Due to the high temperatures of summer, people’s digestive functions are relatively weak. Therefore, bland diets are preferred. Some home-made syrups or soups for dispelling heat are much better. 

 Benefits: dispels heat, calms the liver and lowers blood pressure. 

 

Wolf berry tea枸杞茶（ɡóu qǐ chá ）

Ingredients: 10 grams of wolf berry; 3 grams of mentha haplocalyx; 12 grams of the fruit of Chinese magnoliavine; 6 grams of chrysanthemum

Recipe: put all the ingredients in a cup and pour 300 ml of water in it. Then let it stand for ten minutes and drink.

Benefits: tonifies the lungs and promotes the production of saliva.

Bitter gourd tea with honey 苦瓜蜂蜜茶（kǔɡuā fēnɡmì chá）

Ingredients: 15 grams of dry bitter gourd; a spoon of honey

Recipe: put the bitter gourd in a cup and pour 300 ml of water in it. After ten minutes, add the honey. It is done.

Benefits: dispels heat and lowers blood pressure

Cassia tora and chrysanthemum tea桂皮菊花茶（ɡuìpí júhuā chá）

Ingredients: 30 grams of cassia tora; 12 grams of wild chrysanthemum

Recipe: put both the cassia tora and chrysanthemum in a cup and add boiling water.

Benefits: calms the liver and lowers blood pressure

Honeysuckle flower and chrysanthemum tea 菊花金银花茶（júhuā jīnyín huā chá ）
Ingredients: 20 to 30 grams of honeysuckle flower and chrysanthemum separately; 15 grams of folium mori (for people who have severe headache); 10 to 20 grams of hawthorn fruit(for arteriosclerosis patients);

Recipe: pestle the ingredients into powder. Separate the above amount of ingredients into four portions. Soak with boiling water and drink them in a day.