The liver connects to the eyes. To nourish the liver in spring, drink more liver-cleansing and vision-enhancing teas. Spring often brings dry eyes and redness due to rising liver energy. Since the liver governs the eyes, liver fire easily flares up.For optimal health, consider incorporating liver-cleansing and vision-enhancing tea recipes. What are some such teas?
Liver-Cleansing and Vision-Enhancing Teas
1. Goji Berry, Chrysanthemum, and Cassia Seed Tea
Recipe: 5g goji berries, 5g chrysanthemum flowers, 5g cassia seeds. Steep appropriate amounts in boiling water and consume.
Benefits: Nourishes the liver, improves vision, and clears heat accumulation in the liver and stomach. Commonly used for dry eyes, dizziness, dry mouth with bitterness, and blood deficiency with liver heat.
2. Hawthorn, Honeysuckle, and Chrysanthemum Tea
Ingredients: 5g raw hawthorn, 2g honeysuckle, 3g chrysanthemum. Steep in boiling water until flavor weakens.
Benefits: Honeysuckle clears heat and detoxifies while dispersing wind-heat. Chrysanthemum clears wind-heat, calms the liver, and improves vision. This formula treats wind-heat colds, headaches, and dizziness. It not only clears heat and detoxifies but also promotes blood circulation, reduces fat, and enhances brain function and vision. Drinking a cup when feeling lightheaded or mentally foggy yields excellent results.
3. Goji Berry and Job's Tears Tea
Recipe: 300g Job's tears, a handful of goji berries, 2-3 red dates, rock sugar and water to taste.Sort the purchased coix seeds to remove impurities, rinse thoroughly with water, and drain well. Place the coix seeds in a dry skillet over low heat. Stir-fry without oil until a fragrant aroma emerges, then remove from heat.Halve the red dates or make a slit in each, then place them in a teapot. Add a small handful of goji berries. For sweetness, add a few pieces of rock sugar. Pour in the roasted Job's tears and fill the pot with boiling water. Steep for 5-10 minutes before drinking.
Benefits: Job's tears and goji berry tea nourishes the liver, improves vision, promotes diuresis, and dispels dampness. Ideal for spring wellness.
4. Chrysanthemum and Longjing Tea
Recipe: 10g chrysanthemum flowers, 3g Longjing tea. Place ingredients in a thermos, pour boiling water over them, cover and steep for about 10 minutes. Drink frequently as a tea substitute.Each batch can be steeped 2-3 times with boiling water. Those with severe symptoms may take 2 doses daily.
Benefits: Dispels wind and detoxifies, clears liver heat and improves vision. Primarily treats redness, swelling, and pain in the whites of the eyes, excessive tearing, or redness, burning sensation, and sticky discharge in the whites of the eyes caused by sudden wind-heat or epidemic conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye.
5. Chrysanthemum Pu'er Tea
Recipe: 5-6 chrysanthemum flowers, appropriate amount of Pu'er tea leaves (adjust to taste). First, place tea leaves in water. Discard the first infusion after steeping for 3-5 minutes. Then add flowers, add water, and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
Benefits: Nourishes the liver, reduces fat, aids digestion, expels phlegm and clears heat, brightens vision, and refreshes the mind.
6. Mint Tea
Recipe: Boil 2000ml water, add 10g dried mint and a small amount of green tea. Steep, then strain out the leaves. May be sweetened before drinking.
Benefits: Mint tea clears heat and sharpens vision. Mint is also an effective remedy for wind-heat colds. For summer colds, decoct 20g fresh mint in water.
7. Mulberry Leaf and Goji Berry Tea
Recipe: 6g mulberry leaves, 12g goji berries, 3g green tea.Place all three ingredients in a cup, pour boiling water over them, steep for five minutes, then drink.
Benefits: A health tea that nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, and benefits the liver and eyes. Mulberry leaves disperse wind-heat, clear lung dryness, calm liver yang, and clear liver heat to improve vision. Goji berries support yin, fortify the foundation, replenish essence, and boost qi.
8. Rosehip Vision-Enhancing Tea
Recipe: 5g rosehips, 5g Hangzhou white chrysanthemum, 10g dried lily bulbs, 2-3 bay leaves. Place 5g each of the three ingredients into a teapot. Pour in hot boiling water. Add honey or rock sugar to taste before drinking.
Benefits: Clears toxins, reduces internal heat, improves vision, and moistens the intestines.Rose hips are rich in vitamin C, promoting complexion radiance, regulating physiological functions, and reducing fatigue. Hangzhou white chrysanthemum nourishes the liver, brightens eyesight, calms the mind, tonifies the kidneys, strengthens the spleen and stomach, moistens the throat, and promotes fluid production. Lily bulbs moisten the lungs, clear heat, and calm the spirit. Bay leaves possess antiviral properties and aid digestion.
9. Chrysanthemum and Goji Tea
Recipe: Steep chrysanthemum flowers and goji berries (to taste) in boiling water for about 10 minutes before drinking.
Benefits: This tea excels at clearing liver heat and improving vision. Goji berries nourish the kidneys, enrich essence, and support liver health while chrysanthemum dispels wind, clears heat, and calms the liver.Together, they form an ideal combination for liver cleansing and vision enhancement.
10. Prunella and Mulberry Leaf Tea
Recipe: 15g Prunella vulgaris, 10g Mulberry leaves, 15g Wild chrysanthemum, 15g Gardenia fruit, 15g Artemisia capillaris, 15g Bidens pilosa, 10g Plantago seed, 10g Scutellaria root.Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Take 10–15g per serving, steep in boiling water, and drink.
Benefits: Clears liver fire, improves vision, and quenches thirst. Suitable for liver-gallbladder damp-heat syndrome: headache with pressure, irritability, excessive eye discharge, bitter taste in mouth, red/itchy/watery eyes, poor sleep, hard or loose stools, dark urine, thick yellow tongue coating.