Remedies for Insomnia 8
Fresh lotus root 1 piece, pear 1 piece. Wash lotus root, remove root end and outer skin; peel and core pear, cut into pieces. Squeeze juice from each using clean gauze, combine both juices, drink as tea.
Lotus root has different effects when raw or cooked. Cooked lotus root is sweet and warm, best for heart and spleen, strengthens spleen and opens appetite, nourishes blood and enriches the heart. Raw lotus root is sweet and cold, clears heat and relieves irritability, cools blood and disperses stasis. Both have calming effects.
This formula uses raw lotus root to clear heat and calm the spirit, combined with pear juice that clears heat and resolves phlegm, forming a formula that clears heat, resolves phlegm, relieves irritability, and calms the spirit.
Regular consumption improves sleep quality in individuals with heat-related insomnia. Particularly effective for those with upper-jiao phlegm-heat presenting with irritability, thirst, cough, phlegm, and inability to sleep at night.