If you've ever suffered from common health problems such as: Upset stomachs Headaches Heartburn Stress Tension Exhaustion Colds, Flues Fatigue Nausea Constipation Sore throats Anyone of these can be treated at home using … [Read more...]
2011/07/27 by 5 Comments
Chamomile Tea
The chamomile flowering plant is part of the daisy family native to Europe, North America, North Africa and the temperate region of Asia and has been used medicinally for thousands of years and the word comes from Greek "earth-apple". Chamomile is … [Read more...]
2011/07/20 by 1 Comment
How to Make 5 Flower Herbal Tea to Quench Thirst?
Pagota tree flowers Image via Wikipedia Here is another Chinese liangcha that is commercially packaged and sold but I see no reason why one cannot take each of the five flowers and make a brew themselves. In fact each one of these flowers can … [Read more...]
2010/12/26 by Leave a Comment
Warning: Are You Prepared for This Year’s Flu Season?
I want to do a post about Japanese honeysuckle because it is a very common cooling herb for the common cold and is used in different kinds of herbal teas and it is even commercially available as a herbal tea by itself. Botanical name: … [Read more...]
2010/12/10 by Leave a Comment
How To Make Rose Hip Tea?
Just about any variety of the rose bush will produce rose hips; however, rosa rugosa is the bush of choice for the best tasting rose hips. Why Rose Hips? Rose hips are a very high source of vitamin C. As I have previously mentioned on 7 … [Read more...]
2010/10/27 by Leave a Comment
User Question: Chinese Name for Burdock Tea
This was another question I received from a reader. What is the Chinese name for burdock tea? First of all burdock is ?? [niúpáng] and it is interesting to see the character ?[niú] or [ushi] in Japanese is used meaning cow or bull so ?? … [Read more...]
2010/08/13 by 6 Comments
Plantain Tea
Several weeks ago my wife who is 7 months pregnant goes for her regular check-up at the hospital. Instead of getting some kind of drug that what who knows what will it do to her or the baby the doctor her to get some /che qian zi/ or Obako in … [Read more...]
Burdock Root Tea
Burdock Root (Arctium lappa L.) for a long time I never knew what this was because I always called it by the Japanese name gobo and still associate the plant as a food source for gobo rather than burdock. Burdock is pretty much found all over the … [Read more...]