Breathe Deep and Long / Clean Lungs Reduce Inflammation Soup

湿热清肺汤 草药茶  Breathe Deep and Long / Clean Lungs Reduce Inflammation Soup / Shi Re Qing Fei Tang Herbal Tea 湿热清肺汤 (Clean Lungs, Reduce Inflammation Soup) Effect: For thick yellow phlegm, fever, indigestion To clear mucus congestion in lungs the purple daisy echinacea increases sweating. Used alone it may be too drying, therefore, additional cooling herbs are used in order to avoid side-effects. Semen coicis known as Job’s tear reduces water retention and digestive bloating. Cardamom, pinellia buds, dried tsaoko pods and tangerine peel also help to reduce mucus stemming from weak digestion. Tricosanthes peel (gua lou pi) from a long gourd sometimes called snake gourd or Chinese cucumber, is used to treat chest discomfort and opens the chest like a deep inhalation. Described as cold in nature and sweet, it has been used to treat chest pressure and pain, inflammation and thick phlegm, lung ulcers, and constipation. It relieves chronic thirst and as such may be useful for diabetes. Anemarrh