Description
Beat the heat and quench your thirst — naturally.
This herbal tea clears internal fire, deeply hydrates, and restores your body’s fluid balance. Perfect when you’re feeling parched, worn out after sweating. Each herb plays a role: cooling, soothing, digesting, and replenishing — especially beneficial for persistent thirst, dry lips, low urine output, post-sweating fatigue, and mild fever during recovery.
Beyond hydration, it transforms phlegm, moistens the lungs and digestive tract, fortifies the spleen, cools excess heat, and calms throat irritation.
Health Benefits
This blend brings together ten complementary herbs.
· Kapok Flower clears damp-heat and relieves diarrhea.
· Cogongrass Rhizome cools the blood and promotes urination.
· Licorice Root harmonizes the formula while moistening the lungs, clearing heat, and relieving coughs and sore throats.
· Northern Comfrey clears heat and detoxifies, soothing throat swelling and discomfort.
· Bamboo Leaf clears heat, promotes urination, and eases irritability and thirst.
· Paper Mulberry Bark reduces swelling and supports urination.
· Frangipani Flower clears heat, transforms dampness, and relieves summer heat and diarrhea.
· Bamboo Cane adds a naturally sweet base while clearing heat, promoting fluids, and relieving thirst.
· Prunella Vulgaris clears liver heat, brightens the eyes, and reduces swelling and nodules.
· Dried Kudzu Root slices clear heat, generate fluids, and relieve muscle tension and stiffness.
Ingredients
Northern comfrey (Bei Zi Cao), bamboo leaves (Zhu Ye), cogongrass rhizome (Mao Gen), paper mulberry bark (Qian Zhang Zhi), kapok flowers (Mu Mian Hua), frangipani flowers (Ji Dan Hua), bamboo cane (Zhu Zhe), Prunella Vulgaris (Xia Gu Cao), dried kudzu root slices (Gan Ge Pian), licorice root (Gan Cao).
(北紫草，竹叶，茅根，千张纸，木棉花，鸡蛋花，竹蔗，夏枯草，干葛片，甘草)
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)
· Sore throat, bad breath, mouth ulcers, or dry cough.
· Acne/pimples, constipation, or yellow/dark urine.
· Red, dry, or painful eyes, headaches, or feeling irritable.
· Thirsty and dehydrated.
· 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.
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.
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!
