Herbal Pineapple Drink for Hangover | 菠萝解酒饮
Herbal Pineapple Drink for Hangover
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In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), pineapple is used as a remedy for food stagnation, hangover, thirst, urinary difficulties, and edema. It is sweet and sour in flavor, and neutral in thermal nature, which makes it suitable for consumption throughout the year.For this recipe, I used an interesting pink pineapple from Costa Rica. Its unique pink color comes from lycopene, a natural pigment and antioxidant that gives some produce its red color (e.g. tomatoes and watermelon), which makes this pineapple glow pink. This pineapple is also slightly sweeter than many other conventional varieties, and it didn’t make our mouth tingle. You can totally just use a regular pineapple.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cups or 50g pineapple
- 2 tablespoons kudzu flower (ge hua)
- 1 tablespoon chrysanthemum flower
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup coconut water
Instructions
- Dice pineapple.
- Put kudzu flower and chrysanthemum flower into a tea bag. In a small pot, add all ingredients and bring them to a boil. Turn off the heat after boiling. Strain the solids. Discard the tea bag but keep the pineapple.
- Enjoy warm or at room temperature.
Function:
- removes summer-heat
- increases digestive power (with enzyme bromelin)
- destroys worms
- thirst quenching
- diuretic
- treats sunstroke
- good for indigestion, diarrhea, and edema
Organ-Meridian: Stomach, Spleen, Liver
Energetics: Cooling
