Herb Tea Mix - Medicinal!

Echinacea blend:

• Peppermint Leaf
• European Elder Flower
• Licorice Root
• Echinacea purpurea leaf
• Ginger root
• Eucalyptus leaf
• Echinacea purpurea root

Lemon Echinacea:

• Echinacea purpurea root 1200mg
• Licorice root 1100mg
• Licorice root dry aqueous extract (6:1 concentrated) 100 mg
• Marshmallow leaf and marshmallow root
• lemon myrtle leaf (Backhousia citriodora)
• Bitter fennel fruit
• sweet orange peel
• Saigon cinnamon bark

Stamina Ginseng Tea:

• Cinnamon bark
• Honeybush leaf
• Licorice root
• Ginger root 1:1 (Asian:American)
• Ginseng and Eleuthero root extracts
• Asian Ginseng root
• Alfalfa leaf
• Dong Quai root extract
• Black pepper
• Hibiscus flower
• Astragalus root extract

Basil Dressing.

Ingredients (yield 1/2 cup):

• 2 Tbsp cider vinegar
• 2 Tbsp apple or orange juice
• 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 Tbsp fresh basil, chopped
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 100 grams Silken Tofu

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
2. Cover and refrigerate. Use within one week.

Ginkgo Barley Tonic Soup.

This soup is mildly sweet and is nourishing, soothing, relaxing while improving blood flow to brain.

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Ingredients (yield 6-8 servings):

• Fifteen Ginkgo nuts
• Pearl barley 40g
• Yu Zhu (Solomon's Seal Rhizome) 15g
• Lady Bell Root 15g
• Five dried shiitake mushrooms
• 20 cups of water

Directions:

1. Wash all ingredients. Soak pearl barley for 2 hours before cooking.
2. Boil 20 cups of water in a big pot.
3. Put all ingredients in boiling water and bring to boil.
4. Cook on medium high for 20 min and then turn heat to low. Cover and simmer 3 hours.
5. Serve.

Walnut Chestnut and Lotus Root Tonic Soup.

Walnut can improve appetite, enhance body energy and blood circulation. Note that if you cannot bear the slight bitterness from Jujube pit, you have to remove the pit from Jujube.

There is a bitter germ inside the lotus seed that is usually removed before sold. If you are preparing this for young children or people who could not stand bitterness, check and remove them if you see any remaining green embryo in the center.

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Ingredients (yield 6-8 servings):

• Walnut 80g
• Lotus Root 600g
• Lotus Seeds 80g
• Chestnuts 300g
• Ten seeded red dates
• One dried orange peel
• 20 cups of water

Directions:

1. Wash all ingredients. Cut lotus root into chunks. Check lotus seeds to remove the green germs. 
2. Place one dried orange peel in big pot with 20 cups of water and bring to boil. 
3. Add all ingredients into the boiling water. Cook on medium heat for 20 min. 
4. Turn heat to low. Cover and simmer 3 hours. 
5. Serve. 

Lotus and Longan Tonic Soup.

This soup is mildly sweet and is calming, soothing, quenching and relaxing after a long day.

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Ingredients (yield 6-8 servings):

• Lotus Seeds 80g
• Lotus Root 600g
• Dried lily bulbs 15g
• Longan pulp 15g (about 8-10 longan with pit)
• 20 cups of water

Directions:

1. Wash all ingredients. Cut lotus root into chunks.
2. Boil 20 cups of water in a big pot.
3. Put all ingredients in boiling water and bring to boil.
4. Cook on medium high for 20 min and then turn heat to low. Cover and simmer 3 hours.
5. Serve.

My Warming Goji Tea.

This is a drink I have on regular basis.

Ingredients (yield one serving):

• 2~3 dried longan ( I use those with shells. See picture below.)
• 2 tsp dried goji berries
• 3 jujube (also called "red dates")
• 2~3 slices of dried Astragalus root ( 黄芪 Huang Qi in Chinese) 
• 1 1/2 cups water if soaking or 2 cups if cooking
• (optional) some honey or sugar 

Directions:

Soaking Method:

1. Rinse the dried longan, jujube, dried Astragalus root and goji with water. Crack open the longan and remove the shells. Some people slice jujubes but I usually don't.
2. Use boiling water for the last rinse. Drain well.
3. Use boiling water to rinse thermos flask. Put in all ingredients and pour in 1 1/2 cup boiling water. Tightly close the cap. Let it rest at least 3 hours. Serve.

Cooking Method:

1. Rinse the ingredients well. Remove shells from longan.
2. Add all ingredients with 2 cups of water and simmer 30 min. Serve.

Notes：
It wakes you up in the morning and helps you sleep well at night, so try having it before bedtime as well.



You can mix and match with fewer ingredients, such as:

• Goji berry tea: Use just goji berries. This recipe promotes calming, relaxing, reducing eye strain.
• Longan tea: Use just longan. This recipe promotes calming and warming effect.
• Jujube and longan tea: Use jujube and longan. This recipe promotes better circulation and warming effect.
• Jujube and huang qi (Astragalus root) tea: This recipe helps our immune system to function better.
• Jujube, goji berry, huang qi (Astragalus root) tea: This recipe promotes calming, relaxing, warming and helps our immune system to function better.

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