Let's get to know Carnation Tea

The role of carnations

Carnations have the effects of beautifying the skin, calming the mind and quenching thirst, clearing the heart and improving eyesight, relieving inflammation and relieving restlessness, promoting fluid production and moistening the throat, and strengthening the stomach and eliminating accumulation. They have obvious therapeutic effects on treating headaches and toothaches.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: Carnation flower tea is slightly cool in nature, sweet in taste, enters the lungs, kidneys, and meridians, and has the effects of calming the liver, moistening the lungs and nourishing the skin.

Modern medicine has proven that long-term drinking of scented tea has the effects of removing spots, moisturizing dryness, improving eyesight, detoxifying, nourishing the skin, and regulating endocrine system.

Carnations contain various trace elements needed by the human body, can accelerate blood circulation, promote metabolism, have the effects of clearing the heart and removing dryness, detoxifying and beautifying the skin, regulating the endocrine system, and at the same time have the effects of strengthening the kidneys and replenishing the essence, treating deficiency, cough, and thirst.

How to make carnation tea

Take 3-4 carnation flowers and brew them in boiling water for three minutes.

Suitable pairings for carnation tea

Forget-me-nots, violets, rose king, peony, and wintersweet.

Contraindications for drinking carnation tea

Everything has its pros and cons, so after you understand the various advantages of carnation tea, you must also understand the precautions you should take when drinking it.

①The first thing to remind is that pregnant women should not drink carnation tea, as it may even cause miscarriage in severe cases.

② People with weak spleen and stomach and diarrhea should not drink it. Drinking carnation flower tea can cause diarrhea.

③Don’t mix carnation tea with other flowers, as it will affect its effectiveness, so be sure to check whether it is suitable before mixing them.

④ Carnation tea can be used as medicine, but it has certain side effects and should not be consumed as a health product.

⑤ Don’t drink overnight carnation tea as it is bad for your stomach and intestines and can cause pigmentation on your body.