Hawthorn Goji Berry Tea Digestion Tea 山楂杞子茶 is an excellent Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal beverage for digestion. Hawthorne berries enhance digestive enzymes production when you feel bloated with food stagnation. The sweet and tangy tart hawthorne berries are well-balanced and delicious drunk hot or cold! Combined with red dates and organic goji berries, Three Reds Digestive Tea 三紅茶 (sānhóng chá) supports heart and healthy cholesterol functions!
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The delicious blend of goji and hawthorn fruit tea is a classic Chinese herbal remedy to improve the digestive system, primarily to break down fatty protein-rich and greasy foods.
Whenever you are feeling bloated, gassy and sluggish, make a big pot of this natural Chinese lemonade!
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Ingredients and Substitutes
Optional Ingredients
- Goji Berries 杞子粒
- Rock Sugar 冰糖
Most dry goods ingredients, tools and supplies can be purchased at your local Asian markets or Chinese grocery stores or Amazon Online.
What Are Hawthorn Berries?
I remember eating these little hawthorn flakes when I was a kid. It was tart, tangy and sweet enough to trick a kid into thinking it was candy! I never knew what a real Hawthorn looked like or questioned where it came from. But I sure loved those little hawthorn flakes wrapped in pink paper.
Hawthorn berry desserts are important winter delicacies in Northern China. This small bright red fruit resembles a tiny apple: white flesh but less juicy than an apple. It is tart with an astringent flavour if eaten raw, so it is usually cooked or made into desserts or candied snacks like tanghulu 糖葫芦.
Health Benefits of Chinese Herbs
There are a lot of health benefits when it comes to Chinese herbs. Medicinal herbs have been used for thousands of years in Asian culture as health tonic beverages.
Regular consumption of hawthorn tea is the perfect way to balance digestive support and healthy bowel movements.
This herbal tea uses simple ingredients of well-known herbs and is a renowned formula commonly used in many Chinese households.
Dried Hawthorn Berries 山楂/红果捞 - Shānzhā
Hawthorn berries (Fructus Crataegi) are nutrient-rich with a tart, tangy taste and mild sweetness.
Traditional Chinese healers use dry hawthorn slices for year-round digestive support.
The hawthorn berry is warm and targets the spleen, stomach, heart and liver. Hawthorn berries are the most often used herb in the TCM treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Shan Zha is also a herbal remedy for digestive problems, heart issues, and high blood pressure (alleviates hypertension), lowering cholesterol and body fat.
Hawthorn should not be eaten on an empty stomach because it is acidic. Side effects include upset stomach pain.
For example, Bao He Wan 保和丸 is an over-the-counter Traditional Chinese Medicine that helps stimulate digestion, aid the immune system, remove retained food and regulate stomach function was first recorded in the Danxi Xinfa 丹溪心法 in 1481. The chief ingredients of these pills are the hawthorn plant and pinellia ternata rhizome (Zhi Ban Xia, 制半夏), used to treat spleen deficiency encumbered by dampness and internal retention of phlegm and thin mucus.
山楂消積化滯、收斂止痢、活血化淤、平喘化痰、促進脂肪類食物消化、 防治心腦血管疾病、胸膈痞滿、疝氣血淤閉經等功效。楂中含有的解脂酶可以促进脂肪类食物消化。服用山楂水后有很好的利尿和通便作用。
Red Dates 紅棗 - Hóngzǎo
Jujube fruits are sweet and warm and enter the heart, spleen, and stomach meridians. It tonifies and improves the digestive system's motility. Choose unpitted red dates because their seeds inherently calm the mind and promote relaxation.
Ziziphus jujube's edible fruits are highly nutritious and contain plenty of vitamin C and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and magnesium.
A daily cup of tea of Red Date Longan Goji Tea is terrific for a woman's health!
"一日吃三枣，青春不显老。" 紅棗甘甜、溫熱，可進入心脾胃經，養血安神，治療失眠。
Organic Goji Berries 枸杞子 , Gǒuqǐzi
Gǒuqǐzi in TCM, the Wolfberry nourishes the blood and tonifies the Yin by entering the kidney and liver channels. These unique berries are powerful antioxidants that are excellent for healthy vision.
Lycium Chinense is rich in polysacharides, betaine, sesquiterpenes, vitamin A, B-1,2, C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zeaxanthin, physalein, and linolein acid. Gou qi zi belongs to warm-type constitutions.
A ¼ cup serving of fresh goji berries is only 111 calories. Goji berries are high-antioxidant superfruits that prevent free radicals from damaging DNA, lipids and proteins. There are 18 amino acids in goji berries, while apples only have 16.
Known as Matrimony Vine Fruit for its aphrodisiac effect, this wonderful tonic herb promotes longevity and youthfulness, brightens the eyes and moistens the lungs.
If you love organic goji berries, try adding goji berries to your oatmeals or Energy Raw Bars.
枸杞子有养阴补血、滋补肝肾、益精明目清火的功效。養血安神、治療失眠、养肝护肝、 补肾。枸杞性质比较温和，食用稍多无碍，但进食过多也会令人上火。
Instructions
Soak the herbs for 5-10 minutes in a small bowl to remove traces of impurities. This will help remove dust and debris. Rinse and set aside in a small bowl.
Add all the herbal ingredients (hawthorn berries, red dates, and organic goji berries into a Buydeem Health Beverage Maker. Fill with water and set to Tea Mode.
Although not all Chinese herbs react with metal, it is best not to use a metal pot when making Chinese medicinal herbal soups.
Alternatively, add all ingredients into a small pot, fill it with water, and boil for at least 15 minutes.
Add rock sugar to your desired sweetness. Stir until dissolved.
Serve and best to enjoy while hot.
During a hot summer's day, chill the brewed herbal digestive tea in the refrigerator for a refreshing beverage.
This delicious tea with potent anti-inflammatory properties can be kept fresh in an airtight container for up to 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator.
Other Nourishing Chinese Soups
- Ba Wong Fa Soup for Cough and Phlegm 霸王花無花果瘦肉響螺湯
- Moisturizing Chinese Apple Sea Coconut Soup 雪梨蘋果海底椰玉竹無花果湯
- Chinese Papaya Soup with Black Eyed Peas (Easy) 木瓜花生眉豆雪耳雞腳湯
- Si Shen Tang Herbal Soup Adrenal Fatigue 四神湯
- Silkie Chicken Cordyceps Fish Maw Conch Soup 蟲草花花膠响螺煲烏雞湯
What To Serve With Hawthorn Berry Tea
Make a big batch of this delicious tea in a teapot and enjoy it throughout the day. A cup of this tea is soothing and a great way to warm up, absorb nutritious vitamins, and improve immune functions.
Enjoy a cup of this Three Reds Digestive Tea as a nonalcoholic beverage after-dinner aperitif digestifs:
- Steamed Chicken with Chinese Mushrooms and Sausages Claypot Rice 臘腸冬菇滑雞煲仔飯
- Instant Pot Braised Chinese Mushrooms 髮菜炆冬菇食譜
- Microwave Soy Sauce Chicken Wings 豉油雞翅微波爐
- Chinese Tomato Egg Stir-fry 番茄炒蛋
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PrintHawthorn Goji Berry Digestion Tea 山楂杞子茶
Hawthorn Goji Berry Tea Digestion Tea 山楂杞子茶 is an excellent Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal beverage for digestion. Hawthorne berries enhance digestive enzymes production when you feel bloated with food stagnation. The sweet and tangy tart hawthorne berries are well-balanced and delicious drunk hot or cold! Combined with red dates and organic goji berries, Three Reds Digestive Tea 三紅茶 (sānhóng chá) supports heart and healthy cholesterol functions!
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 people 1x
- Category: Drinks, Chinese Medicinal Food Therapy
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: Chinese, Chinese Medicinal Food Therapy
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
- 12 Dried Hawthorn Berry 山楂
- 6–8 Organic Dried Goji Berries 杞子粒
- 2-3 Red Dates 紅棗, unpitted
- 1L Water, boiled 泡水
- 50g Rock Sugar 冰糖
Instructions
- Soak the herbs for 5-10 minutes in a small bowl to remove traces of impurities. This will help remove dust and debris. Rinse and set aside in a small bowl.
- Add all the herbal ingredients (hawthorn berries, red dates, and organic goji berries into a Buydeem Health Beverage Maker. Fill with water and set to Tea Mode.
- Although not all Chinese herbs react with metal, it is best not to use a metal pot when making Chinese medicinal herbal soups.
- Alternatively, add all ingredients into a small pot, fill it with water, and boil for at least 15 minutes.
- Add rock sugar to your desired sweetness. Stir until dissolved.
- Serve and best to enjoy while hot.
- During a hot summer's day, chill the brewed herbal digestive tea in the refrigerator for a refreshing beverage.
- This delicious tea with potent anti-inflammatory properties can be kept fresh in an airtight container for up to 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator.
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- Adding a little sugar to this drink will reduce the sourness and it's acidity and soothe the stomach.
- Most dry goods ingredients, tools and supplies can be purchased at your local Asian markets or Chinese grocery stores or Amazon Online.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1500 ml
- Calories: 79
- Sugar: 16.7 g
- Sodium: 25.4 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19.6 g
- Protein: 1.2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Keywords: Hawthorn Goji Berry Tea, 山楂杞子茶, 山楂, 杞子, Chinese Medicinal Food Therapy, TCM, Herbal, Improves digestion, regulates blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, body fat, treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
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Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
This tea is delicious! I love goji berries - and the hawthorn berries were really good. I'd never had them before. A perfect after dinner tea!
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Andréa Janssen says
Thanks for sharing this delicious cup of tea. Really enjoyed it!
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Katie says
i feel absolutely incredible after drinking this goji berry tea, and it's deliciouis!
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Nancy says
I love this tea to relieve any time I've over eaten!
Marcellina says
Perfect for the festive season coming up!
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Nancy says
it's awesome after a heavy meal!
Swathi says
This is really useful post, I love Gojiberry thanks for sharing this.
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Nancy says
you're welcome!
Jamie says
The flavor of the tea is so good!
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Nancy says
Thanks!!!
Choclette says
This sounds delicious and just what my husband needs right now. He's feeling uncomfortably bloated and his leg is inflamed.
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Nancy says
Hopefully he'll feel better after drinking this tea!
Giangi Townsend says
Sounds like a fantastic tea and look forward to try some. Thank you.
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Nancy says
Thanks!
Sue says
What a wonderful way to help out your digestion. Delicious!
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Nancy says
Agreed! It's so easy and tastes delicious!
Elizabeth says
Thanks for the great recipe! Love drinking tea in the morning to get my day started.
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Nancy says
You can drink this throughout the day and will feel refreshing!
Stine Mari says
I didn't know I needed this until know. What a delicious way to medicate!
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Nancy says
It smells delicious too!
kushigalu says
Interesting and unique tea recipe. Thanks a lot for sharing
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Nancy says
It's a great chinese herbal tea!!
Ieva says
Very useful! Especially with all the Christmas feasts coming up!
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Nancy says
Merry Christmas!
Gina says
This tea was just what I was looking for. I will be making this for myself often! Thanks for sharing!
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Nancy says
I love tea myself too!
Nicolette says
This has quickly become my favorite tea. SO easy to make and makes me feel so good!
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Nancy says
It's just what our body needs especially after a heavy meal!
Michelle says
I love that this tea is tasty and good for you too
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Nancy says
Totally agree!
Shruti says
Sounds interesting and healthy. I would like to ask how long would it take to boil this tea using an instant pot?
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Nancy says
i did not use an instant pot. I would suggest boiling this in water on high heat for 15 mins minimum.
Shruti says
Hi, Nancy. Do you mean I should boil it in water on high heat?
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Shruti says
Sorry I meant should I boil it in water on high heat in a normal pot?
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Nancy says
Hi ! You can boil in water on high heat for 15 mins then simmer for 45 mins.
Nancy says
Hi You can boil in water on high heat for 15 mins then simmer for 45 mins.
jennifer says
Thanks for all this info on hawthorne berry benefits (I've had gogi, but not these) - I can't wait to find them and make the tea. I'm a slow digester, so I think this will be perfect for me.
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Stacey says
I can't wait to try this tea. I think it would make an excellent iced tea as well.
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Donny says
Never heard of hawthorn before but I love tea so I had to try this. I used honey instead of rock sugar and loved it!
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Janessa says
I love having tea after dinner so I’m going to have to try this goji berry tea soon! Looks very simple to prepare.
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Shelby says
Love this as a "night cap" after a big day of eating! Tastes good and makes me feel so much less full!
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Tavo says
I loved this tea! I didn't know goji berries were good for digestion, and I love them! I usually put some on my smoothies.
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Kayla DiMaggio says
Love this! What a great tea recipe! I love goji berry!
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Katie says
Oh I love this digestion tea! It's so healthy and tasty!
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Anna says
Thank you, this is such a helpful recipe. The tea is delicious and it's health benefits are cool addition.
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Emily says
This tea is so delicious and soothing! I had an indulgent meal last night and having this tea made me feel better!
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Natalie says
This tea sounds wonderful. I love goji berries and since I'm having horrible digestion issues lately, this tea is right for me. Thanks, I will give it a try.
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Daniela says
Thank you for sharing! Will try this for sure
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Nancy says
high five to wellness self love!
Jo says
This is my new favorite tea. I like the use of rock sugar here.
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Nancy says
rock sugar is wonderful and soothing!
Katie says
I’m always looking for herbal recipes like this one and I’m OBSESSED!
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Nancy says
Herbal recipes are such wonderful wellness and self care remedies! be sure to check out our list of TCM recipes!
Ana says
Love this tea! Definitely aids in digestion and is perfect after dinner.
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Nancy says
totally! and if you chill it in the summer it is even more refreshing!
Joshua says
I really enjoyed this tea and how it helps with digestion. Perfect tea for after dinner.
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Andrea says
such a refreshing tea! delicious!
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Anaiah says
I love all things goji berry so I knew I had to try this tea. Love all the nutritional benefits it provides!
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Choclette says
What a great tea. I've never come across hawthorn flakes before, but I love the idea. I forage for hawthorns and use them in other ways though.
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Jacqui says
I am obsessed!! Such a great tea recipe - you gotta try this!
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Melinda says
What a perfect time of year to be sharing this delightful tea. I’ll be keeping this recipe on hand to serve after our holiday meals.
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Nancy says
sometimes we make a big pot and chill it in the fridge too!
serena says
This is so perfect for the upcoming holiday eating we are about to have in the US. I'm such a fan of tea, I can't wait to try this
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Nancy says
Yes this will definitely sooth those over stretched tummies during this festive season!
Amy Liu Dong says
I think I need to try this tea. I will check this out.
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Nancy says
Hope you enjoy it! Super simple and delicious!
Jean says
Sounds like an amazing tea! I love having tea after the main meal, so keen to try this.
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Nancy says
It's so soothing after a large meal!
Andrea White says
Love this tea so much! So soothing!
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Nancy says
We agree! In the summer you can chill it and keep a batch in the fridge too!