Capillary Wormwood, Chicken-Bone Grass and Honey Date Tea

Why people make this herbal tea

Both chicken-bone grass (ji gu cao) and capillary wormwood (mian yin chen) are mainstays of Cantonese herbal cooking, prized for their traditional role in clearing what practitioners call “liver heat” — the kind of internal imbalance associated with feeling easily irritable, having a bitter taste in the mouth, or consuming a lot of rich, spicy food. Nourilo recommends this simple brew especially for those who tend toward a “hot constitution” and enjoy spicy food, as a periodic reset for the digestive system. The honey dates balance the slight bitterness of the herbs and make the tea genuinely pleasant to drink. Three simple ingredients; slow-simmered into something nourishing.