Hawthorn and Pear Shredded Drink

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Hawthorn and Pear Shredded Drink

Chinese Name: 山楂梨丝饮

Formula

500 grams of pear, 200 grams of hawthorn, and an appropriate amount of white sugar.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Wash the hawthorn berries and remove the seeds. Wash the pears, peel and core them, then cut into thin, long strips. Place both ingredients in a pot, add white sugar and water, and simmer for 30 minutes.

Efficacy

Resolves phlegm and clears turbidity. Suitable for rheumatic heart disease characterized by phlegm-turbidity obstructing the middle jiao.

Usage

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

Commentary

Taking hawthorn (Shan-zha) as the leading herb, the formula draws on its sour, sweet flavor and slightly warm property: its action follows the Spleen, Stomach, Liver meridians and works to dissolve food stagnation, activate blood and reduce stasis. Pear (Li) serves as the deputy herb; cool and sweet, slightly sour in character, it travels through the Lung, Stomach meridians to moisten the lung, clear heat and generate fluids. An appropriate amount of white sugar adds further support, working to moisten and harmonize the formula. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. In sum, the prescription resolve phlegm and clear turbidity, aimed squarely at the phlegm pattern rather than at isolated symptoms.

Hawthorn and Pear Shredded Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and clears turbidity. Suitable for rheumatic heart disease characterized by phlegm-turbidity obstructing the middle jiao.

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