Can I drink wolfberry in summer?

The temperature in the summer is relatively high, but the humidity in the air is also relatively high. People with heavy moisture in their bodies often suffer from phlegm and dampness in their constitutions. Therefore, you should pay attention to it in normal times and take care of your body in the summer. However, some people worry that drinking wolfberry in the summer may cause body heat. Wolfberry is also suitable for different groups of people. Here are some teas made with wolfberry, which are more suitable for drinking in the summer to remove moisture.

1. Tangerine peel and Poria cocos tea

5g Poria cocos, 2g dried tangerine peel

Wash Poria cocos and dried tangerine peel, put them in a thermos cup, pour hot water into the cup, wait for 5 minutes and then drink.

Efficacy: Strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, resolve phlegm and lose weight, strengthen the spleen and dry dampness, resolve phlegm and remove fat.

2. Wolfberry and Barley Tea

300g coix seed, a handful of wolfberry, 2-3 red dates, appropriate amount of rock sugar and water

1. Pick out impurities from the purchased coix seeds, rinse them with clean water and drain the moisture.

2. Put the Job's tears into a frying pan without oil. Stir-fry and bake the Job's tears over low heat until the aroma of the Job's tears comes out and then turn off the heat.

3. Split the red dates into two halves or cut a hole in them and put them into the teapot. You can also put a handful of wolfberries in.

If you like sweet taste, you can add a few rock sugar, then add the roasted coix seeds, pour in boiling water, soak for 5-10 minutes and then drink.

Efficacy: Job's tears have the effects of diuresis and swelling, invigorating the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and removing arthralgia, clearing away heat and discharging pus. It is a commonly used diuretic and dampness-injecting medicine. Barley and wolfberry tea nourishes the liver, improves eyesight, and promotes diuresis and eliminates dampness.

3. Two-flower honey tea

10g Kapok flower, 10g Sophora japonica flower, honey as needed

Put kapok flowers and locust flowers into a casserole, add 800 ml of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 15 minutes, remove the residue and keep the juice, then add honey.

Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, cooling blood and stopping diarrhea. It is especially suitable for people with hemorrhoids, constipation or bloody stools.

4. Wuhua Dehumidifying Tea

15g each of honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, lentil flower, frangipani, and kapok, 50g of fresh smilax glabra and coix seed

After washing the above materials (fresh yam should be chopped into small pieces), add appropriate amount of water, boil for half an hour and then drink (add appropriate amount of rock sugar for taste).

Efficacy: The flowers selected are all those with the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat and promoting diuresis, and their effects are self-evident. Adding Chinese yam, which can promote diuresis, detoxify and benefit joints, and coix seed, which can strengthen the spleen, promote diuresis, clear away heat and relax muscles, makes the tea more effective in promoting diuresis.

5. Spicy and cool drinks

30g coix seed, 3g patchouli, 3g perilla, 3g white cardamom kernel

Because it is difficult to extract the active ingredients from coix seeds by brewing, you should first boil the coix seeds in hot water for half an hour, and then use the coix seed soup to brew the other three tea ingredients.