Three Herbs and Honey Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Three Herbs and Honey Decoction

Chinese Name: 三马蜜饮

Formula

60 g fresh Eupatorium fortunei (use half the amount if using dried), 40 g fresh purslane (use half the amount if using dried), and 40 g fresh verbena (use half the amount if using dried), 15 g honey

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Wash the fresh horseweed, fresh purslane, and fresh verbena thoroughly. Place them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain out the solids and collect the liquid. Once the liquid has cooled to room temperature, add honey and stir until well blended.

Efficacy

Clears liver heat and purges heat. Suitable for childhood enuresis caused by stagnant heat in the liver meridian

Usage

Take one portion in the morning and one in the afternoon

Commentary

Fresh Eupatorium fortunei holds the chief position in this formula, anchoring the herbal tea formula overall action. Fresh purslane (Ma-chi-xian) fills the deputy position, sour-cold in property, acting through the Liver, Large Intestine meridians to clear heat and cool blood. Fresh verbena (Ma-bian-cao) reinforces this deputy action, working to activate blood, resolve stasis and remove toxins. Finally, honey (Feng-mi) acts as the coordinating (envoy) herb; its role is to moisten the lung and harmonize the formula and coordinate the herbs. United, the ingredients clear liver heat and purge heat, addressing the root disturbance of the heat pattern.

Three Herbs and Honey Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears liver heat and purges heat. Suitable for childhood enuresis caused by stagnant heat in the liver meridian

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