This refreshing blend helps soothe heat, build yin fluids to maintiain hydration, and promote glowing skin—especially helpful for those experiencing hot flashes or hormonal imbalances.
Ingredients:
1 cup minced Watermelon rind (white part only)
2 heaping spoonfuls of green rooibos tea or green tea
½ cup minced Asian pear (peeled and cored)
A few cucumber slices
2 liters water
Instructions:
Add everything to a pitcher of cool water, stir vigorously and allow to cold infuse overnight in the fridge or on the counter. Strain out the solids in the morning and if you like add fresh mint and/or honey to taste. Sip throughout your day for sustained hydration and inner cooling.
Benefits/Energetics
Watermelon known as Xi Gua, is also a Chinese herb-watermelon is valued for its natural ability to cool internal heat, hydrate the body, and quench summer thirst —making it a go-to remedy during the hottest months of the year.
Green tea is a cooling drink that clears heat, supports digestion, quenches thirst, and helps calm the mind while gently detoxifying the body.
Asian Pear/Pears are revered for nourishing the Yin in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and for their numerous health benefits. They help eliminate excess mucus, stop cough, nourish the lungsi, and promote better bowel movements.
Cucumber cools the body, promotes urination and helps with detoxification, treats heat-related illness, eases thirst and relieves water retention.
Honey has a sweet, neutral flavor to nourish yin energy. Honey is believed to tonify qi and yin, regulate blood circulation, and eliminate toxins. It is also recognized for its moistening and harmonizing properties.
Mint: Also a Chinese herb called Bo He is a cooling herb that soothes Liver Qi, clears heat from the head and throat, and helps release wind-heat