Ume Plum, Licorice Root and Chrysanthemum Tea

Why people make this tea

Nourilo was watching a Traditional Chinese Medicine programme on television one evening when he came across a remarkable case. The patient had been coughing for years — not from a cold, not from infection, but from something doctors struggled to pin down. A whiff of cooking smoke, a change in the wind, or a slight drop in temperature was enough to set off a coughing fit that would not stop. Chinese medicine and Western medicine both helped a little, but nothing got to the root of the problem. Eventually, a senior TCM practitioner diagnosed the condition as “wind cough” (feng ke) — a pattern where the airways are hypersensitive and any environmental trigger sets them off. A course of wind-dispersing herbs resolved the case within a month. The doctor then mentioned this simple three-ingredient tea for everyday prevention — and Nourilo thought it was worth sharing with everyone.