Huaimi and Chrysanthemum Drink
Ingredients
- Huaimi (sophora buds) 10 g
- Chrysanthemum 10 g
- Sophora flower honey to taste
Principle
Huaimi clears heat, opens bowels, cools blood, and stops bleeding; chrysanthemum dispels wind–fire; honey guides and moistens intestines. For wind-heat or blood-heat intestinal dryness with fissure bleeding.
Effects & uses
Blood-heat dryness pattern—bleeding on defecation, anal burning, hard stools (pattern differentiation required).
Method
- Rinse huaimi and chrysanthemum; steep in 500 ml boiling water.
How to use
- Add honey; sip several times daily as tea.
Caution
Not for cold deficiency of spleen–stomach. Use cautiously in pregnancy. Food-care only—not a drug substitute.
Source
First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine (Ma Bingxiang), Life Times. Pending manual verification.