The efficacy of monk fruit and chrysanthemum

People are familiar with monk fruit and chrysanthemum, but few people eat monk fruit and chrysanthemum together. In fact, if you make tea with monk fruit and chrysanthemum, it can not only relieve the symptoms of colds, but also moisten the intestines, promote bowel movements, clear the liver and improve eyesight. It can be drunk all year round. The effects of monk fruit and chrysanthemum mainly come from their respective effects. Let's learn about the effects of monk fruit and chrysanthemum together~

1. What are the specific effects of Luo Han Guo Chrysanthemum Tea?

When buying monk fruit, you should choose those that are round and brown in color, large and hard, with an intact shell, no sound when shaken, not burnt, and sweet rather than bitter. So, what are the benefits of monk fruit chrysanthemum tea?

Luo Han Guo Chrysanthemum Tea has the effects of treating and relieving cold symptoms, clearing away heat and moistening the lungs, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, relieving heat and thirst, and moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It is suitable for drinking all year round.

Monk fruit is a famous Guangxi specialty medicinal material both at home and abroad. It tastes sweet and is cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, relieving cough, clearing away heat and thirst, and moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It can be used to treat colds, coughs with sputum, summer heat and stomach heat, constipation, chronic pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis, dry mouth and other symptoms.

Chrysanthemum has the effects of clearing away heat and fire, dispersing wind-heat, clearing the liver and improving eyesight. It is used for colds, wind-heat, red and swollen eyes, dizziness, hypertension and other symptoms. Chrysanthemum is pungent and bitter, and is slightly cold and can clear away heat, such as the liver meridian. It can both disperse the wind-heat in the liver meridian and clear away the liver heat to improve eyesight. Therefore, it can be used to treat wind-heat in the liver meridian, or red and swollen eyes caused by liver fire.

Monk fruit can also be made into monk fruit tea, monk fruit candy drink, monk fruit red date tea, monk fruit Houttuynia cordata, monk fruit Leonurus japonica soup, monk fruit rice porridge, monk fruit snow pear drink, monk fruit fig tea, monk fruit summer cypress tea, monk fruit five plum tea, and monk fruit mint tea. Monk fruit can also be used as a seasoning in stews, soups, and in making cakes, candies, and biscuits. In addition to the export of dried fruits, the finished products include instant powders, syrups, fruit essences, cough syrups and concentrated fruit juices.

2. Side effects of monk fruit

As the saying goes, "Every medicine is poisonous to some extent." However, this is not absolute. Monk Fruit is a plant recognized by the Ministry of Health as "both food and medicine" and has no other side effects. You just need to pay attention to the following issues during use.

Monk fruit is too sweet and can easily damage the spleen and stomach. Monk fruit that is dried in the sun can be used as a tea substitute, but it cannot be used as a tea substitute for a long time. If you drink too much dried tea, you will get a sore throat. If you have a wind-heat cough, it is best to drink less or drink it with other heat-clearing and cooling ingredients. People who suffer from nocturnal emission and nocturia should avoid it. It is fine to drink it in the short term, but long-term drinking will lead to a decline in gastrointestinal function and cause a chain of pathological reactions.

For a small number of people with cold constitutions, adding one or two slices of ginger when boiling monk fruit can neutralize the coldness of the monk fruit. However, for people with extremely sensitive or cold constitutions, drinking monk fruit water is not recommended. It is recommended that you first consult a Chinese medicine doctor or nutritionist to adjust your constitution through diet.

When using monk fruit to soak in water, be careful not to put too much monk fruit. It is best to put a quarter of monk fruit in 500 ml of water. You can also add a little wolfberry or red dates. It also has the effects of clearing the liver, improving eyesight, and replenishing blood. Women can also drink some monk fruit during menstruation, but be careful not to drink too much.

Considering that monk fruit is slightly cool in nature and children, the elderly and pregnant women have low immunity, the amount of consumption should be reduced appropriately. At the same time, you can add a small amount of wolfberry to soak in water to invigorate qi and strengthen the stomach, which can achieve better results and enhance the body's immune function.