A comprehensive guide to lipid-lowering teas: health-promoting beverages for patients with high cholesterol.

**15. Which drinks are beneficial for people with high cholesterol?**

**Ginseng Leaf Tea**

Ingredients: 2 grams of dried ginseng leaves, 3 grams of green tea.

Instructions: Pick out any impurities from the ginseng leaves, wash them clean, sun-dry or oven-dry them, grind them into a fine powder together with green tea, divide them into two cotton paper bags, seal them and hang them with a string, and set aside for later use.

When drinking, decoct in water and drink as tea.

Efficacy: Tonifies Qi and unblocks the meridians, resolves phlegm and reduces turbidity, invigorates blood and lowers lipids.

Suitable for all types of hyperlipidemia.

**Ginger Tea**

Ingredients: 50g fresh ginger, 10g tea leaves.

Instructions: Wash the ginger, slice it, and put it in a pot with the tea leaves. Boil the ginger in water and drink the resulting liquid.

Wash the ginger, slice it into thin strips, and put it into a teacup.

Add tea leaves, pour in boiling water, steep and drink.

Efficacy: Induces sweating to relieve exterior syndromes, warms the lungs to stop coughing, lowers lipids and blood pressure.

Suitable for patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

**Seaweed Tea**

Ingredients: Kelp and white sugar, in appropriate amounts.

Instructions: Wash the kelp, cut it into strips, and soak it in 200 ml of cold boiled water.

After soaking for several hours, add white sugar and stir well before drinking. You can add more water after finishing the drink.

Efficacy: Softens and disperses nodules, resolves phlegm and lightens the body.

It is suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, lymphadenitis, goiter, orchitis, etc.

**Orange Juice Honey Drink**

Ingredients: 1 orange, 50 ml honey.

Instructions: Soak the orange in water to remove the sour taste, then cut it into 4 pieces with the peel on; put the orange and honey in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes, strain out the residue and drink the juice.

Efficacy: It helps with digestion, relieves bloating, and eliminates phlegm and greasiness.

Suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia, indigestion, constipation, etc.

**Wheat Bran and Jujube Tea**

Ingredients: 30 grams of wheat bran, 10 jujubes.

Instructions: Clean the wheat bran, put it in a wok, stir-fry over low heat until fragrant, grind it into a fine powder, divide it into two cotton paper bags, seal them and hang them with a string, and set aside.

Wash the dates and place them in a bowl for later use.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and blood, nourishes blood and replenishes deficiency, disperses blood stasis and lowers lipids.

Suitable for all types of hyperlipidemia.

**Mung Bean and Chrysanthemum Tea**

Ingredients: 60g mung beans, 10g white chrysanthemum.

Instructions: Wash the mung beans and white chrysanthemums separately. Put the white chrysanthemums into a gauze bag, tie the opening, and put it into a clay pot with the mung beans. Add enough water, soak for a while, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about an hour, until the mung beans are tender. Remove the chrysanthemum bag and it's ready.

Efficacy: Clears heat and detoxifies, relieves summer heat and lowers lipids.

It is suitable for all types of hyperlipidemia, and is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly patients with hyperlipidemia due to excessive liver fire.

**Ginkgo Tea**

Ingredients: Ginkgo leaves, appropriate amount of white sugar.

Instructions: Select tender ginkgo leaves, wash them, dry them in the sun, and grind them into a fine powder. Pack each 10-gram bag into a teacup. Place one bag of ginkgo tea into a teacup, pour in boiling water, and steep for 3-5 minutes before drinking. You can also add an appropriate amount of white sugar.

Efficacy: Lowers blood lipids and dilates blood vessels.

Suitable for patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

**Black Sesame Tea**

Ingredients: 10g black sesame seeds, 3g green tea.

Instructions: Roast the black sesame seeds until cooked, grind them into powder, mix them evenly with the tea leaves, put them in a cup, pour in boiling water, cover and steep for 10 minutes.

Efficacy: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, lowers lipids and blood pressure.

Suitable for patients with high blood lipids, high blood pressure, and arteriosclerosis.

Apple Tea

Ingredients: 2 apples, 50g cornstarch, 20g brown sugar.

Instructions: Soak the apple in clean water for 30 minutes, wash it thoroughly, then chop it into a paste with the peel on.

Add an appropriate amount of water to a pot, add cornstarch, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until it becomes a thin paste. Add apple puree and brown sugar, mix well, and bring to a boil over low heat.

Efficacy: Tonifies the middle energizer and replenishes qi, relieves irritability and removes blood stasis, and lowers lipids.

Suitable for patients with all types of hyperlipidemia.

**Milk Tea**

Ingredients: 10g milk powder, 5g tea leaves, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Instructions: Pour milk powder and sugar into a pot, add 200 ml of water, and bring to a boil.

Place the tea leaves in a cup, pour in the boiled milk, let it steep for a few moments, and then it's ready to drink.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and aids digestion, helps with weight loss and fat reduction, and refreshes the mind and improves eyesight.

Suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, obesity, etc.

**Jujube and Pear Tea**

Ingredients: 10 jujubes, 20 ml of pear syrup.

Instructions: Remove the pits from the jujubes, add an appropriate amount of water, soak for half an hour, and simmer over low heat until the jujubes are soft and cooked through. Add the pear paste to the jujube soup, mix well, and drink as tea.

Efficacy: Nourishes the lungs and skin, reduces lipids and clears away turbidity.

Suitable for people with high cholesterol.

**Mustard Green and Chrysanthemum Tea**

Ingredients: 30g dried shepherd's purse, 3g chrysanthemum, and appropriate amount of honey.

Instructions: Place dried shepherd's purse and chrysanthemum in a cup, pour in boiling water, cover and steep for 15 minutes, then add honey and mix well.

Efficacy: Clears heat and quenches thirst, benefits the liver and relieves irritability, reduces lipids and lowers blood pressure.

Suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia due to liver fire.

**One-Yam Drink**

Ingredients: 120g yam, a little white sugar.

Instructions: Peel the yam, wash it, and slice it.

Place the yam in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 40-50 minutes. Remove the dregs and extract the juice, add white sugar, and drink when warm.

Efficacy: Nourishes the lungs and spleen, benefits the kidneys and strengthens the intestines.

It is suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia and chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma and chronic colitis caused by deficiency of lung and spleen.

**Shepherd's Purse and Hawthorn Tea**

Ingredients: 200g fresh shepherd's purse, 30g hawthorn.

Instructions: First, wash the hawthorns, slice them, and set aside.

Clean and wash the fresh shepherd's purse, then chop it together, including the roots, stems, flowers, leaves, and fruits. Put it in a clay pot, add enough water, bring it to a boil over high heat, then add hawthorn slices and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.

Efficacy: It harmonizes the spleen and resolves phlegm, promotes qi circulation and removes blood stasis, and lowers blood lipids.

It is suitable for patients with all types of hyperlipidemia, and is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly patients with hyperlipidemia due to excessive liver fire and blood stasis.

**Bean Shell and Melon Seed Tea**

Ingredients: 50g each of broad bean shells and winter melon seeds, 10g of green tea, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Method: Boil broad bean shells and winter melon seeds in water to extract the juice.

Boil the medicinal liquid and pour it into a cup containing tea leaves.

Cover and let it sit for 15 minutes.

Efficacy: Clears heat and detoxifies, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling, lowers lipids and blood pressure.

Suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia due to internal damp-heat.

**Polygonum multiflorum and Salvia miltiorrhiza honey drink**

Ingredients: 15 grams each of Polygonum multiflorum and Salvia miltiorrhiza, and 20 ml of honey.

Instructions: Boil Polygonum multiflorum and Salvia miltiorrhiza in water, remove the dregs, and then add honey.

Efficacy: Nourishes Yin and moistens dryness, tonifies the five internal organs, and promotes blood circulation.

It is suitable for hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, chronic hepatitis and other conditions.