Hawthorn and Chinese Yam Drink

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Hawthorn and Chinese Yam Drink

Chinese Name: 山楂山药饮

Formula

50 grams fresh hawthorn, 100 grams Chinese yam, 15 grams wet starch, salt and chicken bouillon to taste

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Wash the fresh hawthorn berries, remove the seeds, and slice them thinly; set aside. Wash the Chinese yam, peel off a thin layer of the outer skin, cut it in half lengthwise, and slice it thinly. Place the yam slices and hawthorn slices together in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add salt and chicken bouillon, stir to combine, and it’s ready

Efficacy

Strengthens the spleen and aids digestion. Suitable for various types of malnutrition

Usage

Consume in the morning and evening, or enjoy as a snack at any time; finish the entire portion on the same day

Commentary

Fresh hawthorn (Shan-zha) serves as the monarch (chief) herb; slightly warm and sour, sweet in character, its action follows the Spleen, Stomach, Liver meridians, working chiefly to dissolve food stagnation and activate blood. Chinese yam (Shan-yao) stands in the deputy (minister) seat. Sweet-neutral in property, it enters the Spleen, Lung, Kidney meridians and works to tonify the spleen and lung, nourish the kidney and astringe essence. Wet starch lends further support to the chief action. Additionally, salt and chicken bouillon to taste adds as an assistant element. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. In sum, the prescription strengthen the spleen and aid digestion, aimed squarely at the pediatric malnutrition pattern rather than at isolated symptoms.

Hawthorn and Chinese Yam Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Strengthens the spleen and aids digestion. Suitable for various types of malnutrition

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