Chrysanthemum Flower Tea

How to stay cool in scorching hot weather…

*photo by Loverna Journey

Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches ways to prevent our body temperature from reaching extremes. Excess cold or heat in diet or weather damage body and mind.⁠⁠
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How to stay cool in scorching hot weather…⁠⁠
A delicious, famous summer tea is made with Chinese chrysanthemum flowers which are naturally sweet and traditionally used to prevent and treat heatstroke, dizziness, headache, cloudy vision, fever, and discomforts of summer heat.⁠⁠
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The small yellow flowers bloom to make a delightful brew, a gift from Nature that has great medicinal effects. Add a pinch of the dried flowers to a glass teapot and watch them bloom, enjoy the tea warm or cold to rid the body of excess heat and mind of annoying emotions. Chrysanthemum tea is a joyous celebration of summer and potent protection against damaging heat.⁠⁠
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Chrysanthemum flowers are sometimes added to digestive Pu'er tea in order to regulate cholesterol as well as reduce chronic inflammation. Online herb stores have a great selection of delicious and cooling chrysanthemum and rosebud teas to suit every taste.⁠⁠

Ingredients

• Add a pinch of the dried Chrysanthemum flowers

Directions

Add a pinch of the dried flowers to a glass teapot and watch them bloom, enjoy the tea warm or cold. Drink as often as you’d like.