Hawthorn Fat-Reducing Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm, promotes blood circulation, and softens blood vessels. Suitable for all types of atherosclerosis; particularly effective for atherosclerosis characterized by the obstruction of phlegm and blood stasis.
Hawthorn Fat-Reducing Tea
Herbal Tea Name: Hawthorn Fat-Reducing Tea
Chinese Name: 山楂祛脂茶
Formula
30 grams of hawthorn, 30 grams of cassia seeds, 30 grams of malt, 6 grams of lotus leaf, and 5 grams of green tea.Main Ingredients
How To Make
First, place the washed hawthorn (sliced), cassia seeds (crushed), and malt into a clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer on high heat for 30 minutes. Then add the washed lotus leaf slices and green tea leaves, along with an appropriate amount of water, and boil for another 10 minutes. Strain the liquid and set it aside. Add an appropriate amount of fresh water to the pot, simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, strain the liquid, and mix the two batches of liquid together.
Efficacy
Resolves phlegm, promotes blood circulation, and softens blood vessels. Suitable for all types of atherosclerosis; particularly effective for atherosclerosis characterized by the obstruction of phlegm and blood stasis.
Usage
Take in the morning and evening. Alternatively, drink it frequently as a tea substitute. If the decoction is too strong, add an appropriate amount of warm water and drink as desired.
Commentary
Hawthorn (Shan-zha) functions as the chief herb; slightly warm and sour, sweet in character, it channels into the Spleen, Stomach, Liver meridians, working chiefly to dissolve food stagnation, activate blood and reduce stasis. Cassia seeds (Jue-ming-zi) act as the deputy ingredient. Sweet, bitter, salty-slightly cold in property, it enters the Liver, Kidney, Large Intestine meridians and works to clear liver heat, brighten the eyes and moisten the intestines. Malt (Mai-ya) complements it, working to dissolve food stagnation and harmonize the middle. Assisting the core, lotus leaf (He-ye) acts as an assistant ingredient, helping to clear summer heat, raise the clear yang and activate blood. Green tea (Lu-cha) acts as the coordinating (envoy) herb, working to clear heat, resolve dampness and refresh the mind and unite the separate actions into one. In sum, the prescription resolve phlegm, promote blood circulation, soften blood vessels, aimed squarely at the phlegm and blood pattern rather than at isolated symptoms.