Three-Seed Honey Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Three-Seed Honey Decoction

Chinese Name: 三子蜜饮

Formula

200 g Rubus chingii, 200 g Cuscuta chinensis, 200 g Schisandra chinensis, honey to taste

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Sort the raspberries, dodder seeds, and golden rose hips to remove impurities, wash them, sun-dry or oven-dry them, then grind them together into a very fine powder. Sift the mixture several times, store in a bottle, and set aside for later use

Efficacy

Nourishes the kidneys and consolidates essence. Suitable for childhood enuresis caused by deficient kidney qi

Usage

Take 5 grams three times daily, mixed with 3 milliliters of honey and an appropriate amount of warm water, then swallow.

Commentary

Rubus chingii (Fu-pen-zi) functions as the chief herb. Sweet, sour-warm in property, its action follows the Liver, Kidney, Bladder meridians, and works to tonify the kidney, secure essence, check enuresis and brighten the eyes. Cuscuta chinensis (Tu-si-zi) stand in the deputy (minister) seat. Pungent, sweet-neutral in property, it enters the Liver, Kidney, Spleen meridians and works to tonify the kidney, secure essence and brighten the eyes. Schisandra chinensis (Wu-wei-zi) reinforce this deputy action, working to astringe and tonify the kidney. Additionally, honey to taste adds as an assistant element, working to moisten the lung and harmonize the formula. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. United, the ingredients nourish the kidneys and consolidates essence, addressing the root disturbance of the qi pattern.

Three-Seed Honey Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and consolidates essence. Suitable for childhood enuresis caused by deficient kidney qi

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