Honeysuckle and Lotus Seed Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Honeysuckle and Lotus Seed Decoction

Chinese Name: 银花莲子饮

Formula

15 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of lotus seeds.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Place the honeysuckle in a clay pot and decoct to extract the juice; then add an appropriate amount of water and simmer together with the lotus seeds to make a thin decoction.

Efficacy

Strengthens the spleen, tonifies qi, clears heat, and stops diarrhea. Suitable for chronic colitis accompanied by bloody and purulent stools.

Usage

Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.

Commentary

Taking honeysuckle (Jin-yin-hua) as the chief herb, the formula draws on its sweet flavor and cold property: its action follows the Lung, Heart, Stomach meridians and works to clear heat and remove toxins, disperse wind-heat. Lotus seeds (Lian-zi) join as the supporting deputy, sweet, astringent-neutral in property, acting through the Spleen, Kidney, Heart meridians to tonify the spleen, astringe the kidney and calm the spirit. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. United, the ingredients strengthen the spleen, tonify qi, clear heat, stop diarrhea, addressing the root disturbance of the blood pattern.

Honeysuckle and Lotus Seed Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Strengthens the spleen, tonifies qi, clears heat, and stops diarrhea. Suitable for chronic colitis accompanied by bloody and purulent stools.

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