Fresh White Reed Root Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat and promotes diuresis; calms the liver and lowers blood pressure; cools the blood and stops bleeding. Suitable for urinary tract infections presenting with facial edema, chills and fever, and difficulty urinating.
Fresh White Reed Root Tea
Herbal Tea Name: Fresh White Reed Root Tea
Chinese Name: 鲜白茅根茶
Formula
50 grams of fresh white grass root, 50 grams of fresh corn silk.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Wash the white茅根 and corn silk separately, then chop them finely or cut into small pieces. Place them 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 15 minutes. Strain through clean cheesecloth to remove the solids, and the tea is ready.
Efficacy
Clears heat and promotes diuresis; calms the liver and lowers blood pressure; cools the blood and stops bleeding. Suitable for urinary tract infections presenting with facial edema, chills and fever, and difficulty urinating.
Usage
Drink as a beverage, divided into 3 servings, and consume the entire amount on the same day.
Commentary
Fresh white grass root (Bai-mao-gen) stands as the primary (chief) herb; cold and sweet in character, its action follows the Lung, Stomach, Bladder meridians, working chiefly to clear heat and stop bleeding. Fresh corn silk (Yu-mi-xu) fills the deputy position, sweet, bland-neutral in property, acting through the Bladder, Liver, Gallbladder meridians to promote urination and drain damp-heat. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. Working as one, the formula clear heat and promote diuresis, calm the liver and lower blood pressure, cool the blood and stop bleeding, thereby targeting the urinary tract infection pattern that underlies the complaint.