Herbal tea for kids

Tea is a very traditional drink in my country, and there are many types of tea. Moreover, tea is not just a drink, it can also be used as a medicine, which has many benefits for the human body. For example, herbal tea has a good effect on clearing away heat and internal heat, disinfecting and sterilizing, and reducing swelling and dampness. There are some drinking taboos for herbal tea. Many herbal teas are not suitable for children. So what are the herbal teas suitable for children?

1. What herbal tea should children drink when they have internal heat?

1.1. Heat-clearing and fire-purging herbal tea: Main ingredients: bamboo leaves, raw earth, reed roots, tongcao, etc. Effects: clearing heat and purging fire, relieving restlessness and quenching thirst. It is suitable for symptoms such as fever and sweating, mouth ulcers, sore throat, irritability and thirst, and constipation caused by excessive heat and damage to body fluids or damage to both Qi and Yin.

1.2. Heat-clearing and dampness-removing herbal tea: Main ingredients: Mahonia, Millettia reticulata, Dandelion, etc. Effects: Clearing away heat, detoxifying, promoting dampness and removing turbidity. It is suitable for symptoms such as yellow and greasy tongue coating, abdominal distension, poor appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and heavy limbs caused by damp heat. It is most suitable for people who often run around outdoors or suffer from heat stroke in summer.

1.3. Compound Monk Fruit Herbal Tea: Main ingredients: Monk Fruit, Houttuynia Cordata, etc. Effects: Clears heat and moistens the lungs, relieves cough and reduces phlegm. It is suitable for symptoms such as cough, sputum, sore throat, thirst, dry mouth, hoarseness, etc. caused by lung heat and lung dryness. It is most suitable for people who smoke and drink too much and often stay up late.

1.4. Cold herbal tea (Sangju, Yinqiao): Main ingredients: Honeysuckle, bamboo leaves, Forsythia, Vitex, mint, etc. Effects: Soothe wind and relieve exterior symptoms, clear away heat and detoxify. Suitable for various symptoms caused by wind-heat cold.

2. Children should drink herbal tea according to their physical condition

Too bitter and cold (the herbal tea in the herbal tea shop is quite bitter), it is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach. If the spleen and stomach are weak and cannot transport and transform well, it is easy to get dampness and get angry. If infants and young children often drink herbal teas that are too cold, such as Wuhua tea, Coptis chinensis water, and Wintersweet flower tea, it may cause lifelong effects on their physical constitution, and it will be difficult to regulate it in the future.

If the child has a weak constitution, is prone to colds, has symptoms such as sweating, poor appetite, and nocturnal enuresis, it is not advisable for him to drink herbal tea frequently. If you experience symptoms such as diarrhea or nausea after drinking herbal tea, stop taking it immediately.