Drinking herbal tea is a unique habit in Lingnan, where people drink different herbal teas throughout the year to maintain health and wellness. Especially in the hot and humid summer and dry autumn, herbal tea is more sought after to “lower the fire to dispel dampness and moisten dryness”. However, the second Guangdong Provincial Hospital Professor Nie Bin reminded, in the choice of herbal tea should pay attention to distinguish their own body type, should not drink at will. Generally speaking, the actual hot body is suitable for drinking, can play a good role in clearing heat and lowering fire, but the Yang deficiency body is not suitable for drinking bitter cold herbal tea. Professor Nie Bin said that the herbal tea is mostly cold, disinfecting herbs boiled, a variety of herbal tea has different formulas, so the target is also different. 1, echinacea herbal tea main ingredients: light bamboo leaves, Gangmei, money grass and other Chinese herbs. Ans: The medicine is cool and cold, with heat detoxification, dampness and eczema, this herbal tea in folklore is considered to have the efficacy of gua sha detoxification, so called “eczema” effect. It is suitable for people with colds, sore throats, sores, canker sores and swellings. It is best consumed hot, not on an empty stomach. 2, fire marijuana main ingredients: fire marijuana, Yu Li Ren, cassia seeds, honeysuckle and other herbs. Ans: The medicine is flat and sweet, has the effect of moistening and slipping the bowels and laxative, suitable for people with constipation of intestinal dryness and stagnation, best to drink hot on an empty stomach. Note: It is not suitable for people with spleen and kidney deficiencies leading to loose stools and dysmenorrhea, pregnant women and people with kidney deficiency and impotence and spermatorrhea. 3, thatch root and bamboo cane water Main ingredients: bamboo cane, thatch root, etc. Ans: The medicine is cool and cold, with the effect of clearing heat, generating fluid, moistening the lungs and diuretic. It is suitable for people who sweat a lot in hot weather, have dry mouth, and have unfavorable urination. Note: the spleen and stomach cold people and pregnant women need to drink with discretion. 4, Luo Han Guo herbal tea Main ingredients: Luo Han Guo, fishy grass and other Chinese herbs. Ans: The medicine is sweet and has the effect of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for people with hoarseness, dry throat and thirst, cough and phlegm caused by excessive smoking and drinking. Note: People with cold constitution, people with excessive night urination are not recommended to drink Luo Han Guo herbal tea, long-term consumption will also lead to a decline in gastrointestinal function. 5, sour plum soup Main ingredients: blackberry, hawthorn, licorice, etc. Analysis: medicinal acidity, sour taste has the effect of astringent sweat, dispel dampness and eliminate food, suitable for people who sweat a lot. Because of its sweet and sour taste, it can also accelerate the secretion of gastric juices, increase appetite, and play a role in preventing summer heat and cooling down. Note: People with cold and fever, cough and phlegm are not allowed to drink sour plum soup; women should not drink sour plum soup during menstruation and before and after childbirth. Yang deficiency is not suitable for drinking herbal tea Many people will think that drinking herbal tea when the temperature is high can play a good protective role for the body, but Professor Nie Bin believes that even in the hot summer, Yang deficiency is not suitable for people to drink herbal tea. Modern people are mostly Yang deficiency physique, air conditioning, refrigerators, the popularity of cold drinks, many people stay in air-conditioned rooms all day, physical labor and outdoor activities are reduced, the Yang Qi propulsion function is not exercised, resulting in the body Yang Qi with the season’s rising weakness, vulnerable to cold and wet attack. In addition, high temperature weather human sweat secretion more, and Chinese medicine believes that sweat for the body’s “Yang liquid”, sweating too much, Yang Qi will be leaked with sweat. At this time and then take bitter cold herbal tea, it will hurt the spleen and stomach, so that the Yang Qi more weak. Therefore, there are often people who are afraid of cold, cold limbs, pale, thin stool, urine clear long phenomenon, it is necessary to check whether the herbal tea drink too much.