Radish Drink

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Radish Drink

Chinese Name: 萝卜饮

Formula

250 grams of radish

Main Ingredients

How To Make

First, wash the radish skin thoroughly several times, remove the stem and root hairs, then rinse briefly with warm water. Slice the radish, chop it finely, and pound it into a paste. Place the paste in a double-layered gauze bag, tie the opening tightly, and squeeze to extract the juice. Pour the juice into a container to complete. Alternatively, wash the radish, cut it into slices with the skin on, chop it finely, place it in a juicer, blend quickly, and strain to extract the juice.

Efficacy

Dispels wind and clears the lungs. Suitable for whooping cough of the “wind-heat invading the lungs” pattern (early cough stage)

Usage

Take 3 times daily, in divided doses

Commentary

Radish (Luo-bo) serves as the monarch (chief) herb; cool and pungent, sweet in character, it channels into the Lung, Spleen meridians, working chiefly to move qi and resolve phlegm. No dedicated envoy herb appears in this recipe, the actions being balanced among the active ingredients themselves. Working as one, the formula dispel wind and clear the lungs, thereby targeting the wind-heat and heat pattern that underlies the complaint.

Radish Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Dispels wind and clears the lungs. Suitable for whooping cough of the “wind-heat invading the lungs” pattern (early cough stage)

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