Lana Farson, M.S., L.Ac., Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist

Category Archives: All About Herbs

Soothe the Throat Tea

1 bag of herbs made with:
9 grams – ‘Pang Da Hai’ Semen Sterculiae scaphigeriae (Boat Seed)
5 grams – ‘Jie Geng’ Radix Platycodi grandiflori (Balloon Flower)
5 grams – ‘Gan Cao’ Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis (licorice)
Place above herbs in large tea cup or small tea pot.  Add boiling water and cover with lid for 10-15 minutes.  Drink and [...]

Herbs for Common Cold

There two basic categories of common cold:

Wind-cold
Wind-Heat

‘Wind-cold’ type common cold has more cold symptoms; some important ones are the person:

feels chilled and has aversion to drafts and to cold environments
has a throat that is not sore and painful (but may have a tickle or an itchy feeling which is more mild)
has mucus and phlegm is [...]