Hawthorn Fat-Dissolving Tea

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Hawthorn Fat-Dissolving Tea

Chinese Name: 山楂化脂茶

Formula

30 grams each of hawthorn and malt, 5 grams of tea leaves, and 6 grams of lotus leaf.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Place the washed hawthorn and malt in a pot, add water, and simmer for 30 minutes. Then add the tea leaves and washed lotus leaf, boil for 10 minutes, and strain the liquid to set aside. Add water to the residue and simmer again to extract the liquid. Mix the two liquids together to complete the preparation.

Efficacy

Calms the liver, lowers blood pressure, aids digestion, and reduces blood lipids. Suitable for all types of fatty liver; particularly recommended for those with hyperlipidemia, hypertension, or simple obesity.

Usage

Drink as a tea substitute frequently throughout the day; consume the entire amount on the same day.

Commentary

Each of hawthorn and malt stands as the primary (chief) herb, anchoring the herbal tea formula overall action. Lotus leaf (He-ye) joins as the supporting deputy. Bitter, astringent-neutral in property, it enters the Liver, Spleen, Stomach meridians and works to clear summer heat, raise the clear yang and activate blood. Tea leaves (Cha-ye) stand as the harmonizing envoy, working to clear heat, refresh and aid digestion and unite the separate actions into one. Working as one, the formula calm the liver, lower blood pressure, aid digestion, reduce blood lipids, thereby targeting the fatty liver pattern that underlies the complaint.

Hawthorn Fat-Dissolving Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Calms the liver, lowers blood pressure, aids digestion, and reduces blood lipids. Suitable for all types of fatty liver; particularly recommended for those with hyperlipidemia, hypertension, or simple obesity.

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