Cold ˇ¤Fever

The most common illness that you can catch in the spring season is a cold and fever. People are especially susceptible to colds and fevers when the weather is chilly outside, or when you stay indoors for a long period of time and the ventilation inside is poor. Colds are naturally cured after usually 1 to 2 weeks. But if you don't take good care of yourself, the cold can just as easily be prolonged for a second bout and this could ultimately lead to all sorts of other illnesses.

The culprits of colds are considered to be over-exhaustion and accumulated fatigue.

To prevent fatigue, it is good to drink hot herbal teas such as Quince tea, Tangkwi tea(angelica sprouts mixed in honey water), Ginger tea, Tangerine Peels tea, Cinnamon tea and so on. If you find your nose runs a lot, drink Ginger tea. Drink it strong by puting in one nut of ginger and one piece of ground garlic into a cup of hot water and just like that, your nose stops running. When your body is attacked with bouts of coldness and fever, you'll find Citron tea to be effective. It is rich in vitamin C and especially effective when drunk in the early stages of such attacks of coldness and fever. When you have a serious case of the coughs, Quince tea is perfect. It is also good to drink when you have a serious coughing problem from colds or bronchitis, or when you feel the onset of fatigue setting in from overworking your arm and leg muscles.

Loss of Appetite

When you have lost your appetite and find yourself breaking into a cold sweat, Cinnamon tea is good to drink. Cinnamon is good for regaining that lost appetite due to colds and stops the breaking out of cold sweat and produces regular perspiration. It also helps neutralize the stimulation of the central nervous system, controls the moisture metabolism and helps activate all of the functions of the internal organs.

Splenitis and Asthma

When your coughing doesn't stop and you show temporary asthma reactions after catching the spring season cold, boil down apricot seeds and drink them as tea, or crush the seeds into powder and drink them. Or you can get good results by cutting off the white of the green onion root, boiling it down and then drinking it as tea. When you have symptoms of a severe running nose or a stuffy nose, which is splenitis, squeeze out the green juice from a lotus root and wet the insides of your nose with it. It also good to drink your tea with either magnolia or peppermint leaves.

Spring languor

When your body feels fatigued for some reason, or when your fatigue just doesn't seem to want to go away even after having rested for a long time, boil down some Injin ssuk(Artemisia capillaris) and eat it, or cut some quince into pieces, boil them, and drink it like tea. If you boil down some dried arrowroot and drink it like as tea, your fatigue will go away. It is also good to soak black beans in water and then drink it like tea. When you feel your body weakening and your energy level falling, then it is good to regularly take ginseng porridge, powdered medicine tea, kugicha(Chinese matrimony vine) tea, and Pokpuncha(Rubus coreanus) tea.

Insomnia

There are many people who complain about anxiety from insomnia: after a hard day's work, he goes to bed only to find that he can't fall asleep; or though he may fall asleep, he doesn't have the pleasure of a deep sleep. Does this sound familiar? When you suffer through such severe insomnia, it is good to drink gardenia seeds as tea. This tea is especially good for people who can't fall asleep due to facial burning sensations and strong heart palpitations.

For people who suffer from insomnia and who feel coldness in their body and whose digestive system is weak, drinking jujube tea and ginger tea will be helpful.

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For the weary days of spring, the never-ending cases of fatigue and illnesses during the period of seasonal change, how about treating them all with herbal teas?

To do away with spring faitgue, common especially after meals, colds, asthma, splenitis, insomnia, and so on, why not trying making these teas inside your very own homes, using herbal products that can be easily bought at oriental medicine clinics or in the market? Herbal teas use all natural products and therefore there are no side-affects, and the necessary ingredients can be easily bought and the tea easily made on your own.

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Citron Tea(left) and Quince tea(right) are good for fighting colds, fevers, and for recovery from fatigue.