Plantain Light Bamboo Leaf Tea
Ingredients
- Plantain 100g (fresh, or dried 20-30g)
- Bamboo Leaf 12g
- 10g raw licorice
- Moderate amount of icing sugar
Principle
Plantain clears away heat and diuresis, relieves heat and astringent pain; light bamboo leaves diuretic; raw licorice fire detoxification, diuresis and spasm. The three diuretics, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and bet on damp-heat (must be syndrome differentiated).
Effects & uses
Suitable for acute urethritis, urinary tract infection at the beginning: burning urine, dripping pain, yellowish red urine (must be differentiated).
Method
- Wash with three flavors, add water to decoct, remove residue and extract juice, add icing sugar to season.
How to use
- Take 1 dose of tea per day, divided into 3 doses.
Caution
Spleen and stomach deficiency cold, prone to diarrhea is not appropriate. Use with caution in pregnant women. Unrelieved or haematuria for medical treatment. No substitute for antibiotics. Daily regimen.
Source
Life Times, commented by Pu Zhaohe, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Qiqihar City First Hospital, "Elderly Food and Diet Therapy". To be manually verified.