According to experts and scholars, drinking more tea can help you reduce the symptoms of liver heat and relieve liver heat. So what kind of tea should you drink if you have liver heat? The editor will introduce you 11 health-preserving teas. Drinking these teas regularly can keep away liver heat and protect the health of the liver.

What kind of tea should you drink if you have liver heat?

Liver Qi is generally relatively strong in spring. Some people who have an impatient personality and strong liver fire, or are under great pressure, are prone to follow the sudden rise of external Yang Qi, triggering liver heat in the body, resulting in symptoms of excessive liver fire such as anxiety, upset, dissatisfaction, insomnia, losing temper, etc. So what kind of tea should you drink if you have liver heat?

1. Chrysanthemum tea

Appropriate amount of chrysanthemum, brew with boiling water and drink. Chrysanthemum is rich in vitamin A, which is an important substance for protecting eye health. It is also a good medicine in traditional Chinese medicine for treating various eye diseases. Chrysanthemum tea can make people clear-headed and bright-eyed, especially for dry eyes caused by excessive liver fire and excessive eye use. People who often feel dry eyes, especially those who often use computers, may wish to drink more chrysanthemum tea.

　2. Wolfberry and Chrysanthemum Tea

Appropriate amount of wolfberry and chrysanthemum, brew with boiling water and drink. In addition to eye-candy, it is also suitable for dry eye patients with blood deficiency and liver heat.

3. Double Flower Fat Sea Tea

10 grams each of chrysanthemum and honeysuckle, 6 grams each of raw licorice and pectinata, soak in water and drink. It has the effect of dispersing wind-heat, clearing and soothing the throat, and is mainly used for common acute pharyngitis in spring, sore throat, hoarse voice, dry mouth and cough caused by tonsillitis.

4. Mint tea

By making tea with mint, you can take advantage of the wind-repelling and heat-clearing effects of menthol and menthone in mint. Moreover, the tea has a cooling effect and is a good medicine for clearing away heat and diuresis.

5. Mint and Bupleurum Drink

Suitable for those who stay up late, suffer from stress and have increased anger and bad breath, which are often accompanied by symptoms of insomnia. 5 grams of mint and 12 grams of Bupleurum. Add 600c.c. of water to the ingredients, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Drink it on the same day and continue drinking it for 7 days until the symptoms subside. Stop using it. Mint and Bupleurum can soothe the liver and relieve depression.

6. Mulberry and chrysanthemum tea

5 grams of chrysanthemum and 5 grams of frost mulberry leaves. Make tea with boiling water. Or use chrysanthemum alone to make tea and drink it. Frost mulberry leaves are bitter, sweet and cold, can clear away liver heat, treat high blood pressure, dizziness, headache and bloating, and can lower blood pressure.

7. Cassia seed tea

Cassia seeds have a strong effect on purging liver fire and can treat liver fire or liver yang, headaches and dizziness. It can be combined with chrysanthemum, uncaria, etc. Before soaking cassia seeds in water, it is best to fry them until they are slightly yellow. The fried cassia seeds will become relatively crispy, which is more conducive to the dissolution of the active ingredients and can prevent diarrhea.

8. Honeysuckle tea

It clears away heat, detoxifies, soothes the throat, and can treat viral colds, acute and chronic tonsillitis, periodontitis and other diseases. When preparing, select 10 grams of honeysuckle, brew with boiling water and drink frequently.

9. Cassia Chrysanthemum Hawthorn Tea

10 grams of cassia seeds, 5 grams of chrysanthemum, 15 grams of hawthorn, or the above three flavors in the same proportion, brew with boiling water, cover and simmer for about 30 minutes. It is suitable for dry eye patients with heat accumulation in the liver and stomach and poor diet.

10. Kudingcha

Traditional Chinese medicine points out that Kuding tea is cold in nature and has good antipyretic, toxic and liver-fire effects. Moderate drinking can effectively treat pharyngitis and constipation. It also has the effects of lowering blood pressure, losing weight and removing greasiness.

11. Double-flowered chrysanthemum tea

If symptoms of liver heat are obvious, you can try Double Flower Chrysanthemum Tea. Double flower is honeysuckle, which is a traditional Chinese medicine that has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxification, clearing the liver and purging fire, and dispersing wind and heat. The chrysanthemum with a sweet taste is good for nourishing the liver. When liver fire is strong in spring, yellow chrysanthemums are more effective. Take 8 to 10 pieces at a time, mix with 3 grams of honeysuckle, brew with appropriate amount of boiling water, simmer for a few minutes and then drink.

Dietary points for liver heat

Diet should be less spicy and greasy, and more light.

1. More vegetables and less meat. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that a light diet can purify the heart. Of course, those who purify their hearts will not have so much anger?

2. More salt and less sugar. When the weather is hot, people sweat more. Therefore, except for patients with high blood pressure, it is very important to replenish salt appropriately to balance electrolytes. Although there is no scientific evidence that sweets are not suitable for summer consumption, sweets can easily make people feel greasy and are not conducive to people's emotional control.

3. More water, less rice and less greasy food. The human digestive system is a delicate organ, and anyone may experience gastrointestinal discomfort, especially those with poor gastric function who are prone to gastrointestinal heat stagnation. So, be careful not to cause trouble to your stomach. Just eat until you are seventy percent full, and leave the rest to those fruits, soups, porridges, juices, and water, right?

4. Eat more meals and drink less wine. Frequent meals means eating more meals and not eating too much at each meal. Eating smaller meals more frequently has always been a magic weapon for Chinese people to maintain good health. In addition, drinking more chrysanthemum tea can clear the liver and improve eyesight, such as honeysuckle, raw hawthorn, skullcap, chrysanthemum, black plum, etc. It can mainly treat symptoms such as dysphoria, dry throat, excessive sweating, sticky mouth, and lack of appetite. Brew it with boiling water, and it is best to drink it regularly.

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