Effects and functions of Huoxiang soaked in water

Every summer, many families will prepare some Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid. Because Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid is very effective in relieving the symptoms of physical discomfort caused by heatstroke. So, do you know that the main raw material of Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid is Patchouli. Many people like to drink some patchouli water in summer or on a daily basis. So, what are the benefits of drinking Huoxiang tea every day? Let’s talk about it below.

Patchouli leaves soaked in water

Make a cup of Patchouli tea on a hot summer day

It not only cools and relieves summer heat, but also can aromatically transform dampness, soothe the stomach, stop vomiting, and treat dizziness, chest tightness, and loss of appetite. Pick a few Patchouli leaves and brew them with boiling water. A unique fragrance will rush into your nasal cavity, and then the tea will slowly begin to turn light green, which is very beautiful.

Patchouli can not only be used to make tea and medicine, but also to cook. I remember a snack called Patchouli Fish.

It is made by wrapping red bean paste with patchouli leaves and then frying it in oil. In other places in Nantong, there seem to be desserts made with patchouli as well. No one grows Patchouli on purpose; it grows in the streets and alleys of small towns and can be seen everywhere. Although it is inconspicuous, it is a part of people's lives.

Patchouli is a herbaceous plant. Its grass part can be used as medicine, and its fruit can be used to make spices. Its leaves and stems contain volatile aromatic oils with an incomparable fragrance. So it can also be used as a spice. Let’s take a look at the effects and functions of Patchouli leaves.

1. Eliminate dampness from the spleen, regulate qi and harmonize the stomach: used for dampness blocking the spleen and stomach, abdominal distension, and the initial onset of damp-heat. If dampness blocks the middle burner, causing abdominal distension and poor appetite, use it together with Perilla frutescens and others. If dampness-heat is just beginning, use it together with peppermint, Artemisia capillaris, Scutellaria baicalensis and others.

2. Anti-vomiting and anti-diarrhea: used for vomiting, diarrhea, etc. If you suffer from filthiness, vomiting, and diarrhea, you can use it together with perilla leaves, pinellia, magnolia bark, and tangerine peel. If you have stomach cold and vomiting, you can use it together with pinellia. If you have damp heat, you can use it together with coptis root and bamboo shavings. If you have weak spleen and stomach, you can use codonopsis and licorice. If you have vomiting during pregnancy, you can use it together with amomum.

3. Relieve heat: Used for summer-heat and dampness syndrome. It can be used to treat summer-heat and dampness, regardless of whether the condition is cold or hot. It is often used together with Perilla frutescens in clinical practice.

4. Diaphoresis and diaphoresis: used for fever and chills, fever and chills, chest and abdominal fullness and stuffiness. Combined with perilla and tangerine peel.

5. Improve eyesight: Vitamin A plays a very important role in the development of the eyes, synthesizing photosensitive substances in retinal rod cells. Improve the eyes' disease resistance and prevent night blindness.

6. Other effects: For treating sinusitis, it can often be used together with pig bile.