Natural weight loss herbal plant ~ Jue Ming Zi

Jue Ming Zi, 决明子 ~ One of my favorite herb plants that I got it from Kuching Sarawak. It is quite easy to plant Jue Ming Zhi (Cassia Seed) by seeding. Now it is harvesting and growing more branches in my herb garden. Previously I used to buy Cassia Seed from Chinese Medicine Store, which is pretty cheap and easily get. 

Anti-inflammatory herb ~ Honeysuckle flower

One of my home grown herbs ~Japanese Honeysuckle in my herb garden is blooming with beautiful flowers. I noticed the white flowers bloom and then it turns to yellow flowers in 2 – 3 days. Then it falls off within a week. 

Xian He Cao 仙鶴草 ~ Stop bleeds and Anti-cancer herb

Some of the anti-cancer herb may offer help in control, and work in such a way to help to stop progression of cancer and disease. Anti-cancer herbs also restore and improve body resistance to invading pathogens, boost of immunity cells. As well as help to relieve pains, like Clinacanthus Nutans, Sabah Snake Grass has powerful medicinal compound ~  which has powerful analgesic effect and antioxidant help in reducing and relieving of pain to certain cancer patient, and this is what I have been observed and noticed when I used Sabah Snake Grass (Clinacanthus Nutans) during my therapeutic practice as a cancer caretaker.

Many herb plants have its medicinal effect, it is just the matter of how to use it, and to treat certain fatal cancers and diseases. Another medicinal herb plant that I planted in my herb garden ~ Xian He Cao ~ Hairyvein Agrimonia Herb, 

This herb is commonly used in healing wounds, blood disorders and stop bleeds, snake bite, alleviates jaundice, hepatitis, treating vomiting of blood as major therapeutically in traditional Chinese herb.It has astringent effect, and a wonderful herb for healing the mucous membranes, it is high in silica content and is helpful in connective tissue and repairing cartilage.

This rare part of this herb, which it is working in 2 ways in anti-cancer therapy, the medicinal compounds has efficacy function in killing cancer cells, as well as help in restore the healthy normal cells and increases of white blood cells count.

why Xian He Cao, Hairyvein Agrimonia Herb is really one kind of rare anti-cancer treatment Chinese traditional herb? With researches claimed that in vivo and in vitro shown inhibits of tumor growth effect. And at the same time this herb also help to increase white blood cells quantities, enhances organism to cancer cell’s immunity, kill the cancer cell into suspended cells, and it advantageous to the normal cell metabolism. It also help in strengthen human body cells resistively, relieve of fatigue, to strengthen internal illnesses caused by overexertion, this herb gives remarkable curative effect. This Xian he Cao is particularly good for those accompanied with hemorrhage and internal bleeding sickness to cancer patient physique health.

Its main medicinal efficacy ingredients accelerates through induction of cancer cell to perish and weaken, and oppresses the anti-carcinogen with adjustment host in NK cell (Natural Killing Cell), TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor), IL-2 (Interleukin-2) as well as the red blood cell immunity, primarily in treating of digestive tract cancer e.g stomach cancer, treating esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic gland and breast cancer Liver and lung cancer, and for anti-cancer to improving of the vital energy to a healthy immune response.

What is Xian He Cao仙鶴草 Agrimonia Grass

In Chinese name: Xian He Cao 仙鶴草

Pharmaceutical name: Hairyvein Agrimonia Herb, Agrimonia Pilosa Ledeb. Herba Agrimoniae Pilosae

Other name:

Long Ya Cao龍芽草, Tuo Li Cao脫力草, Shi Da Chuan石打穿, Lang Ya Cao狼牙草

Source: Aerial part of herb

Nature: Neutral

Taste: Bitter, Astringent, Acrid

Meridian channels: Lung, Liver and spleen

Medicinal compounds and active properties:

Agrimol A – E, Phenol, Catechol,, tannin substance, Luteoloside, Agrimonolide, Agrimophol, Agrimonin A, B, C, Iron, Bitter glycosides, Essential Oil and volatile oil., Vitamin K1, Vitamin C, Silicic Acid, Sterol, Saponin, A~Etannin Acid,nicotinic acid amide

Its medicinal effect:

• It regulates the flow of blood and treats hematischesis (stop bleeding)
• Anti-cancer and bacteria inhibitors, analgesic (natural pain relieve), anti-inflammatory effect.
• Antiviral, Antibacterial and anti-parasite function to rid of tape worms, Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, shigella, and e.coli , this herb has the varying degree of bacteriostasis function in killing parasites.
• Treat Nose Bleeds, gums bleed and stop bleeding.
• Boils, skin eruptions, snake bite and insect bite.
• Strengthen and support cardiovascular function, a traditional cardio tonic effect. Improves blood circulation and to remove blood extravasations.
• Treat Malaria help to bringing down fever,
• Treats liver cirrhosis, hepatitis, jaundice, promotes bile flow
• Treatment Thrombocytopenia ~ low blood platelet count and reduction sickness, treat blood disorders.Dysentery bleeds
• Coughing with blood, good sterilization, calming, sedative and relieve of cough or gasping symptom.
• Treatment of tinnitus and ear syndrome diseases has shown progressive effect.
• Nephritis is common uropoiesis disease, the kidney infection is one kind of very common disease to acute nephritis or the chronic nephritis, this herb will obviously enhance the treatment result, Xian he cao has diuresis detumescence function, to invigorate the spleen function, to eliminate toxicity discharged through urination. Diuretic herb.
• In the clinical practice discovery, it has very good curative effect regarding in prevention of diabetes, may apply unilaterally, as for folk remedy use, use 30 grams of Xian He Cao in medicinal preparation as herbal tea will help.
• Over exertion injury, boost and replenishing energy.
• Leucorrhea,Trichomonas vaginitis, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding.
• At night appears night sweating and daytime appears spontaneous sweating, this Xian He Cao regardless has very good treatment result to ailment of night sweating or the spontaneous sweating syndromes.

Herbal decoction or herbal tea:

Boil Xian He Cao into herbal decoction for Intestinal spirochetosis, tape worms, takes it every day for at least 5~7 days.

External usages:

Treat snake bite and boils:

Mashes Xian He Cao and pastes to the sores and snake bitten areas.

The preparation of Xian He Cao Red Dates porridge

(For anti-cancer treatment e.g lung cancer, internal injury, cough blood, lung infection, bleeding gums, stomach disorder) 

Ingredients

• 150 g of xian he cao
• 50 Red Dates (seedless)
• 30g Goji Berries
• 30g Red bean
• 30g Brown rice or *Millet rice 30g.(Optional)
• 500 c.c of water

* Millet is gluten-free which is good for poor digestive system. For allergic reaction to gluten. (For liver problem, can cook without brown rice.)

* Red Bean has diuresis effect, it helps to disperse the blood detumescence and detoxification effect, improves constipation problem, boost blood circulation

* Goji Berries help to improve health condition and cure, supports kidney function, improves and enrich kidney yin deficiency, and its functions help also to protect and nourishes liver, tonifying blood effect and improve eye vision. 

* Red Dates or jujube help to nourish Qi and boost blood circulation, replenish blood as blood tonic, help to strengthen the functions of heart and lung, improving and nourishing the stomach and spleen, Red dates has effective anti-cancer compounds to against tumor function. It helps to strengthen the immunologic function and reduce fatigue. 

Method: 

1. Clean and wash Xian He Cao with running water.
2. Boil with 300 c.c. of water. Cook and let it simmer in low heat, cook it until 100 c.c of extract.
3. Strain the herb, and keep the herbal extract.
4. Cook brown rice and millet with water, add in red dates to cook for about half an hour, cook it as red dates porridge.
5. Add strain herbal extract of xian he cao and bring to boil with the cooked red dates porridge for another 15 minutes.
6. 2 Servings a day and continue taking this recipe ever day for 1 to 2 months. 

Xian He Cao Red Dates Herbal Tea ~ Energy Booster herbal drink

Xian He Cao combined with Red Dates help to make up and benefits spleen, boost energy and to raise the blood. Its medicinal preparation to be helps to strengthen the Qi and regulates blood circulation.

This recipe helps to relieve of fatigue, and help to restore energy boost. Kill parasites.

Ingredients:

• Xian He cao 30g
• Brown cane sugar
• 500 ml of water 

This herbal infusion is used by rural folks as medicinal herb tea for good health and energy booster. 

The part to be used is whole plant without the root, before flowering. 

To preserve into dried leaves, steep 2 tbsp. of the dried leaves in a cup of hot boiling water. once a day.

For those overexertion and engaged in the heavy physical labor, or physique body feel of extreme asthenia (lack of strength, weakness) and utterly exhausted, and chronic fatigue syndrome, uses of Xian He Cao 30g to cook with brown cane sugar as herbal dectoction, this is wonderful “energy booster” herbal drink that can help to alleviate the fatigue symptom and restores the physical strength effectively. 

Note: Not suitable for constipation or people with constant constipation problem.

Useful Home Plant Medicinal Herbs for Alternative Healing

My home-plant useful Medicinal Herbs for Alternative Natural Healing

 

 

Scientific Name:  Stevia Rebaudian Sweet leaf

Chinese Name:  Tian Ju  甜菊

The natural sugar for good health.  

Be Beauty? B-Beauty Tea for beauty & weight loss

To help in stimulating the body metabolism for losing weight, get rid of extra pounds, to beautifying the skin, many people drinking detox herbal tea with green tea, green tea adds to its benefit can aids in weight loss, green tea content healthy polyphenol catechins help to increase and raise thermogenesis. With the combination of some Chinese herbs formulas, ready to use herbal tea for slimming in teabags. You can find them in the market booming and increasing tremendously nowadays.

 Easyfit B-Beauty Tea

B-Beauty Tea is a Herbal detoxifying tea for slimming detox beauty tea, I named it as "the beauty in a cup of tea", its ingredients consist of ~ Flos Lanicera japonica “Jin Yin Hua”金银花, Prunella Vulgaris L “Xia Ku Cao”夏枯草, Folium Camellia sinensis, in chinese name as "Cha Hua" 茶花, also Green Tea, 绿茶. Chrysanthemum Indicum L “Ju Hua”菊花, Herbal Lobelia Chinensis in chinese name as "Ban Bian Lian"半边莲"

I like honeysuckle “Jin Yin Hua”金银花, as knows as a natural anti biotic herbs and has anti-inflammation medicinal properties.  B-Beauty Tea is one of the finest detox tea for weight control, beautify skin and liver cleanse herbal tea, most of all, the great benefit is really good in preventing constipation. Some of my clients had experienced the hypertension and high blood pressure, partly due to the constipated problem. After consumed this Beauty detox tea, they feedback the improvement to me,  the result is great as it has slightly reduces the blood pressure after taken for several month, with regular daily intake of a cup of B-Beauty Tea after meal. I personally quite like this herbal tea, and find it is helpful to regulate healthy bowel movement.

B-Beauty Tea has the features of natural healing:

Burns extra fat

It helps in loosen the hard stools, for those who having difficulty in bowel movement or constipated, as constipation may also link stomach bloating, discomfort, and weigh gain as well. This B-Beauty Tea assists in digestive system, induces detoxification and reduces fat contents, lowers cholesterol, mainly for beauty, aging and fat reducing healthy herbal tea.

For skin Deep

It reduces acne, beautifying skin and soothing effects to induce better sleep, how this works, the main ingredients of honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica flowers, in chinese name as “Jin Yin Hua” 金银花which has high medicinal value in TCM, commonly used in Chinese medicine to help in dispelling the toxin heat, fever, sore throat, skin rashes and ulcers. It has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

My beauty tips:

Internal taken and external usage of B-Beauty Tea

The beautiful part of it, it reduces body heat, especially those with acne prone skin may experienced the redness on face and feeling warmness. After drinking a cup of B-Beauty tea, I used the remaining tea to soak with cotton, place them on the acne skin areas. It reduces the redness on face and its anti-inflammation effect is great to tonify the skin texture. In natural therapeutic healing method, using of raw herbs and natural healing for skin problem like acne and rashes, this soothing method is read effective to skin from inside out.

 Excellent Eye Treatment with used herbal tea bags

Other than this, the used tea bag has its great usage, do not throw away the used teabags. I recommended my clients to keep the used tea bag in a clean container, and then place them in freezer to keep cool. When needed, use them as eye bags treatment pad, it helps to sooth the tired eyes, reduces redness due to late night sleep, especially good for refreshing and to those with dark circles under the eyes. .

Chrysanthemum "Ju Hua"菊 花and Prunella herbs "Xia Ku Cao"夏枯草

The tea has a rejuvenating effect, with the ingredients of Chrysanthemum, chinese name as "Ju Hua"菊花,Prunella herbs "Xia Kua Cao" 夏枯草has the effect of drain the liver heat and clears or brighten eyes. chrysanthemum is good for liver cleanse, reduces body heat, to treat eye ailments and migraines. With the combination of Chrysanthemum and

Prunella Vulgaris L "夏枯草"

Prunella herbs “Xia Ku Cao” is added to help in promote weight lost, with this weight loss formula in Chinese herbs, Prunella herb "Xia Ku Cao" it has many names, it also called "heal-all" or "self-heal", it contents of antibacterial properties and help in lower blood pressure, which is good for liver cleanse and brighten the eyes, reduce hypertension symptoms, red sore eyes, liver heat and headache. Added Prunella "xia Ku Cao" in this formula no doubt it has medicinal effect to stop diarrhea, but it also works well to help in relieve constipation and diarrhea effect.

I had planted this raw herbal plant "Xia Ku Cao" and it's in my herbal collection as for anti-cancer alternative healing herb, as in TCM this is an alternative as medicine, it helps to resolve the hard lumps, blocked lymph and tumors in the neck and breast. But it is most commonly used by Chinese as in dried form herb, by steeping in water and serve as Chinese herbal drink, we called it as "Xia Ku Cao Liong Cha" for cooling the body and fever heat, sore mouth and sore throat as well.


Herbal Lobelia Chinensis acts to cause diuresis, and it is diuretic and astringent effect, to remove the toxic heat from the body. In folk remedies, this herb is uses for treatment of inflammation, reduces of fever or body heat.

My personal experiment of taking B-Beauty Tea with Lemon

Making my homemade herbal tea is fun, sometimes, ready made in a teabag like this B-Beauty Tea, I like to mix a few slices of lemon to the warm tea, the taste is great like lemon tea. The herbal tea bag combines well with vitamin C like lemon. Lemon has the ascorbic acid that help in cleansing process, purifies the blood, adding Lemon to this B-beauty Tea as it contains of other ingredient o the green tea, as green tea and ascorbic acid combined together gives a great boost of antioxidant effect, and gives the taste in comfort sipping for refreshment. The lemon slices also added great refreshing taste to this B-beauty Tea. As we know green tea aiding in digestive system. Green tea and lemon are both high in antioxidant beneficial to our body also for beauty skin and cleansing purposes

Note:

Serve and take it warm. This herbal tea has laxative effect. Some may feel general or a minor discomfort or stomach pain when first taking this herbal tea. (Especially for those having hard stools and constipated people may feel this symptom for 3 – 5 days after drinking the tea). Some may end up or having diarrhea-like of bowel for a week or more. After continues drinking for a week, no other side-effect or adverse reactions of diarrhea-like of bowel problem. It slowly regulated the healthy bowel movement.

For better result, taking this B-Beauty Tea once or twice a day after your meal if necessary, to prevent going to washroom several times in a day, it is best to serve warm and you have to finish the whole cup in one go.

Caution:

For those taking medication, do not serve an hour before or after medication. Not suitable for pregnant women.

Quote ~The body is an instrument, the mind its function,

      the witness and reward of its operation. 

~George Santayana

Slimming with Stevia Rebaudian Ku Ding Cassia Seeds Tea

Stevia Rebaudian ~ Sweet leaf is useful therapeutic herb and medicinal plant as an alternative sugar substitute to sugar, or natural substitute to replace the artificial sweetener for lower blood sugar and diabetes. 

Dried Stevia Rabaudian Leaves

To infuse along with this Ku Ding Tea and Cassia Seed (Jie Ming Zhi) added with Stevia Rabaudian gives the sweetening flavor, and this is one of the good alternative healing for constipation and relieves of upset stomach. (for more information about Stevia Rebaudian Leaf)

Making Stevia Rebaudiana Ku Ding Jie Ming Zhi (Cassia Seeds) Tea.

• Stevia Rebaudiana Leaf with Kuding Tea and Jie Ming Zhi, this herbal tea is bitter-sweet in taste. 

Sweet leaf - Stevia Rebaudiana leaf instead of using sugar. This leaf is a 'dietary supplement' common used for diabetes as sweetener. All natural sweeteners from the natural herb plant of Stevia Rebaudian leaves which contains of sweet flavor. 

 

Preparation:

• 10 sweet leaf (dried stevia)
  
• 2 - 3 rolled leave of Kuding Tea
  
• 10g Jie Ming Zhi (Cassia Seeds)
  

Brewing this herbal tea can be done as infusion. Brew this herbal tea with an easy infusion method:

1. Use the loose dried Stevia Rebaudiana leaves, Ku Ding Tea, Jie Ming Zhi, place all the ingredients into the infuser. 


2. Add in hot water, simmer for 15 minutes.


3. Serve it warm. 


* It is best to take it after meal.

What is Jie Ming Zi

 

Scientific name: semen cassiae, Cassia Seeds

In Chinese name is Jie Ming Zi or Jue Ming Zhi, Cao Jie Ming

The Semen Cassiae seeds is a chinese traditional herb,  it is a bit bitter sweet in flavor, cold in nature and its meridian channel is to the liver, kidney and large intestine channels.  

It is commonly used in Chinese medicinal for reduce fire (heat) and maintaining good health, especially drain liver heat and nourish liver and kidney. 


Cassia Seeds medicinal benefits:

Cassia Seeds (Jie Ming Zi) contain the effective component which may adjustment immunity, benefits eyes as for eye ailments to improve blurred vision (add chrysanthemum gives certain curative effect on high blood pressure), adjust blood fats, reduces cholesterol and ease constipation for those with intense heat from the liver, it helps in loosen the bowels to relieve constipation, as also use for achieving lost weight in herbal formula. To purge heat and replenish yin (body fluids).

Cooking Cassia Seeds chrysanthemum porridge


Some of the traditional natural healing like cooking the Cassia Seed, jujube and dried chrysanthemum are put together to cook into soup, and keep the soup to cook with the rice into porridge to treat gastrointestinal tract problem, reduce stomach fat for natural weight lost, clear liver heat, improve eyesight, and lower cholesterol.

Cautions on Use:
For those with Qi (Energy) deficiency with loose stools should be avoided to add Semen Cassiae Seed (Jie Ming Zi) for this formula. It is best to fry it before use. Jie Min Zi has a natural laxative effect also contract the uterus.

Note:
Used as herbal drink and should not be decocted for a long time for those used it to relieve of constipation.

Beetroot Mai Dong Tea For Mouth Ulcer and Eliminate Body Heat

Chinese Traditional medicines always find the solution of balancing and restore, adjust in harmonies the Yin and Yang. Disharmonious of “heat”, “fluid”, “blood” and “qi” circulation within our body caused stagnation of heat affect the 5 organs system of lungs, liver, heart, stomach, and kidney.


As always, using “cooling” measure to treat the “heat” by home remedies method to reduce body heat. To determine what is the actual cause then gets the treatment with suitable remedies, or herbs by alternative medicine to restore and balance with physical, emotional and spiritual aspect.

Many Chinese herbs can treat and reduce body heat, to release the “fire” or “heatiness” and clean “heat” from the heart, stomach and liver. The causes of body heat can be aggravated by heat producing foods or drinks such as coffee, spicy food, sugar and strong heating and pungent spices, and alcohol. The excessive of heat arise in response to an acute feverish and illness. Some cooling food or herbs that is useful to remove of “body heat”.


This cooling herbal drink can be used to eliminate heat. The “Cooling” remedy such as "Mai Dong and Beetroot" cook it as soup or herb drink helps in recuperates deficiency-fire, and this herbs drink has the soothing and cooling effect to sedates heat in the heart nourishes lungs and stomach Yin.

In TCM what is heat (fire) actually mean? Body heat (Fire) we normally called it “body heat or Fire”, the 6 external energies categories as Cold, Dampness, Dryness, Heat (Fire), summer heat and Wind, each of the influence varies throughout the day, month, from year to year by 4 seasonal.

Actually what causes pathogenic body heat? There are relatively influences and causes due to disharmony in Yin or Yang in the human body organ system. The human body 5 internal organ systems are the lungs, liver, heart, stomach, and kidney in channel.

The entire body system is interconnected and corresponds with the vital energies, which is the fundamental essential substance is composed by blood, energy (Qi), essence and body fluids. And the meridians or channel flows throughout the body.

It works in relationship to each of the other organs. The Yin and Yang together it creates a balancing and harmony with the whole body system. The Yin and Yang in human Organ, each of Yin organ is paired with a Yang organ like this:

Yin <<< >>>Yang

Heart <<< >>>Small Intestine

Spleen <<< >>>Stomach

Lungs <<< >>>Large Intestine

Kidney <<< >>>Urinary Bladder

Liver <<< >>>Gall Bladder

Pericardium <<< >>>San Jiao


Note:
San Jiao is translated as "triple heater," triple warmer (or three warmers)," and "triple burner," There are three "burning spaces":

The San Jiao has 3 “burning spaces”:

• Upper Burner (Shang Jiao) – corresponds to thoracic cavity, the space includes of Lungs, Heart and is associated with respiration.

• Middle Burner (Zhong Jiao) – corresponds to upper part of dorsal cavity, The space includes of Stomach, Spleen and is associated with digestion.

• Lower Burner (Xiao Jiao) – corresponds to lower part of the doarsal cavity. The space includes small intestine, large intestine, kidneys bladder and is associated with elimination.


The pathogenic body heat is either exogenous (internal) and endogenous (external) pathogenic influences. The Pathogenic heat due to body endogenous “the fire” invades the body; external pathogenic heat causes disease or illnesses by attacking human body through mouth, nose and skin.

When heat attacks the body, heat arises or excessive cause fever, thirst, headache, excessive perspiration and rapid pulse. Heat is one of the Yang pathogen, when Yang is pertains and the heat or in the case of high fever tends to consume and replenish Yin-fluid, when the body feels hot, and drive body fluid out of the body by sweating and extreme thirst, fever arise.

Likewise, when “Yin” in the present of excessiveness consumes “Yang” and “Yang” in the present of excessiveness consumes “Yin”. Yin photogenic is “Cold and Dampness heat”, Yang Photogenic is refer to “Dryness and Wind Heat”. In turn, Yin in excess will get “cold” syndromes, and Yang in access and causes “heat” syndromes.

When the Yin and Yang is impaired and the sensation of obvious symptom, due to impairment of body fluid similarly excessive of heat occurrence in body causes by “body heat”, high intake of hot spicy foods and hot foods caused heat (Fire), ingestion problem, restless sleep or insomnia due to pathogenic heat in the liver and gallbladder, heart and kidney can causes thirst and irritability.

If deficiency of Heart-Yin, the insomnia may occurrence, and feeling restlessness and feeling of heartburn, dry cough and mouth ulcer, the photogenic heat can leads to sickness usually feeling extreme thirst, such as mouth ulcer, sore throat, and bad breath. Besides, lack of Vitamin B, thus, they may be other reasons that caused in some cases.



The benefits of taking Beetroot with Mai Dong Herbs drink:

• It raises the effect of promotes saliva or body fluids and slakes thirst.
• Relieve of dry cough, mouth ulcer, dry mouth and sore throat
• Clear away heat in the heart, rid of phlegm heat,
• Improves of insomnia
• Relieve of hard stools and improve constipation problem.


Ingredients:

• Beetroot 25g
• Mai Dong 15g
• Brown sugar 15g
• 500ml of water

Method:

1. Peel beetroot skin, wash and cut into smaller pieces.
2. Place water to boil and add in Beetroot and Mai dong to cook for 30 mins.
3. After decoction, the herbs are strained, take the water only, and add in brown sugar to serve warm.

Dosage: continue taking this herb drink for 3 days. Once daily











Alternatively, Mai Dong might be used for this purpose of treating those with hard stools and constipation may also try this to add a little bit of Mai Dong with Chrysanthemum (ju hua) make it as herbal Tea.

Mai Dong (Radix Ophiopogonis) also known as Mai Meng Dong in Chinese, it is diuretic, expectorant, cardio tonic and tonifying properties. It nourishes the heart and detoxifies the liver, clears liver heat and disperses wind-heat of the body. This herbs tea is ideal for women suffer with night sweats and hot flush; add in wolfberries to it for better result.





Ingredients:

Mai Dong – 10g
Chrysanthemum – 10g
Wolfberry (Goji) - Optional
Honey

Method:

• Wash and cook Mai Dong in boiling water for 15 mins.
• Turn the heat off and add in Chrysanthemum, and then pour all ingredients into infuser, and let is sit in simmer for 10 minutes or half an hour.
• Serve with honey (Optional)






Caution:

This is slightly laxative herbal tea. The dosage recommended by practitioners usually from 5 – 10g, combined with other herbs or foods decocted as herbal drink. Over-consumption may causes loose-motion, for those with spleen deficiency Yin may result in diarrhea form of stools. Take in moderation and consume it once a while as natural laxative herbal tea.


What is Mai Dong

Chinese Name: Mai Dong or Mai Meng Dong

Scientific name: Radix Ophiopogonis, Ophiopogon root

Nature is cold and slightly sweet and bitter, non-toxic, usually use to treat injured fluid from deficient of Yin and get rid of heat. Use cooked Mai Dong in water as gargle to treat mouth infections, sore throat and ulcer.

The channel enters: heart, lungs and stomach.

The benefits of taking Mai dong is to improve immune system, anti bacteria, improve contraction of heart muscles, in folk medicinal used by Chinese home remedy for children as anti shock herbs, help improves toleration of lack of oxygen, moisture intestine for constipation and slightly laxative effect, It reduces damp heat in stomach, used as tonic. To sooth the throat especially to dry cough.

Caution when taking Mai Dong:
Do not used in cases of diarrhea, due to cold from deficiency and fluid retention, not compatible to cook with white fungus (bai Mu Er).
Dosage to use is about 6 to 15g.

In the meridians channel and human organ system, these refer to the aspect of meridians and human internal organ system which the food can act. Beetroot is heart healthy food that benefits heart and nourishes Yin invigorates the kidney. It is neutral food that balances Yin and Yang.

In Chinese traditional medicine it is been part of folk medicinal food as blood building food, stimulating effects on liver’s detoxification process. Also alternative medicine to treat mouth ulcer, Beetroot is high in vitamin B, and the magnesium assist with sleep as well. Lacking of vitamin B can also be the reason of causing restless sleep, mouth ulcer.

Use of fresh beetroot with Mai dong has revealed many amazing result of get rid body “stomach-heat” help relieve constipation and “heat in the heart” to improve the quality of sleep.

Beetroot also help in metabolism, it improve the quality of sleep for restless sleep people, and also mental health by elevate mood by the mood enhancing know as serotonin, which is the awaken hormone, serotonin is found in the brain and central nervous system, it is implications on behaviors, sleep and mood. Serotonin can be converted by the pineal gland into melatonin, melatonin is the sleep hormone, it is good to taking at night to improve restless sleep or insomnia, it sways the minor acid balance to improve and in favor of sleep. When heat is trapped in the heart, beetroot is a good alternative home remedy to treat stomach ulcer, dry cough and heartburn, and helps to cure persistent dry cough and harness of voice.



There are many beverages and recipes when taken to eliminate heat:

• Drink more water or fluids intakes, like Vegetable or Fruit juices such as Lemon Juice, apple, celery, grapefruit and pear.
• Salad or Fruit Salad like Lettuce, mixed bean salad
• Herbal infusions or Tea such as Peppermint or Chrysanthemum
• Taking fruit mixed with Agar-agar or jellies, or Sea Bird Nest or Eucheuma Seaweed.

Roselle ~ Luo Shen Hua Beverage and Jams

In Southeast Asia countries, the Roselle (Roselle Hibiscus Sabdariffa) named in Chinese known as 洛神花 (Luo Shen Hua) is regarded as medicinal plant use as herbal infusion. It is very common in making delicious and healthy soup, Jelly, sweet pickle and homemade Jams.




In recent years the Chinese medicine researches that it had the anti-hypertension besides the preliminary confirmation Roselle is widely used, in folk medicine it has associated with traditional medicine as:

• Blood purifier as well as a diuretic, treat urinary tract infection,
• To improve of constipation as it has mild laxative,
• Can also reduce the blood fat and blood triglyceride effectively,
• For several diseases such as hypertension and improve blood circulation,
  
• Help digestion and improve digestive tract absorption,
• Anti-aging by suppress free radical activity
• Treat cardiac and nerve diseases and cancer.
• Treat the liver disease, regarding suppressed cancer,
• Adjust the feminine physiological menstrual cycle,
• In cosmetology maintenance used as skincare
• Healthy beverage and herbal tea with good effect for weight loss
• Whets the appetite, cooling and relieves thirst effect.

Roselle (Luo Shen Hua) is rich in vitamin C and its calyces are made into healthy food and beverage, the red pigment of Roselle which contain of crystalline anthocyanins, hibicin as well as protocatechuic acid. The Roselle extract contains the oxidation inhibitor ingredients and the Polyhenols has oxidation resistance in majority by suppress low density lipoprotein to prevent oxidation in our body.


Commonly the fruit is taking fresh, decore them, and then dry the Roselle calyces used as beverage and herbs tea. It can also process into sweet pickle, salad and fruit jams.

Now it has also commonly used to make into enzyme or vinegar as healthy drink in Asia. Frequently drinking the Roselle herbs tea or beverage may achieve the health care effect.


Roselle herbs tea or beverage

Preparation:

• Peel Roselle Calyces and remove the seeds. Wash thoroughly.

Ingredients:

• Roselle Calyces – 2 bowl
• Rock sugar (depends on individual taste)
• 500 ml of water

Simply cook the Roselle Calyces with water and add in rock sugar to taste.











The health benefits of taking Roselle as drink or herbs tea, its reduce high blood pressure by lowering the high levels of LDL cholesterol to protect and against heart disease.

The recommended dosage about 10 grams in the dried flower tea form once or twice a day.


Healthy homemade Roselle Jams

Usually after cooking of Roselle extract, I used the cooked Roselle Calyces to do homemade healthy jams. Simple as that and do not waste good thing.



Ingredients:

• Cooked Roselle Calyces - 1 bowl
• 1/2 cup of Roselle extract
• Honey 1 tbsp.
• Maltose 2 tbsp.
• Brown sugar 1 tbsp.
• Lime Juice 1 tbsp.

Preparation:

1. Blend cooked Roselle Calyces into creamy form.
2. Squeeze lime juice and set aside.


Method:

1. Add Roselle extract and blended Roselle Calyces in pot and cook with low heat for 15 mins.

2. Add in honey, maltose and lime juice. Stir and mixed well and continue cooking till dry into jams form.

3. Remove from heat. Keep aside and till cool. Place them into the Jam container and keep in fridge.

Done and enjoy it!


to be continued...

Replenishing Beet Herbal Tea

When think of the grey hair, first I think of “He Shou Wu”.

He Shou Wu (Plygonum Multiflorum) is black in color.
Black in 5 elements is for “Kidney”.

What about Red in color Beetroot?
The red color beet is for Heart, blood and circulation.
Important for cardiovascular health to lower blood pressure.


This fancy “Black and Red in color” combination makes a simple traditional herbs drink to replenishing and invigorating the kidney to strengthen the “Yang”, nourishing the “Yin” by ways of improving the Kidney “Qi” and ”Blood”.

With the nature of “Yang” and “Yin” in this herbs tea to treat deficiency of the Kidney and blood, something like immerse a pot of “He Shou Wu and Beetroot” herbs tea come naturally and easily to prepare for health purpose.


This shocking reddish in color herbal tea is kind of aroma soothing and sour in taste yet not the least, it works wonderful kidney and hair tonic also as a “blood builder” and “youth preserver” to promote of blood circulation for skin plus good stimulates of hair growth. Help with keeping healthy arteries to prevent hardening of arteries.


Constrained flow due to stressful and emotional constrains that cause restricts the flow. If kidney “Qi” and “Blood” is insufficient this aspect will also influence to bad blood circulation. That will eventually affect to the skin complexion, not only which, it may also link to other illnesses. Certainly some due to bustle about stressful work lifestyle and it disturbs the hormone secretion, metabolism, insomnia and headache.


Ingredients:

• He Shou Wu – 10g

• Beet – 14g

• Rock sugar – 1 tbs. (optional)

* Beet is high sugar content.

Method:

1. Wash Beetroot and He Shou Wu. Peel Beetroot skin and cut into smaller slices.

2. Immerse both ingredients into tea pot or infuser with boiling water.

3. Simmer for about ½ hour. Serve warm.






Simple and yet it’s nutritious and healthy for:

• Stimulates hair growth.

• Anti aging formula

• Improves insomnia

• decrease hardening of the arteries,

• Improve immune function.

• greatest estrogenic activity


What is He Shou Wu (Plygonum Multiflorum)

He Shou Wu is a Chinese medicinal herbs and important longevity herb which is derived from the dried tuberous root of the plant Plygonum Multiflorum.

Nature is mild and slightly warm. It is painstakingly astringent and tastes a bit bitter and sour sweet.

Used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, stimulates hair growth as hair tonic, restoring hair color and preventing hair loss, this herbs contains laxative compound to treat constipation, menstrual and menopausal complains also it is a youth preserver.

Meridian channel: to the liver, the kidney, the heart, the lung.



"He Shou Wu" combination with other ingredients benefits:

• Boil with black soybean for strengthen kidney and improve vertigo.

• "He shou wu" with mulberry leaf or fruit used for preventing grey hair too.



Caution when use of He Shou Wu:

• Skin Rashes and numbness may occurred to certain people if overdoses of "He Shou Wu".

• Not for Acute hepatitis and stomach inflation people.



About Beetroot

Beetroot is rich in folate and vitamin C, potassium, calcium, iron, beta carotene. A good colorants use as a natural food coloring or dye from the red pigment (Betacyanin) in beetroot. Its nature is cold, taste of aroma sweet. Good blood purifier for treating pimple and skin disease.

Beets are considered aphrodisiac and it plays an important role in human sex hormones. Good for treating menstruation and menopausal problem.

Beetroot combined with He Shou Wu (polygonum multiflorum) as therapeutically herbal drink, it is a stamina builder and helpful to kidney "Qi" and "Blood" which makes up the body to be insufficient with, and a tonic to increase vitality and energy, strengthen the blood, kidneys and liver.