Dendrobium and Bitter Melon Tea

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Dendrobium and Bitter Melon Tea

Chinese Name: 石斛苦瓜茶

Formula

1 gram of bee pollen, 1 fresh bitter melon, 10 grams of Dendrobium, and 2 grams of green tea.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Cut off the top of the bitter melon, remove the seeds, fill it with green tea, and hang the bitter melon in a well-ventilated area. After air-drying, wash the outside thoroughly, pat dry, chop it up along with the tea leaves, mix well with the Dendrobium, and set aside.

Efficacy

Nourishes yin, clears the stomach, and lowers blood sugar. Suitable for all types of diabetes, and particularly effective for diabetes characterized by stomach dryness and fluid depletion.

Usage

Take once daily, 10 grams each time. Brew with boiling water, cover tightly, and let steep for half an hour. Stir in the bee pollen before drinking.

Commentary

Bee pollen (Hua-fen) stands as the primary (chief) herb. Sweet-neutral in property, it travels through the Spleen, Lung meridians, and works to tonify qi and nourish. Fresh bitter melon (Ku-gua) serves as the deputy herb. Bitter-cold in property, it enters the Heart, Spleen, Stomach meridians and works to clear heat and resolve dampness. Dendrobium (Shi-hu) reinforces this deputy action, working to nourish stomach yin, generate fluids and clear heat. Green tea (Lu-cha) plays the envoy role, unifying the formula, working to clear heat, resolve dampness and refresh the mind and unite the separate actions into one. In sum, the prescription nourish yin, clear the stomach, lower blood sugar, aimed squarely at the diabetes pattern rather than at isolated symptoms.

Dendrobium and Bitter Melon Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes yin, clears the stomach, and lowers blood sugar. Suitable for all types of diabetes, and particularly effective for diabetes characterized by stomach dryness and fluid depletion.

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