Tea for Reducing Internal Heat

Yellow Chrysanthemum Tea

Waking up inthe morning with a sticky around your eyes or poor vison can be an indication that you have to much heat in the body. Chrysanthemum tea can help reduce heat in the body, clear the eyes. You can purchase the flowers dried from Chinese markets or even herbalists. Be sure to pick upt he yellow chrysanthemums not the white ones which are used to treat sun stroke. Theres three methods os making this tea with the following ingredients.

10-20 yellow chrysanthemum flowers
3 (850ml) water

Method one

Boil the water and warm the teapot. ADd the flowers to the heated pot. When the water has reached a fast boil pour it over the flowers. Let stand for 2-3 minutes before drinking
note: (you can strain the tea into a cup before drinking, the flowers tend to break up and tend to float too)

Method two

For a fuller taste, brew some leaves with the chrysanthemums. To make the tea, add the flowers and the tea of your choice to the pot the proceed as before

Method three

If you have a sweeter tooth you can add rock sugar to this tea. rock sugar can also be purchased at Chinese markets. It has a very pleasant taste and it lovely golden color. If the lumps of sugar are to large you can place them into a little baggie or roll in a towel and hit with a hammer or spoon to break them into smaller pieces.

Wash and drain the flowers put them into a saucepan. Add the water and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low and cook for 25 minutes. Add the rock sugar and cook for another 3 minutes. Allow the tea to cool slightly, drain and drink.

You can use the flowers twice to make this tea. The flavor will be a little weaker the second time, but the tea will retain it's properties.

Enjoy!