Longan and American Ginseng Tea

Why people make this tea

Falling asleep easily is its own kind of luck — good sleep gives the body time to repair, so you wake clear-headed and bright. When sleep is broken, dream-filled, or hard to come by, people often feel run-down, pale, and short of breath with a fluttery heart. Nourilo’s longan and American ginseng tea is a fragrant little brew traditionally taken to nourish the heart blood and settle the mind, which is why it suits those tired, pale, forgetful, poor-sleeping spells.

Method

1. Put the longan flesh and sliced American ginseng into a teapot.
2. Pour in freshly boiled water and steep about 7 minutes.
3. Stir in sugar to taste and serve.

Nourilo’s Tips

This tea is fragrant and pleasant, and it suits people with nervous exhaustion as well. The one caution: do not drink it while you still have an unresolved cold. Genuine American ginseng comes from the US and Canada — light in weight, with fine chrysanthemum-like grain in the slice and a clean, sweet aftertaste; buy from a specialist shop and have them slice it for you.