Garlic and White Sugar Drink

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Garlic and White Sugar Drink

Chinese Name: 大蒜白糖饮

Formula

50 grams of raw garlic cloves, 15 grams of white sugar

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Separate the garlic cloves, wash them, soak them in cold boiled water for a short while, remove and chop finely, then pound into a paste. Place in a bowl, add white sugar, and mix thoroughly. You may add a small amount of cold boiled water. Let stand for 4 hours, then strain through clean cheesecloth. Store the juice in the refrigerator for later use.

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, swallowing slowly

Commentary

Raw garlic cloves (Da-suan) act as the chief herb. Pungent-warm in property, it channels into the Spleen, Stomach, Lung meridians, and works to warm the middle, remove toxins and kills parasites. Finally, white sugar (Bai-tang) serves as the envoy herb, harmonizing the whole; its role is to moisten and harmonize the formula and coordinate the herbs. United, the ingredients dispel wind and clear the lungs, addressing the root disturbance of the wind-heat and heat pattern.

Garlic and White Sugar 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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