Bee Milk with Ginseng and Milk

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Bee Milk with Ginseng and Milk

Chinese Name: 蜂乳人参牛奶

Formula

20 grams of royal jelly, 2 grams of sun-dried ginseng powder, and 250 milliliters of fresh milk.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Pour the milk into a clay pot, bring to a boil over low heat, then let it cool until lukewarm. Add the sun-dried ginseng powder and royal jelly, stir until well blended, and it is ready.

Efficacy

Tonifies qi, consolidates blood, and increases platelet count. Suitable for thrombocytopenic purpura caused by qi’s inability to consolidate blood.

Usage

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

Commentary

Royal jelly (Feng-wang-jiang) assumes the leading (chief) role. Sweet-neutral in property, it travels through the Spleen, Lung, Kidney meridians, and works to tonify qi and nourish yin. Sun-dried ginseng powder acts as the deputy ingredient. Milliliters of fresh milk lends further support to the chief action. No dedicated envoy herb appears in this recipe, the actions being balanced among the active ingredients themselves. Taken together these herbs tonify qi, consolidates blood, increases platelet count, in keeping with the blood and qi pattern.

Bee Milk with Ginseng and Milk，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Tonifies qi, consolidates blood, and increases platelet count. Suitable for thrombocytopenic purpura caused by qi’s inability to consolidate blood.

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