Serving size: 1 cup of 250ml.
Benefits: Helps to improve insomnia related to heart-fire & liver-fire, high blood pressure, mental fatigue & mouth dryness etc.
Ingredients
Dried chrysanthemum – 5 nos (1 gram).
Dried licorice, 2 inches length (Cut into strips) – 2 pieces (2 grams).
Dried lotus plumule – ½ teaspoon (0.83 grams).
Honey – 1 teaspoon or as desired.
Hot boiling water – 1 cup of 250ml.
* Daily recommended usage: Chrysanthemum not more than 30 grams = 150 nos; Licorice not more than 6 grams = 6 pieces of 2 inches length & Lotus Plumule not more than 6 grams = 3 1/3 teaspoons.
Preparation
(1) Rinse dried chrysanthemum, dried licorice & dried lotus plumule with tap or distilled water & discard water. Then rinse again with hot water & discard water.
(2) Add washed ingredients to 1 cup of hot boiling water, cover with a lid & steep for 10 to 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, remove lid then add honey, stir well & drink anytime of the day.
Note
(1) Suitable for all especially those who have bitter taste in mouth, mouth dryness & redness on tongue tip at 1-3 cups daily and for children aged 5-12 years old at ½-1 cup every 2-3 days once.
(2) Moderate intake for those who have cold body system because Lotus Plumule has cold nature & bitter taste. Advisable to add some goji berries to neutralize its cold nature.
(3) Moderate intake for those who have chronic abdominal pains, constipation, erectile dysfunction, high pressure, kidney problems & low potassium level in blood because Licorice may aggravate their conditions.
(4) Moderate intake for those who have cysts or fibroids related to breast & uterus because Licorice act like estrogen in our body which may aggravate its condition.
(5) Moderate intake for women who pregnant or breastfeeding because Licorice act like estrogen in our body which may affect foetus’s growth or early delivery.
(6) Advisable to complement with (1) Foot Bath for Insomnia related to heart-fire & liver-fire for quicker & better efficacy!
Caution: To drink this tea infusion at an interval of ½ to 1 hours from medications.
Reference: Insomnia Facts.
