Medicated bath and herbal tea therapy for hyperlipidemia: Traditional Chinese medicine baths and lipid-lowering teas

Medicated bath therapy for patients with hyperlipidemia

Hyperlipidemia is often caused by depletion of liver yin, excessive liver yang, internal wind disturbance, and upward disturbance of the sensory orifices; or by spleen deficiency and insufficient production of nutrients, leading to a reduction in the essence of the five internal organs and loss of kidney storage, resulting in insufficient kidney water and liver malnourishment and excessive liver function. Medicated bath therapy can invigorate blood circulation, nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen the spleen and regulate qi, effectively relieving the symptoms of hyperlipidemia patients and achieving the goal of treatment.

Danshen and Polygonum multiflorum lotion

Formula: 30 grams each of Salvia miltiorrhiza, Polygonum multiflorum, and hawthorn, and 10 grams of Aucklandia lappa.

Usage: Add the above herbs to 3000 ml of water, soak for 1 hour, then boil for 15 minutes. Remove the liquid and pour it into a basin. Soak the herbs in the hot liquid for a bath, first fumigating and then washing. Each fumigation and washing session should last 30 minutes. Use 3 times a week, with 10 sessions constituting one course of treatment. Each dose of medicine can be used twice.

Efficacy: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, invigorates blood circulation, promotes qi circulation, and strengthens the spleen.

Lotus leaf lotion

Formula: 15 grams each of lotus leaf and cypress seed, 10 grams each of fangji and alisma.

Usage: Add the above-mentioned herbs to 3000 ml of water, boil for 15 minutes, remove the liquid, pour it into a bathtub, add another 3000 ml of hot water, and bathe the whole body. Each bath should last 30 minutes. 2-3 times a week, 10 times constitutes one course of treatment.

Efficacy: Promotes diuresis and lowers lipids.

Seaweed and kelp soup

Formula: 30 grams each of seaweed, kelp, atractylodes, alisma, and lotus leaf.

Usage: Add the above-mentioned herbs to 4000 ml of water, boil for 20 minutes, remove the liquid, pour it into a bathtub, add 3000 ml of hot water, and bathe the whole body after it has cooled to a warm temperature. Each bath should last 30 minutes. Once a day, each dose can be used twice, and a course of treatment is generally 10-15 days.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and resolves phlegm, promotes diuresis and removes fat.

Herbal tea therapy for patients with hyperlipidemia

Herbal tea therapy is simple and easy to implement, and it has a good therapeutic effect on a variety of diseases. It is also an effective adjunctive treatment for hyperlipidemia.

Hawthorn Chrysanthemum Tea

Ingredients: 10 grams each of tea leaves, chrysanthemum, and hawthorn.

Preparation: Put everything into a cup and pour boiling water over it.

Usage: Drink as a tea substitute, one dose per day.

Efficacy: Clears heat and lowers lipids.

green tea

Ingredients: 10 grams of green tea.

Preparation: Pour boiling water over the ingredients, cover, and steep for 10 minutes.

Usage: Drink as a tea substitute, 2 doses daily.

Efficacy: Detoxifies, resolves phlegm, and lowers lipids.

Three-Seed Lipid-Lowering Tea

Ingredients: 30g wolfberry, 30g cassia seed, 30g astragalus seed.

Preparation: Crush the cassia seeds and put them in a gauze bag along with the astragalus seeds. Put the bag and wolfberries into a clay pot, add water, and decoct twice, 30 minutes each time. Combine the two decoctions.

Usage: Drink as a tea substitute, one dose per day, divided into two servings, morning and evening.

Efficacy: Soothes the liver, benefits the kidneys, and lowers lipids.

Gynostemma pentaphyllum and Ginkgo biloba leaf tea

Formula: 10 grams each of Gynostemma pentaphyllum and Ginkgo biloba leaves.

Preparation: Dry the Gynostemma pentaphyllum and ginkgo leaves, and grind them into coarse powder. Pour boiling water over them, cover and steep for 15 minutes.

Usage: Drink as a tea substitute, one dose each time, twice a day.

Efficacy: Clears heat and resolves phlegm, invigorates qi and lowers lipids.

Safflower and Salvia miltiorrhiza tea

Formula: 5 grams of safflower and 15 grams of salvia miltiorrhiza.

Preparation: Cut the salvia miltiorrhiza into thin slices, add it to a clay pot with safflower, add water and decoct twice, 30 minutes each time. After filtering, return to the pot and concentrate to 300 ml, then add brown sugar.

Usage: Drink as a tea substitute, one dose per day, divided into two servings, morning and evening.

Efficacy: Nourishes blood, regulates blood, and lowers lipids.