Herbal Teas
Classic Double-Flower Drink
Classic Double-Flower Drink is a traditional herbal beverage with a pleasant sweet and sour taste that clears heat and relieves summer heat. It perfectly combines the fresh fragrance of honeysuckle and chrysanthemum, the slight sourness of hawthorn berries and the mellow sweetness of honey. It can relieve thirst and dizziness caused by summer heat, aid digestion and boost appetite.
Main Ingredients
- Honeysuckle 20 g
- Chrysanthemum 10 g
- Hawthorn Berry 10 g
- Honey 25 g
- Water 300ml
Steps
Rinse honeysuckle, chrysanthemum and hawthorn berries with clean water.
Put all ingredients into a pot and pour in approximately 300ml water.
Bring to a boil over low heat and continue simmering for around 30 minutes.
Turn off heat, strain out herbal residues and retain only the decoction liquid.
Heat honey in a separate pot over low heat until slightly boiling and pale yellow. This step improves consistency and flavor, and may be omitted for home cooking. Honey can be directly stirred into warm decoction.
Slowly pour refined honey (or raw honey) into the decoction and stir fully until honey dissolves completely. The drink tastes better when chilled.
TCM Notes
Honeysuckle & Chrysanthemum: Working in tandem, they effectively clear summer heat, dispel wind-heat and brighten the eyes. They offer good relief for “excessive internal heat” symptoms such as wind-heat cold, sore throat and red swollen eyes. Hawthorn Berry: Promotes digestion and relieves stagnation, especially meat stagnation; it also activates blood circulation and unblocks vessels. Honey: Harmonizes all herbal ingredients, tonifies the middle energizer and moistens dryness, making the drink milder in taste and medicinal property. This beverage is especially suitable as a summer health drink for people with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease and similar conditions.
Suitable for：People suffering from summer heat with fever, restlessness, thirst and dizziness. Those with red swollen eyes, sore throat and boils caused by excessive internal heat. People with greasy diet, indigestion and poor appetite. Individuals requiring daily health care, such as those with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
Not suitable for：People with deficient-cold spleen and stomach: recurring abdominal pain, diarrhea, cold intolerance and loose stools. The cold-natured honeysuckle and chrysanthemum may aggravate gastrointestinal discomfort. Pregnant women: The drink is cold in nature. Some ingredients may exert mild effects on the uterus; consumption should be cautious or avoided. Patients with wind-cold cold: Caused by cold exposure, marked by cold intolerance and clear runny nose; not suitable for this drink. Menstruating women, especially those with heavy menstrual flow. Avoid drinking to prevent aggravated blood stasis due to cold.
