June 13, 2019
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清熱化痰法寶
不難發現吸煙者或長期在粉塵環境工作的人士常常咳嗽，伴以濃痰，更甚者患上咽喉炎、支氣管炎、肺炎等等。要紓緩症狀，除了諮詢註冊中醫師外，可以適量飲用魚腥草泡的茶療，魚腥草具有清肺熱、化痰止咳、生津潤燥的功效，由於搓碎時帶有魚腥氣味，所以取名為魚腥草，夏季正是它盛放的季節，郊遊時或會見到它的蹤影，但切勿隨便採摘山野植物服用啊！
魚腥草 — 屬性偏寒，具有解肺熱、清熱解毒、排膿消癰、利尿通淋的作用，對紓緩肺熱症狀有明顯功效。注意腎功能不全、尿頻、腹脹胃脹、虛寒體質者不宜食用。
魚腥草甘羅漢果茶
功效：清熱解毒、化痰止咳，適合煙酒過多、咳嗽有黃綠稠痰、經常熬夜人士飲用。
材料：魚腥草12克、甘羅漢果半個
做法：材料洗淨，甘羅漢果壓扁、魚腥草切段備用。鍋內加入約1500毫升水，放入材料，武火煮滾後調文火煮30分鐘，把茶連渣倒進保溫瓶即可。此茶可反覆沖泡至味淡，建議一星期飲用2-3天。
注意：腎功能不全、尿頻、腹脹胃脹、虛寒體質者不宜飲用。感冒及孕婦要按體質飲用。
A treasure to clear heat and relieve phlegm
It is quite common that smokers or those who work in dusty environments for a long time often cough, have thick phlegm, and even worse, suffer from pharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and so on. In order to relieve these symptoms, besides consulting a Chinese medicine practitioner, you can also drink a cup of fishwort tea. Fishwort can clear lung heat, relieve phlegm and cough, promote fluid production and relieve dryness . Due its fishy smell when chopped, it is known as “smelly fish herb” in Cantonese. It blooms in the summer, and you may find it during hikes in the nature, but be sure not to pick on plants in the wild to consume!
Fishwort- cold in nature. It can relieve lung heat, clear heat and detoxify, discharge pus and resolve carbuncle, and promote diuresis. It is especially effective in clearing lung heat. Note that it is not suitable for those with weak kidney function, frequent urination, stomach bloating, and asthenic cold body type.
Monk fruit tea with fishwort
Effect: clears heat and detoxifies, reduces phlegm and relieves cough. Suitable for those who smoke and drink, with yellow, green and thick phlegm, and with frequent late night.
Ingredients: 12g fishwort, half of a monk fruit
Method: Rinse all ingredients thoroughly. Squash the monk fruit. Cut fishwort into pieces. Combine all ingredients with 1500ml of water in a pot and cook on high heat until boiling. Turn to low heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Pour all contents into a thermos and tea can re-brewed until flavour weakens. For best results, drink consecutively for 2-3 days.
Note: It is not suitable for those with weak kidney function, frequent urination, stomach bloating, and with asthenic cold body type. Those with flu and pregnant women should drink based on their body conditions.
