Natural Herbal Tea ~ Fatty Liver

In my list of herbal tea remedies, "herbal Tea Treatment" comes easily in preparation to brew varies in favor and choice of therapeutic effects. other than cooking medicinal plant and herbs, simmer a pot of “Herbal Tea” with flora tea, herbs and medicinal leaves which has been widely used in ancient time and among Chinese. Every sip of my herbs tea I think of its benefits and of course their side effect too.

With my daily routine and hectic work pressure, unwind with herbal tea brews in variety of blends accordingly to revitalize my physical body is set as habit. Make sure daily and regularly with a cup of delicious blend of favorite choices, place a pot of flora or herbal ingredients in infuser, brew with boiling water for 5 to 10 minutes. Simple thing as that, then call it a day with wonderful brews of herbal infusion. It is simply comforting thought and indulgences….Tea Time!

Enjoy a day taking alternative healing herbs for health, and beauty not only by its pleasant aroma taste, also as a remedy for health disorders. Still it needs a proper healthy living, herbs and sufficient rest and exercise to stand a good chance of beating and safeguard to keep sicknesses at bay.

One of my friend used to tell me that sleep late will eventually suffer of Liver disease or sickness. I know my sleeping routine is bad partly due to my work. No doubt late sleep may affect my health in long term. Still I managed to get at least 7 to 8 hours of sufficient sleep for years. Moreover it’s not a problem to me I guess.

But in Chinese “meridian” circulation system said our body has a “circadian clock” from 1am to 3am that schedule to detoxify and process the debris from our liver. Since late sleep during that hour may cause damage to the liver. I Think I am forced to choose between earlier sleeping method and stop working late to start a regular routine for beauty and health sake. That I promised myself I will do so and need to make it as a good sleeping habit. First thing first, is to banish my TV, works and computer out of bedroom then. Hopefully.

Liver is our body biggest organ. Maintain and protect our liver in good functioning and healthy is not easy. To prevent damages to our Liver, from awareness to prevention of taking the right foods, drinks and medicine plays an important role. Other than this,being overworked, irregular and unhealthy eating habits of junk foods, and stress may cause damages to our liver easily too. If eating too much of fatty foods, heavy drinking of alcohol, endocrine system disorders, obesity may also cause Fatty Liver disease.

Personally, however I prefer to use the some herbal raw ingredients that allow me to combine with other ingredients into different herbal infusion for different purpose. Some taste just nice, some actually very good to combat the heat in the body for flu and cold symptoms.

Like the combination Shan Zha herbal infusion I had mentioned about “Herbal Infusion for slimming, beauty and menstrual cycle” earlier,

Shan Zha is quite a good alternative home remedy ingredient, I added Shan zha to cook soup, make herbal tea for weight lost, also reduce painful menstrual cramps and other woman’s menstruation syndrome.

Not only that, “Shan Zha” also has the effective alleviation in treating high blood pressure, lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels that deposited in the body.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetes runs in my family is quite high. That’s what I always conscious about and taking care of. Usually herbal remedies with green tea extract have proven result in preventing development of fatty liver. On a regular basic taking herbal tea is considered as prevention to me. As far as health concern, prevention is always primary and important role played by. Better not regret later if without proper cares.

 




Herbs tea with Shan Zha, Rosebuds or rose petals and Chrysanthemum are considered is "cooling" herbs for cleansing and detoxifying blood, liver and skin.

This is an excellent herbal tea to balance the liver system and reduce the fatty cell in the liver. Best you can also adding green tea into it.

Ingredients to prepare:

• Rosebuds or Rose Petals 3-5g
• Chrysanthemum 3g
• Shan Zha dried fruit 2g
• 2 tbs. of brown sugar (optional)
• 500 ml of boiling water

Method:

1. Wash all ingredients ready for use.
2. Place all ingredients into infuser with candle.
3. Pour in hot boiling water. Simmer for 10 to 20 minutes and serve warm.

The benefits of San Zha 




Also known as Fructus Crataegi, is a herbal medicine and great cleansing tea for promotes heart and circulation system to treat pain when blood is stasis. The channel acts on spleen, stomach and liver. It aids digestive system and relieving stagnated foods and inducing appetite.

For Fatty liver is an alternative treatment to affect a cure, it disperses the liver and rectifies qi. Shan Zha also helps in metabolize fatty acids and dissolve fat from the body, reducing the bloodstreams fatty levels to prevent high sugar content in the blood. It contains flavonone class medicinal properties compound, which can block the nitrous acid in the synthesis. contains in the flavanone class medicine ingredient, one kind of compound, which can block the nitrous acid and synthesis.








• Rose bud or petal is “Yin” in nature, Yin is moisture quality. As “nourish Yin to moisture beautify skin” to slow down aging process, uplifting energy as a beauty booster which nourishing to skin, as we age the Yin dries up and diminishing. Rosebud or petal is usually taken by ladies for the Yin responsible to boost and rejuvenate the skin and relieve menstruation cramps.

It also aids in digestion system. When brown sugar is added it is aroma sweet taste help in unwind and relaxing with calming effect for depression and insomnia, soothes the mind. The essential oil aid in circulation, harmonizes blood and also blood purify and tonic for the liver and spleen.






• Chrysanthemum is common used and has cooling properties in Chinese medicine herb. It has antioxidant, antibacterial effect and cancer fighter properties. Taking Chrysanthemum Tea helps in dispel toxin heat and enhance detoxification to liver. It is good for people who are often sleep late, hypertension, it helps enhance vision and skin tone, nourish lung, liver and kidney.






 

Mulberry Leaves Self-made Herbal Tea

A cup of self-made health care Mulberry leaves combined with Chrysanthemum is also a liver care herbal tea that provides a good taste of natural aroma, which has the assisted in control of blood sugar, neutral fat and cholesterol in blood, balance blood pressure and preventing of liver syndromes like Fatty Liver.

As Mulberry leaf is bitter, it nature is "cold" and it enters the liver channel. Adding Mulberry fruits to this herbal infusion may improve and strengthen the kidney and it has the tonic effect on kidney energy. Deficient of kidney energy may also cause ringing in ear.







Planting mulberry tree in a pot which enables me to obtaining raw ingredient of fresh mulberry leaves for “herbal Tea treatment”. The wonderful part of Mulberry has been used in Chinese medicine from the root, stem, leaf, fruits and bark the whole plant. The leaves rich in alkaloid component has fantastic benefits that make medicinal herbal tea in preventing and treating diabetes, as alternative healing food and medicine in scavenge free radicals and many other benefits like:

• Using Mulberry leaves helps in lowers blood pressure 10 times higher than using green tea. It has full of flavones and higher carotene.
• It controls in neutral fat, shrink fat cells help in losing weight naturally
• Reduce and stabilized blood sugar in traditional used to treat type 2 diabetes. It contains the compounds stimulate insulin secretion.
• it contains of Rutin substances which strengthen capillaries, lower blood pressure and high cholesterol
• Cures the heat of small intestines and improve constipation, with daily a cup of fresh mulberry acts as dietary tea to weight lost naturally.
• It is also a natural anti-aging tea.
• Preventing premature gray hairs. Promote hair growth.
• Cures consumptive fever, cough and nourishing the lungs.
• Improve eyesight.
• Promote urination to get rid of water retention in the body.
  

How to take Mulberry leaves Tea:

Mulberry Leaves can be taken dried or fresh leaves, as dried leaves are less “cooling” and I prefer to use fresh mulberry leaves just because I like the green taste of fresh leaves. Taking fresh mulberry leaf juice is similar to wheatgrass juice. But dilute with water is best. It can be taken before and after meal.

Mulberry leaves with other herbs ingredients and its benefits:


Preparations:

• 2 - 3 Mulberry Leaves
• Chrysanthemum 10g

Simmer with boiling water for 10 to 20 minutes. Serve.




 




















 

Other combination of Mulberry Leaves with herbs for:

Tonic to spleen, for hypertension, cold and fever.

• Mulberry Leaves 5g
• Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle) 6g
• Chrysanthemum 6g

To clear liver and vision, hypertension, dizziness, constipation.

• Mulberry Leaves 5g
• Jue Ming Zi (Cassia Seed) 3g
• Wolfberry (Goji) 6g
• Chrysanthemum,

Improve blood circulation, common used for heart disease syndrome,
high blood pressure, liver heat, and blood stasis.

• Mulberry Leaves 10g
• Chrysanthemum 15g
• Jin Yin Hua (Honeysucker) 15g
• Shan Zha 15g

Ju Ming Zi
Cassia seeds (Ju Ming Zi) has been used as laxative herbal in traditional Chinese medicine, it may promote stomach and intestines' function, eliminates accumulates toxin in the intestines. Clear vision, aids constipation and ease bowel movement, lowers cholesterol and reduce blood pressure, In addition, it has diuretic effect.

Beat the heat with Ju Ming Zi (Cassia Seed) that clearing heat governs with liver for hepatitis and liver syndrome patient.



 




Simple Cassia Seed Tea:

Ingredients:

• Cassia Seeds 10 - 15g
• Crystal Rock sugar 20g
• Wolfberry - 5g
  
• Chrysanthemum -6g
  

Method:

• Crush Cassia Seeds and crystal rock sugar.
• Put in Simmer pot or infuser, add in boiling water. Simmer for ½ hour and serve.

Cassia Seed is good for constant constipation people. It will induce bowel movement, but not suitable for hypotension and low blood pressure people. Do not take Cassie Seeds (Ju Ming Zi) excessively. Moreover it contains tannin acid, may affect calcium absorption.


Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle)

The scientific research discovery, Jin Yin Hua (honey suckle) can reduce cholesterol absorption to the intestinal tract, has obviously help in loses weight function, frequently drinks honey suckle, can also suppress and eliminates swallows throat's disease, anti-inflammation and relieve of toxicity effectively. it enhances and ability in anti-infection, its nature is “Cool” help in relieve common cold, fever and clear heat. It is also has the laxative effect.

 



The advantage of using herbs that prescribes different combination of herbs according to the individual's health condition. With traditional method of treatment is safe and side effects is less, moreover the recovery is quite effective and fast. Just dip your suitable herbs accordingly place into the infuser or teapot of hot water. Drink it like Chinese tea,it helps a lot to prevent for being infected by H1N1 too. I considered myself a believer in alternative herbal medicine, as it has been passed down from my granny and generations. Used of foods, fruits, and herb plants as an alternative way to cure, simple as that, why not, that's what I believed.

Last and not least, it is good to grow your own organic herbs plant, to make your own homemade remedies herbal tea. Start now and it is fun.






Caution Disclaimer, Taking these herbal uses and properties are only given for reference purpose. Please consult your doctor or professional physician to diagnose, prescribe and treat any illness before consume or use of these traditional herbal remedies.

Herbal Infusion Benefits Slimming, Beauty and Menstrual cycle

It is most popular in using Chinese medicine herbs act as slimming tea or herbal beverage for women who wish to lost weight. Due to it suppressing fatty acid and process with fast weight lost naturally. How safe and fast effect to get rid of all those extra pounds by herbs, green tea has been shown good result by increasing the metabolic rate, all depend on our own body physical condition, to speed up and burning those fatty acid from our body. The disposition and the formula of using Chinese medicine and herbs for losing weight however are not only for weight loss also help in improving health and well-being.


Usually making a pot of healthy herbal tea with “mix and match” method comes automatically to me. Instead, to aids in digestion, enhance health benefits and I simply like to store ready to use herbs and floral teas for my convenience. To make my own natural herbal tea, slimming tea and flora tea, blends of herbs, herb leaves with my flavor and good taste , I never want to miss out this “Lo Han Guo” due to its health benefits and sweetening in taste, also, their nature is “cool” and “Yin” herbs. It has mild laxative in “Lo Han Guo" help detoxification process.

In most slimming tea commonly added with laxative content to induce bowel movement which must be taken with care. Slimming herb tea to aid in weight loss usually has to be aware with the ingredient combination and quantity used and its side effects as well. Depends how much and what you consumed especially those diuretic effects and the laxative effect may have a tendency towards diarrhea, which is harmful to our digestive trace system and health problem.

Other than that, blends of tea includes herbs leaves and flora that help to speed up metabolism, burning fat, aid in constipation and some of it has the high quantity of antioxidants like “Jiao Gu Lan” and “Lo Han Guo” is my cup of tea. Lo Han Gou the taste is sweet, it’s no calorie sweetener, conveniently in preparation and content natural nectar, excellent alleviation herbs for clearing heat and detoxifies effect, reduce phlegm and coughing.


Jiao Gu Lan common name “Five-leaf Gynostemma Herb” herbs name “Gynostemma Pentaphyllam” . It is can be easily buy from flora tea store.

In ancient Chinese medicine Jiagulan is known as adaptogenic herbs that treating illnesses to keep up our immune system are known today, usually it is consumes as herbal tea, is primary used to lower cholesterol as well as natural slimming tea with powerful antioxidant. It is tasty, safe and wholesome herb tea to improve and enhance our health. It has adaptogenic effects are as good as ginseng, also known as “poor man’s ginseng” or “southern ginseng” and it's a longevity tonic, anti-aging and energy boosting herb.


Taking Jiao Gu Lan regularly may improve and boost the benefits include of:

• Reduce the blood cholesterol levels,
• Prevents obesity,
• Maintains blood pressure,
• Control the development of cancer cells.
• Improve sleep,
• Anti-aging,
• Promotes longevity,
• Boost and enhance immune system.

Making your own Healthy slimming herbs Tea with Jaio Guo Lan


Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon of Jiao Gu Lan
• 1/3 of whole Lo Han Guo (Smashed)
• 1 teaspoon of Jasmine Green Tea
• 500 ml of water
  

Preparation method:

1. Wash Jiao Gu Lan herb tea, Smash Lo han Guo into smaller pieces.

2. Place both ingredients into a infuser and add in hot boiling water.

3. Simmer for ½ hour and serve warm.





Beautify skin complexion and blood builder Tea

Beauty is what woman’s whole life in pursuit of perfect and radiant skin complexion, of course plus a slim and slender body too. But as a whole, in order to maintain good skin, we need to improve and increased of blood flow will give nutrients and oxygen to the skin. In traditional Chinese medicine see the "flow of qi and blood" in the body to diagnosis if blood flow is deficient or sufficient. It called as "Blood Qi and stagnation of Qi" in meridian circulation system.

When the blood flows is not freely circulated may caused "Qi" stagnation or "blood" stasis or stagnation. Certain illnesses such as easily feeling fatigue, poor appetite, irregular menstrual cycle, depression and pain in the body areas is the major caused by the blood flows and qi flow circulation. It will eventually affected the skin and loss of radiant skin complexion.


In Chinese traditional medicine is concerned, Qi, blood and water is one whole system to the healthy complexion and healthy body. With poor blood flow circulation in woman’s menstrual cycle is one of the common syndromes of having irregular menstrual cycle that causes bloating in stomach, menstruation cramps, weary, gains of weight, dull skin tone and skin problems. To improve and maintain good skin tone and regular monthly menstrual cycle, if lacking in blood or stagnation of blood could be one of the reason, however the underlying of malfunctioning and caused must be remedied regardless of the type.

I still believed what a beautiful skin leading by a good flows of qi, blood, and water that may reflexes to our skin tone and whole body system. In alternative way of therapeutic by using herbs and flora tea may also help in improving blood circulation, drainage of water flows, qi circulation and build blood to supply and nourish skin complexion. E.g certain herbs like mugwort or Yi Mu Cao cooked with ginger and brown sugar may help to improve the reducing of menstruation syndromes.

Simply a wonderful way to cook this beauty and healthy woman’s flora tea can be prepared easily. Modern career women including myself now are more particular about " simply and simple" cooking method. There’s a fair bit of convenience methods and less troublesome I usually cook with it coffee maker, simmer in for ½ an hour, that’s it.

Ingredients:


8 Rose Petals or Rose buds

2 tbs. of Dried longan

500 ml of Hot or cold water






Preparation:

1. Wash and drain dried rose buds or petals and dried longan.

2. Pour water to coffee maker pot, add in both ingredients

3. Cook it till boil. Simmer for ½ hour.

4. Take the cooked dried longan and tea.


Rosebuds or Petals herbal infusion in meridian healing system which help the flows of blood circulation and reduce of blood stagnated in the womb, to support the innate body healing method, naturally is to stimulate the menstruation cycle and achieve optimal health by alternative ways of using the herbal healing.

Rosebuds or petal also has been used widely in Chinese medicine to regulate the flow of “Qi” for vital energy for women. It strengthens the feminine hormone secretion. Especially menstruation cramps this herbs tea has certain alleviation is an ideal choice of flora beverage.

Do not take Rosebuds or petal tea during menstruation period, it is advisable to take it every day by drinking a cup for consecutive of five days before and after the menstruation period, it helps in get rid of blood stagnation and may relax PMS and menstruation cramps symptom.

Other than that, rosebuds or petal also one of the soothing herbs to help in weight lost herbal infusion raw material but must match and combined with other ingredients for better result. It may needs constant consumption of herbs and certain times to regulate the menstruation naturally without medicine or hormone therapy. As believe once the vitality energy movement flow has been normalized naturally, a ruddy complexion and healthy body will boost for achievement. By taking the rosebuds or petal tea daily and regularly as energy booster the result is great and harmless.

Dried Longan is usually used as Chinese confinement dietary foods, mixed with red dates to improve blood circulation support heart and spleen function. Benefits to regain vital energy and warm the blood in the body. It is sweet and taste like raisin. The sweetness of dried longon added into rose petals herbs tea follows in the subsequent blending and brews without adding sugar or sweetener creates a soothing sweetened aroma taste.


For those lacing in vital “Qi” energy may add in dried longan and red dates. For strengthen kidney and water retention type, add in Chinese Wolfberry 15 grams for nourishment effect and better result. You may add in crystal rock sugar or brown sugar accordingly to individual taste of sweetness.


Hawthorn dried fruit

For weight lost adding Chinese hawthorn dried fruit with rose petal and dried longan into herbal infusion aids in digestion, reduce of high blood pressure, weight lost, hypertension, aids in blood stagnate and menopause problems, and it has diuretic effect. This herbal infusion made from Hawthorn is a bit of sour taste it makes the blends of sweet sour in taste. By additional ingredients gained the credit of the therapeutic effect. To include of brown sugar and hawthorn believed is good for irregular menstruation and reduces of bloating in the pelvic region.



What is Hawthorn?

Hawthorn is great menstrual remedy herb for irregular menstrual and pre-menopause and menopause women. It has the effect to activate the “qi” in blood flows and circulation. Commonly we take Hawthorn to improve digestive disorders; it benefits the heart and treats cardiovascular problems, reduce blood pressure and regulate cholesterol level, also diabetes dietary fruit.

But it is applicable to treat irregular and absent of menstrual cycle. It is also wonderful slimming dietary fruit. Hawthorn fruit has contains excellent foods source of citrus bioflavonoid substance aligomeric procyanidins “OPCS”, It is considered as estrogen producing and hormone balancing herbs. It is not suitable for pregnant women as it will induce miscarriage.

The contra-indication of using Hawthorn may lead to health problem for high and low blood pressure patients with prescribe drugs. Always consult a healthcare professional when taking the herbs and prescribed drugs together. They may need to consult their doctors prior taking it.

Healthy Beets Figs Homemade Jam

I discovered taking organic fresh and nature best food like black olives from a friend's organic fruit farm is really excitement to me. 

Not only that, this wonderful friend of mine having many types of fruit trees in his fruit farm. 

I started making pickles and simple cooking of fresh olive with all sorts of fresh Olive recipes and try to do it in different methods.
Again more variety of fruits like Figs, Longan and Durians. With the EM Microbes enzymes organic fertilizer this year really a fruitful harvest year to him. 

Last week I brought some fresh figs to start writing something new recipes for my blog. I rarely see fresh figs selling in the grocery store. Last time we can only buy and used dried figs to cook soup, making salad and fruit wine, pickle or dried it as snack, it is ideal for making dessert and fruit jam.

I know the figs having great value of therapeutic benefits for our human body. I like Figs sweet flavor and its great color. But this figs do not taste good. 

At first I do not know what to do with this small quantities of fig. It looks beautiful in dark red color. So I just keep it in refrigerator for 2 days, I know it can't keep for long there. Out of sudden I got my hands on of making my own homemade fruit jam with it. Beetroot combined with Figs the red dramatically in color combination really makes me feeling yummy.

Beets fig Jam

• 2 beets
• 10 figs
• 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
• 3 tbsp of Maltose or malt sugar
• 1 lemon
• 1 orange
• 1 cup of water

Method:
1. Peels beets skin, wash figs and remove stems and bottom of the fig, and cut into small pieces.

2. Squeeze Lime and Orange Juice and set aside ready for use. Keep the orange peel and cut into thin slices.












3. Add water, sugar and malt sugar to fig, and bring to boil for 20 minutes, stirring until sugar dissolves.










4. Heat slowly to boil. Remove from heat. Set aside and let it cool then blend it with blender.








5. After blended into puree, pour it back to pot adds in Lime juice, Orange juice and orange peel slices and cook for a further 20 minutes until consistency of the fig and beets mixtures turn thicken.










6. Let it cool then fill into sterilized jars.


Why used orange peel slices for beets and figs jam

I choose beets, figs and orange that really makes wonder flavors and color for all in one tasty fruit jam. It’s just brilliant and delicious taste. Beetroot is wonderful cleansing and blood tonic. Figs also claims to be one of the blood building diet and purifier for energy and vital. This jam serve with toast really increased my appetite.



The taste of beets and figs both are slighly sweetened stuff, adding in orange juice and orange peel slices creates a little bit of sweet sour in taste, also balance the sweetness of the jam (sugar added). You may need to adjust the sugar depends on individual sweetness in taste.
This beets and figs jam without adding pectin, so I used malt sugar to bind its thickness plus let it boil until the desired thickness. I found that added malt sugar and lime juice used as a preserving agent without adding pectin still can make homemade jam last much longer. 

Usually making homemade jam with last stage of steam the filled jar in boil water bath, is just for keeping this jam to store in longer period of consumption, but if you do not intend to keeping it for very long. Consuming it as fast as possible.
The nutrients and therapeutic healing in figs

Figs is sweet in taste, high in natural sugar of "dextrose".it is highly recommended in Chinese traditional as alternative medicine herbs. 

In cooking or making dishes in soup. Other than this Fig is great dietary foods and taking it as snack, it is rich in high fiber may help in losing weight. It contains of potassium, Vitamin A, D and calcium, Mineral substance and phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc, essential of 17 kind of amino acid content is very rich for human body. And rich in trace mineral helps to control blood pressure. Which aids in digestive system to ease constipation, treating heart-related disease, natural healing for dry cough with phlegm and soothing sore throat inflammation, Also includes of hyperoxide mutase, it improves and activate in immune system cell.

The figs in traditional Chinese medicine

In TCM used the fig leaves for treating diabetes, as it shown great result of anti-diabetic properties to those needed regular insulin injections, using fig leaves to make tea help to maintain insulin level, as well as fig leaves inhibited the growth of certain types of cancer cells.
Figs has iron which enriches and help in blood production that benefits women and to those lacking of blood (anemia). Thus, it improves blood circulation. In Chinese alternative medicine usage, figs have the wonderful healing benefits for decreases and reduce of blood stagnation, they believed blood stagnation causes diseases, irregular menstruation and pain in menstruation, tumors and edema.

Alternative healing by using Figs in cooking

Mix fresh or dried figs into cooked cereal, oatmeal, or cooked with porridge. This recipe is good for the spleen the profit to raise the blood to pass effect of the breast. As in TCM this is one healthy food good for pregnant, post natal maternity and confinement women help to produce more milk. It is natural and excellent laxative for children too. Be careful do not take too much of figs it may cause diarrhea.

Taking fresh figs may also help in healing Hemorrhoids hemorrhage, the fig includes one kind of special enzyme namely ficin, which has stimulation and promoting digestive disorder. which can dissolve toxin in blood, also includes Serotonin, it high sugar content stimulates brain may strengthen the mental ability and the physical strength.

For coughing, sore throat and improve digestive system by taking fresh figs that cooked with rock sugar, cooked it into syrup based to replace a natural cough syrup. 

I like making natural herbs syrup partly due to my asthma and sore throat. With the knowledge and alternative healing methods in making all sorts of herbs syrup like this, it relieves my asthma problems. Therefore, my herbs syrup and "granny ways of healing background" kept me thinking of other uses of it, by "learning through my illness" inexperiments and needs passing on for sharing.

How to make Figs Cough Syrup

Ingredients:

• 12 Fresh figs
• 250g of brown rock sugar.
• 2 cups of water

The preparation is quite simple:

1. Melting rock sugar with 2 cups of hot water. Set aside and let it cool.

2. Wash figs and with the bucket each fruit compressing, mix compressed fresh figs and soaks the fig with melted rock sugar water for overnight.

3. Puts in the pot, after treating the fruit to percolation syrup.

4. Bring to boil to the juice concentration in thickness form like syrup.

5. Let it cool, and keep in sterilized jar and store in refrigerator for several day then edible.

This figs fruit syrup helps in digestion trace for those with a poor appetite, effect on soothing the swollen and painful pharynx and larynx. Mainly treats the weakness of spleen and stomach, the stagnation of flow of vital energy chest to be stuffy and improve circulation.


The beetroot

Beetroot is claims a blood-building herb that detoxify the liver and renews it with minerals and natural sugars. The beets juice contains betalains (pigment of beets) may exhibit anti-cancer activity which also stimulate the function of liver cells, bile ducts and spleen. It supporting role as blood purifier for detoxifies.
Beetroot is high carbohydrates and low in fat. It contains phosphorus, fiber, vitamins A and C, niacin, folic acid, biotin, .sodium, magnesium, calcium, iron, and potassium. It has highest folic acid and in curing poor blood circulation, Anemia, constipation, piles and digestive trace system disorders.

I remember when young I got a lot of pimples on my face, irregular menstruation and pale looking complexion. My granny taught me how to cook a bloody red in color soup (beets soup with herbs) with the fresh or dried beetroot (Shu ti) to nourish the blood that cooked with Mugwort (Ai Cao) and brown sugar. Strain the soup and taking it 7 days before menstruation is due and as soon as menstruation period is over. She claimed that can help in detoxifying “blood” and purifying my pimples on face. The funny sweet taste combined with little bitterness works great as blood cleansing soup. Plus having good improvement in blood circulation with a very remarkable result at last.

But be careful do not over consumption big amount of beetroot as it will make your stools and urine turns red. It maybe harmless but make sure it is not mistaken as blood.

Lo Han Gou Olive Tea and Pickle

I got this fresh black olive from one of my friend’s farm as they are planting all sorts of organic fruits. Taking Raw Olives taste is not as good as you think. It is bitter and sour in taste.

Fresh Olive needs to be cured to get rid of the bitterness first before you can consume it. To cure Raw Olive is quite simply. A simply brine cured by just soaking Olives with salt and water. Curing refers to various preservation and flavoring processes.

We enjoying Olive pickle or preserved Olives as excellent snack by simple way of cooking it with low heat and simmer till it turns soften. Pickle it with light soy sauce and sugar marinade, it simply simple to prepare and taste wonderful!

Something that tastes so delicious after home-curing with salt. If you prefer the taste of its original taste, just add a little bit of salt to wash it before placing it into hot water and cook with salt. Or simmer in hot water for few minutes then you can consume it with the original taste of olives.







Ingredients:

1 bowl of Raw Black Olive
2 tbs. of light soy sauce
2 tbs. of sugar
1 tbs. of salt

For curing Oliver:

2 tbs. of salt
1 tbs. of Apple cider vinegar






Cooking preparation:

1. Wash raw olive with water, lightly wash Olives to remove the white spot or discard blemishes that might have stuck to the fruit. Use salt water to cure it first.











2. Drain with water after salt-cured. Add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to soak it for 5 minutes, drain and wash with running water before cooking.












3. Bring water to boil with 1 tbs. of salt.

4. With low heat add in raw olives to boil for 5 minutes. Remove the pot from cooker and simmer it for about 10 minutes or till it’s softened.











5. Removes the water, add in light soy sauce and sugar to pickle olives . That’s it.


6. Eat it warm or keep in refrigerator and serve cold as pickle taste better. Keeping in refrigerator and consume it within a month or two.












Olive is one of the healing foods in traditional Chinese medicine. Taking fresh olive help in soothe mucus membranes, but it tastes bitter in raw. When cooked it also a delicious snack with healing potential.

It has highest content in calcium, high fiber, Vitamin E, Omega3 Fatty Acid. Not all fats are bad, olives have plenty of the good fats of monounsaturated fat, they are considered as stable fat that provide good protection to our body.

Researchers found the active ingredient of Oleocanthal found in fresh olive is similar to ibuprofen. It works like “painkiller” same process as drugs like an aspirin and is a non- steroidal anti-inflammatory and anti oxidant. With regular intakes of fresh Olive and Olive oil protects the intestinal tract and improves bile and liver functions. And lower the chance of developing gallstone by cleansing the gall bladder.


In beauty skin and fitness health benefits, its unique properties may control and prevention of aging process. It also increases in metabolism and help in weight lost due to monounsaturated fat of its satiating affects will ward off hunger. Moderate intake of fresh olives considered as one of the good dietary food, that actually make you feel full and help to stop the hunger signal enable you from overeat.

Olive has the medicinal benefits of preventing and helps in protect from diabetes, colon cancer, breast cancer, asthma, arthritis, atherosclerosis, heart attack and improve blood sugar levels, lowers blood pressure, treat rhumatism, hand and foot numb syndrome, it increases good cholesterol and decreases bad cholesterol. And the Vitamin E against cardiovascular disease and protect our heart. It has powerful antioxidants which neutralizes free radicals to our body and enhance our immunity system.

One of my late granny’s natural healing by using Lo Han Gou with Raw Black Olive in this formula is to treat tonsillitis, soothing sore throat and coughing. Plus help to ease constipation effectively.


Ingredients:

10 Raw Black Olives
Lo Han Guo fruit (for diabetes) or Rock sugar
3 bowls of water













Cooking Preparation:

1. Wash Olives with water, remove dirt and blemishes that stuck on the fruit. Soaking it with 1/2 tbs. of salt water for 1 hour, drain the salt-water and wash thoroughly with running water.

2. Use a sharp knife cut out the meat of the olive into smaller slices.

















3. Bring water to boil, smash Lo Han Gou into half, add into the pot with olive pits and Olive meat to cook it for 1/2 hour.


4. Remove from induction cooker and remove the olive pits.















5. place remaining Lo Han Gou and Olives into infuser then simmer it and serve warm.















Lo Han Guo refers to the fruit of Siraitia grosvenori, used as a medicinal herb for treating cough and sore throat, acute or chronic throat inflammation.

Lo Han Guo the fruit itself, though sweet, the extracts are nearly 250 times sweeter than sugar, for diabetes can using it as a substitute for sugar and it helps in normalized blood sugar levels naturally.

Loquat Leaves Rose Petal Seaweed Mung Beans Soup

Cooking green bean soup is quite a simple nutritional dessert soup and ideal slimming dessert. Green bean (Mung beans) claims to be cooling properties and “Yin” in food categories. 

It has excellence high fiber that contains complex carbohydrate. Its high fiber improve our body's digestive function, regulates blood sugar level, usually we take green bean soup after meal help to stabilize blood sugar to prevent rapid raise in blood sugar for diabetes and better yet it is easily digested as good fasting diet.

Add barley and cook with green bean taste good and help in draining excess fluids from our body like water retention and it has diuretic effect. I like to add more pandan leaves as it helps in lower cholesterol and adds aromatic taste to the soup.


Something different to cook for Green beans soup with herbs like add in Loquat leaf ~ Pi Pa Ye in Chinese 枇杷叶, Rosebuds or petals and seaweed increased its medicinal and therapeutic healing effect,  It is fantastic skin remedy also clears up pimple and acne promotes soft skin naturally and detoxifying inner body in treating certain skin disease, rashes, edema, water retention and poor blood circulation brings many problems including the accumulation of fluids and toxins in the body. 

This formula of Rosebuds or petals, seaweed, loquat leaves, seaweed and green beans soup, is a formula of herbs preparation cook together in a pot as alternative healing soup.

How its taste? You have to try it yourself then you know. It is really refreshing and nutritious dessert soup for hot weather.

Seaweed is my favorite ingredient in natural healing and detoxify usage, it is a super food and complete food. When come to beauty in skin deep, then take Seaweed. It cures and treats various skin problems like pimples, acne, skin disease, boils, chicken pox, and dump heat rashes, seaweed added into green beans induce diuresis and eliminate dampness, for edema this diuretic soup expels excess fluids through urination, also promotes bowel movement and relief constipation, as this formula is to harmonize the stomach and clear heat. Good for obesity or as slimming diet soup mainly aim to expel excessive waste products that contributing to obesity. People with skin disease getting worst may try this herbal soup.


It is mild yin in food and help in quenches thirst, cools our body system by cleansing process of detoxifies. This detoxifying cooling effect on the system assist in reduces fat too. But due to its mild yin in food, pregnant women are not advisable to take it.

What is Loquat leaf?

The ingestion of cooling herbs like “Loquat leaf” in Chinese common named “Pi Pa Ye 枇杷叶”, which has wonderful natural healing for cough and skin disease, Loquat Leaf extract is commonly used in cough syrup in aids of coughing, dissolve thick mucus to alleviate and purging "lung heat", help in dissolve thick mucus that coughs with phlegm to relieve coughing and wheezing, improve the fluidity of mucous in the respiratory system, as well as a medicinal plant to fight and treat skin diseases.

It is also commonly used to prevent various viruses in traditional Chinese medicine that treats, clears heat, clears toxins, cool the blood, and reduces inflammation, aids in skin cancer and improve immunity system. To release anti oxidant, combat diabetes and supports pancreatic cells too. Also assists liver in detoxifies residual toxins and reduce blood fat. It can help keep fit by eliminating unwanted fat.

Seaweed (hai zao) has curative powers for colds and influenza, releases excess body fluids reduces edema from congested cells, especially legs area. When added green bean it is used to nourish and regulate the kidneys by way of promotes urination to remove excess fluid from the human body. To Clears heat, reduces phlegm.
Overall, it is excellent slimming diet for weight lost.

Rose petals or Rosebuds

It is recommended to use of dried rosebuds or rose petals into green bean soup or add with herbal preparations to improve and invigorate the circulation of blood. Dried rose petal has gentle laxative and diuretic effect which helps increasing urine outflow and to clear bowels movement. The therapeutic benefits are good for infections, particularly bladder infections and irregular menstruation. It has mild sedative and anti-depressant also offers a soothing property to the nerves. Not only that, added rosebuds or petals and brown sugar help in reducing fishy smell in seaweed. It is great combination with this aroma taste and super booster for water retention.

Ingredients:

• Loquat Leaves - 20g
• Seaweed 30g
• Green bean 30g
• Rosebuds 10g
• Brown sugar (approx. 80 – 100g)
• 2 liters of water
• add a dash of salt to balance the sweet taste. (*optional)

Cooking procedure:

1. Wash and clean beans with water, removes dirt and floating beans.

2. Soak seaweed for 10 minutes, wash and clean it then cut into small pieces.

3. Bring water to boil, put in Loquat leaves and rosebuds to cook for at least ½ hour to 40 minutes. Strain the herbal water, removes Loquat leaves and rose petals away, remaining the herbal water in pot to cook with green bean.








(Optional: you can also place loquat leaves and rose petals in herbal cooking cotton bag. Them remove herbal cooking cotton bag which containing loquat leaf and rose petal, and remaining herbal water for cooking green bean)

4. Place in green beans to the cooked herbal water in pot. Cover the lid. Bring to boil for at least 1 hour.

5. Add in brown sugar till dissolve.
























6. Add in seaweed and cook for 5 minutes. Serve warm.

7. Seaweed Rosebud and green bean soup is done.













Yum.....This is super Wonderful detoxifying soup yet it's simply secret to health and longevity.