3 herbs to improve mood
Pessimistic and depressed mood is due to the liver's regulatory function being congested. Mood can be improved with some herbs...
To relieve depression, you need to self-regulate your psychology by actively participating in group activities (sightseeing, traveling); socializing with friends who have the same interests; maintaining regular exercise (walking, cycling) or sports suitable for your condition and physical condition... In addition, to relieve pessimistic mood, 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 medicinal herb. According to Oriental medicine, Buddha's hand has a bitter, spicy, aromatic taste, and a warm nature; it has the effect of relieving liver 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 stagnation of qi" - leading to depression, discouragement, chest, abdomen, or rib pain, frequent sighing, nausea, poor appetite, coughing with phlegm...
Use 16g fresh Buddha's hand or 8g dried Buddha's hand, steep in boiling water and drink instead of 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 instead of tea.
2. Ripe tangerine peel (tran bi)
Wash and dry the peel of ripe tangerines. It can be used raw or fried until golden brown. According to the method of preparing oriental medicine, the peel of ripe tangerines is washed, drained, wiped and scraped clean inside, then chopped and dried in the sun or dried in a dryer. The medicine is called tangerine peel.
According to Oriental medicine, tangerine peel has a bitter and spicy taste and warm properties; it has the effect of strengthening the spleen, regulating the blood 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 spicy, 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. Cyperus rotundus, in addition to its energy regulating effect, also has the effect of regulating menstruation. Therefore, oriental medicine considers Cyperus rotundus to be the leading medicinal herb 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, and make into pills the size of corn kernels. Take 1 pill each time with warm water.