3 herbs to help improve mood

To dispel depression, you need to self-regulate your psychology by actively participating in group activities (sightseeing, traveling); socializing with friends with similar interests; maintaining regular exercise (walking, cycling) or sports suitable for your condition and physical condition... Besides, to relieve pessimism, you can use the help of some of the herbs below.

1. Buddha's hand fruit helps improve mood

Buddha's hand is a fruit, and also a medicine. According to Oriental medicine, Buddha's hand has a bitter, spicy, aromatic taste, and a warm nature; it has the effect of clearing the liver, relieving depression, regulating qi, and eliminating dampness and phlegm; it is used to treat symptoms of "liver depression and stagnation of qi", "liver and stomach disharmony", and "spleen and stomach qi stagnation" - leading to depression, boredom, chest and abdominal pain or pain in the ribs, frequent sighing, nausea, poor appetite, coughing up phlegm...

Use 16g fresh Buddha's hand or 8g dried Buddha's hand, steep in boiling water and drink as tea during the day. In addition, Buddha's hand leaves can be used instead of the fruit. Dosage: 30g fresh leaves or 15g dried leaves, steep in water and drink as tea.

2. Ripe tangerine peel (tran bi)

Wash and dry the ripe tangerine peel. It can be used raw or fried until golden brown. According to the method of preparing oriental medicine, the ripe tangerine peel is washed, drained, wiped and scraped clean inside, then sliced ​​and dried in the sun or dried to get the medicinal name of tangerine peel.

According to Oriental medicine, tangerine peel has a bitter and spicy taste, warm properties; has the effect of strengthening the spleen, regulating blood and qi in the body and improving mental state.

To relieve depression, you can use 12-16g of tangerine peel, boil it in water and drink it instead of tea during the day or dry it, grind it into a fine powder, mix it into hot porridge, and eat it for breakfast in the morning.

3. Cyperus rotundus

Cyperus rotundus is the dried rhizome of the Chinese clematis plant or Chinese clematis. The medicinal herb has a bitter, slightly sweet taste and neutral properties; it has the effect of reducing anger, discomfort, regulating menstruation, relieving pain, and eliminating phlegm...

In oriental medicine, Cyperus rotundus and dried tangerine peel both have the effect of "regulating the body's energy" - regulating the body's energy; improving mental state. In particular, Cyperus rotundus, in addition to its energy regulating effect, also has the effect of regulating menstruation. Therefore, oriental medicine believes that Cyperus rotundus is the leading medicine in the group of medicines for treating women's diseases. Most diseases are caused by mental depression (energy stagnation).

Experience using Cyperus rotundus to improve mood: Scrape off the skin of Cyperus rotundus, add water and boil for a while, crush, dry, then roast until golden brown and grind into powder, add honey, make into pills the size of corn kernels. Take 1 pill each time with warm water.