Chinese Herbal Tea Recipes

It is very important to stress that we should not try to invent the Chinese herbal tea recipes ourselves. These herbal tea recipes are not the prepacked nourishing soup mix that you can buy in Chinese grocery stores.

It is always wise to let the Chinese herbalists prescribe the herbal medicine. Only they could provide correct instructions and doses to meet our needs.

Below is a list of a few recipes and how they are pronounced in Chinese. Any knowledgeable Chinese herbalist should know which formula is right for you and be able to make the formula as well.

AI FU-NUAN-GONG-WAN
Indications:
Yang deficiency, lengthened menstrual cycle, abdominal pain, weak and / or aching lower back

Ingredients:
Ai-Ye (Folium Artemisiae Argi) 90g
Bai-shao-yao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) 90 g
Chuan-xiong (Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong) 90g
Dang-gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) 90g
Huang-qi (Radix Astragali Seu Hedysari) 90g
Ron-gui (Cortex Cinnamomi) 15g
Shui-di-huang (Radix Rehmanniae Praeparatae) 30g
Wu-zhu-yu (Fructus Euodiae) 90g
Xiang-fu (Rhizoma Cyperi) 180g
Xu-Duan (Radix Dipsaci) 45g

Instructions:
Grind into powder to make tablets and take 9g of tablets twice a day.

BAO-HE-WAN
Indications:
Distension or fullness in the abdomen, disharmony between the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite

Ingredients:
Ban-xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) 10g
Chen-pi (Pericarpium Papaveris) 10g
Fu-ling (Poria) 10g
Lai-fu-zi (Semen Raphani) 10g
Lian qiao (Fructus Forsythiae) 10g
Shan-zha (Fructus Crataegi) 10g
Shen-qu (Massa Medicata Fermentata) 12g

Instructions:
Decotion for single-day consumption

DA-BU-YIN-WAN
Indications:
Hyperactivity of fire caused by deficiency of Yin, night sweats, ringing in the years

Ingredients:
Gui-ban (Plastrum Testudinis) 180g
Huang-bai (Cortex Phellodendri) 120g
Shu-di-huang (Radix Rehmanniae Praeparatae) 180g
Zhi-mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae) 120g

Instructions:
Grind into powder and make tablets. Take six to nine tablets twice a day. If decotion is used, reduce dosages.

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