GOJI - - Goji berries - are a great blood tonic. But these tiny red jewels have the additional benefit of falling into a category of herbs known as “Superior Immortal Foods” - due to its ability to nourish all three treasures (the treasures being JING, Qi / Blood, Shen).

Benefits of Goji:

-              Can be eaten rule or cooked, energetics and mild sweet and sour.

-              They televise and stimulate  the central nervous system.

-              They are antifungal good for hypertension.

-              Can be paired with shoes Andra Romania and ginseng for a kidney tonic as well as a sexual enhancer.

-              Support endurance and athletic performance so good for runners.

-              They are antioxidant, (vit c),and therefore good for liver and eye sight, sperm production, immune system, strength building, sexual potency.

-              They boost  optimism and  sleep. Spirituallu significant food. Vitaminc C, A and betacaritin

Also B1,2 and vitamin E. 18 amino acids and 21 trace minerals.

CHRYSTANTHENUM - In the modern Chinese Medicinal guides, the chrysanthemum is listed among the cooling herbs for “relieving the surface” (or “releasing the exterior”). The flowers are also often utilised to promote circulation, cool the body, preserve vitality, and provide some properties akin to those of the tonic herbs.

The chrysanthemum is sweet, bitter, and cool-natured, and according to Traditional Chinese Medicine has the potency to expel wind, clear away heat, calm the liver, improve acuity of sight, subdue inflammation, and expel toxic substances. It is used as an exterior syndrome relieving herb, pungent in flavour and cool in property, to treat wind-heat syndrome and swelling and it can even be used to treat cardiovascular diseases and hypertension due to its cooling and pressure/swelling relieving functions. High blood pressure is also a kind of “wind rising upward”, which can cause headaches, dizziness and light-headedness. Combined with honeysuckle flowers, chrysanthemums have been known to effectively reduce blood pressure.

When incorporated into a treatment, chrysanthemum tends to clear heat in the upper body. For conditions like the common cold, upper respiratory infection, and tonsillitis that are categorised as an external invasion of wind and heat. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, chrysanthemum is usually combined with mulberry leaf, peppermint and platycodon root for relieving fever, headache and coughing. For red and itchy eyes, adding the flower to your diet can help nourish yourlLiver and benefit your vision, thus clearing visual discomfort.

HAWTHORN

Commonly dried red fruit, its flavour is sour and sweet (slightly cranberry like) and it is slightly warming. It is affiliated with the stomach, spleen, and liver. Its benefits include:

-              Promotion of  digestion and help in the allevation of  stomach upsets (like diarrhoea).

-              Contains antioxidants and antibacterial properties.

-              Good for heart health, bloating, indigestion.