This traditional blend is known for helping tonify liver and lungs, and reduce excess heat inside the body. This tea is used to counter external attacks by six evils (Wind, Cold, Heat, Dryness, Moisture, and Heat of Summer).
Composition
Self Heal (Prunella) : great for calming ascending liver fire and brightening the eyes.
Mulberry leaf and Chrysanthemum flowers: commonly used for “dispersing wind, clearing heat, treating wind-heat patterns with fever and headache, as well as helping liver or symptoms of red, painful, dry eyes or excessive tearing manifesting wind heat, or with such symptoms as spots in front of eyes and blurriness manifesting live yin deficiency.” quoted from A Tradition of Soup by Teresa M. Chen.
Ingredients:
- Self Heal , 0.25 ounce
- mulberry leaf, 0.25 ounce
- Chrysanthemum, 0.125 ounce
- Honey to taste (optional)
servings : 4 servings
Utensils:
- glass pot, a stainless steel pot or clay pot for decoction
- scale
- strainer
Instructions
For tea: add herbs to 32 ounces of water, slow boil until the water level is reduced (decocted) to 24 ounces.
For soup: Double the ingredients. Use a soup pot with 2 quarts of water, add herbs set to high heat until boiling, then turn down the heat to a slow simmer.
In another pot, blanch a piece of lean pork chop for 3 minutes and rinse it. Blanching is used to take away all imperfections. Add the pork together with the herb soup. Slow cook for few hours . Add salt to taste.