Four-Flower Tea

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Four-Flower Tea

Chinese Name: 四花茶

Formula

1 gram of rose buds, 1 gram of rose petals, 1 gram of trumpet vine flowers, 1 gram of osmanthus flowers, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Steep the above herbs in boiling water for 5 minutes.

Efficacy

Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis; regulates qi and relieves pain. Suitable for dysmenorrhea of the blood stasis type.

Usage

Drink warm as a tea substitute.

Commentary

Rose buds (Mei-gui-hua) act as the chief herb; warm and sweet, slightly bitter in character, its action follows the Liver, Spleen meridians, working chiefly to regulate qi and relieve depression. Rose petals (Mei-gui-hua) join as the supporting deputy, sweet, slightly bitter-warm in property, acting through the Liver, Spleen meridians to regulate qi and activate blood. Trumpet vine flowers (Ling-xiao-hua) reinforce this deputy action, working to clear heat, cool blood and activate blood. Among the assistants, osmanthus flowers (Gui-hua) (warm the lung, disperse cold and resolve phlegm) while an appropriate amount of brown sugar (warm the middle and activate blood). Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. Taken together these herbs promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain, in keeping with the blood pattern.

Four-Flower Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis; regulates qi and relieves pain. Suitable for dysmenorrhea of the blood stasis type.

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