🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Five-Flavor Berry 250g, Ginkgo Leaf 500g, Red Date 250g, Honey 1000g, Rock Sugar or Sugar 50g. Wash Five-Flavor Berry, Ginkgo Leaf, and Red Date separately. Chop Ginkgo Leaf finely and tear open Red Date skin and flesh. Soak all together in water for 2 hours, with water level covering the ingredients; if Ginkgo Leaf floats, press it down with weight. Pour the soaked mixture including liquid into a large earthenware pot, boil over medium heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for about 1 hour until reduced to approximately one large bowl of thick decoction. Filter out the first decoction, add 3 large bowls of cold water, simmer again for about 1 hour until reduced to one large bowl of liquid, filter out the second decoction, discard residue. Combine first and second decoctions in a clay pot, simmer over low heat for half an hour to further concentrate the liquid. Add honey and rock sugar, do not cover, simmer gently for about half an hour, remove from heat, cool, then bottle and seal tightly. Take twice daily, 2 spoons each time, after meals, with warm water. One course lasts 3 months. This formula nourishes the five Zang-organs, supports heart blood, soothes liver Qi, unblocks meridians, moistens dryness, softens hardness, dilates blood vessels, regulates blood pressure, reduces cholesterol, and combats aging. Suitable for atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, etc. <Tonic Formula>