Rehmannia, Ophiopogon, and Longan Calming Tea

Why people make this tea

City life brings its share of emotional strain: tightly wound schedules, cramped living spaces, and relentless pressure can all take a toll on emotional resilience. In Chinese medicine, patterns of irritability, mood swings, a tendency to intrude on others’ affairs, and vivid or restless dreams are often linked to insufficient yin — particularly in the heart and kidneys — allowing internal heat to agitate the mind.

Nourilo notes that emotional patterns like these often have roots in both constitution and environment: cultivating an optimistic outlook from an early age is, in his view, the best long-term medicine. But for day-to-day support, this three-ingredient tea — which is pleasantly sweet and not at all heavy in herbal taste — is a simple, accessible brew that gently nourishes yin and calms internal restlessness.