throat, lung dryness, cough, sputum and blood, damp-heat diarrhea, heat-damp syndrome, malnutrition in children, and indigestion. It is often mixed with other medicines to make herbal tea for clearing heat and dissipating stagnation. It can also be used as a single prescription of 100 to 150 grams of decoction for tea. Insect health care: The whole plant of gourd tea can be antiseptic and insecticidal.  The "Lingnan Collection of Medicines" records: "Dry it in the suitcase to remove moths." The Guangdong folk use it to pickle salted fish and meat to prevent fly maggots. Bamboo shell tea has now been made into new dosage forms such as pouches and granules. The former was renamed "health tea" and joined the ranks of modern Guangdong folk herbal teas.  

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