Description
This ultra-hydrating herbal tea is your perfect summer companion—designed to flush out internal heat, cool you down from the inside out, and replenish lost fluids. It quenches stubborn thirst, moisturizes dry lungs and parched skin, soothes scratchy throats, and promotes gentle urination to help your body release excess heat. Refreshing, restorative, and deeply hydrating—it’s summer rescue in a cup.
Best for Lung-Stomach Yin Deficiency with Heat, this herbal tea restores internal moisture while driving out summer heat. Use when experiencing dry mouth, scanty dark urine, a feverish feeling, mild throat irritation, or signs of heat exhaustion from summer exposure.
Health Benefits
Clears internal heat, cools summer-heat, boosts hydration, quenches thirst, moistens lungs & skin, soothes sore throats, and promotes urination.
· Honey Dates (Mi Zao) : Adds a touch of natural sweetness while harmonizing all the other ingredients for a smooth, pleasant taste.
· Cogongrass Rhizome (Mao Gen) : Cools the blood, stops abnormal bleeding, clears internal heat, and encourages healthy urination to flush out toxins.
· Sugarcane (Gan Zhe) : A classic thirst-quencher—clears heat, generates body fluids, relieves dryness, and moistens the lungs from throat to chest.
· Dried Water Chestnut (Ma Ti) : Crisp and cooling—clears heat, quenches thirst, soothes sore throats, moistens the lungs, aids digestion, and promotes urination. A hydration powerhouse.
Ingredients
Dried water chestnut (ma ti), dried sugar cane (gan zhe) & cogongrass rhizome (mao gen) & honey dates (mi zao).
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Chinese cooling herbal tea (liang cha) is for people showing signs of internal heat. It’s not a daily drink, but a remedy for specific symptoms.
People & Symptoms Who May Benefit ?
These teas are suited for those with “heaty” symptoms caused by diet, weather, or lifestyle :
· Heaty symptoms caused by diet. (hot & spicy food, fried food)
· Heaty symptoms caused by weather especially during summer.
· Heaty symptoms caused by lifestyle. (constant late nights, poor sleep)
· Mild throat irritation, bad breath, mouth ulcers, dry mouth, dry cough.
· Acne/pimples, constipation, or scanty/dark urine.
· Thirsty, dehydrated and heat exhaustion.
· Mild fevers from feeling hot, or a bitter taste in the mouth.
Consistency : 2–3 times a week.
Precaution
Cooling teas are not for everyone. Do not give to infants/toddlers without a practitioner’s advice . Avoid if pregnant, menstruating, or if you have a cold constitution (chilly limbs, poor appetite, loose stools).
· It should not be consumed if you have a cold, flu, cough, cold body constitution, a weak, cold spleen/stomach, women during menstruation and during a wind-cold type cold (exterior cold syndrome).
· Drinking too much overly chilled in the refrigerator herbal tea may trigger a cold-related cough (as it may become too cooling in nature)
· Pregnancy : Pregnant women should consult a healthcare professional before consuming herbal tea.
· Diabetics : Not recommended to diabetic patients as some of the herbs are naturally sweet.
Consultation with a physician / healthcare professional is advised prior to consumption for pregnant women, those with diabetes, any ongoing medical conditions, known allergies, or individuals on medication, especially when you have underlying health conditions.
** Disclaimer : Not a substitute for medicine. Individual results may vary.
Boiling Instructions
1. Rinse the herbal ingredients thoroughly.
2. Bring 2.5L of water to a boil, then reduce to low heat.
3. Add the rinsed herbs and simmer for 60 minutes.
4. Strain out all the herbs using a sieve, add a little rock sugar or honey to taste (Optional), according to your preference, but some of the herbs tasted naturally sweet and delicious.
Tips
• The leftover herbs can be re-boiled for a second round.
• If you prefer a stronger brew, use less water – it’ll be more concentrated and the effects will be amplified.
• Don’t shorten the boiling time – letting it simmer for the full duration is key to drawing out all the flavors and benefits.
• May be sweetened with rock sugar / honey / stevia leaf etc or omit.
• Strain – enjoy it hot or chilled, both are fantastic!
