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Barley Sesame Chai

recipe: Tea
Cooking Instructions: Grind black sesame seeds to a paste with manuka honey, then add a spoonful or two of the paste to a mug with some hot water (or warm milk of your choice), a gram of toasted barley powder, and tiny pinches of ground fennel seed and green cardamom. Stir well and enjoy.

Treats Eastern:

Treats Western: 		Recipe ID: 299
Special Category: Vegetarian
Special Tags: Medicinal recipe, Beverage, Tea,
Submitted by: Bear from Cool, CA
Date Submitted: 10/25/2024
Public? True

Ingredients:

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Note: Temperature is determined by assigning a value from -2 to 2, where -2 is cold, -1 is cool, 0 is neutral, 1 is warm, and 2 is hot. The final temperature analysis / breakdown reflects the average temperature of all ingredients that affect the channel, multplied by the percentage of ingredients that affect the channel.

# Ingredients: 5

Channels Entered:

LUNG x2 (2/5)
LARGE INTESTINE x3 (3/5)
STOMACH x3 (3/5)
SPLEEN x4 (4/5)
KIDNEY x2 (2/5)
URINE BLADDER x2 (2/5)
GALLBLADDER x1 (1/5)
LIVER x2 (2/5)
SMALL INTESTINE x1 (1/5)


Temperature:

COOL x1
NEUTRAL x2
WARM x2


Flavors:

AROMATIC x2
SWEET x5
BITTER x1
SALTY x1
PUNGENT x2


Tonifies:

QI x3
BLOOD x2
YIN x3
YANG x1
JING x1


Regulates:

QI x2
BLOOD x2
COLD x2
HEAT x1
DAMP x2
WATER x1
TOXINS x2
PHLEGM x2
DRYNESS x3

Tai Yin Channels:

Honey(1), Cardamom(1),

Lung: 40.0% (2/5)

Slightly Warm (0.20)
NEUTRAL x1
WARM x1

TONIFY QI x1
TONIFY YIN x1
REGULATE QI x1
REGULATE BLOOD x1
REGULATE COLD x1
DAMP x1
TOXINS x1
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x1
Barley(1), Honey(1), Cardamom(1), Fennel seed(1),

Spleen: 80.0% (4/5)

Slightly Warm (0.20)
COOL x1
NEUTRAL x1
WARM x2

TONIFY QI x3
TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x2
TONIFY YANG x1
REGULATE QI x2
REGULATE BLOOD x1
REGULATE COLD x2
REGULATE HEAT x1
DAMP x2
WATER x1
TOXINS x2
PHLEGM x2
DRYNESS x2

Yang Ming Channels:

Sesame, black(1), Honey(1), Cardamom(1),

Large Intestine: 60.0% (3/5)

Slightly Warm (0.20)
NEUTRAL x2
WARM x1

TONIFY QI x1
TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x2
TONIFY JING x1
REGULATE QI x1
REGULATE BLOOD x2
REGULATE COLD x1
DAMP x1
TOXINS x1
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x2
Barley(1), Cardamom(1), Fennel seed(1),

Stomach: 60.0% (3/5)

Slightly Warm (0.20)
COOL x1
WARM x2

TONIFY QI x2
TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x1
TONIFY YANG x1
REGULATE QI x2
REGULATE COLD x2
REGULATE HEAT x1
DAMP x2
WATER x1
TOXINS x1
PHLEGM x2
DRYNESS x1

Shao Yin Channels:

Heart: 0% (0/5)

NOT AFFECTED
Sesame, black(1), Fennel seed(1),

Kidney: 40.0% (2/5)

Slightly Warm (0.20)
NEUTRAL x1
WARM x1

TONIFY QI x1
TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x1
TONIFY YANG x1
TONIFY JING x1
REGULATE QI x1
REGULATE BLOOD x1
REGULATE COLD x1
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x1

Tai Yang Channels:

Sesame, black(1),

Small Intestine: 20.0% (1/5)

Neutral (0.00)
NEUTRAL x1

TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x1
TONIFY JING x1
REGULATE BLOOD x1
DRYNESS x1
Barley(1), Fennel seed(1),

Bladder: 40.0% (2/5)

Neutral (0.00)
COOL x1
WARM x1

TONIFY QI x2
TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x1
TONIFY YANG x1
REGULATE QI x1
REGULATE COLD x1
REGULATE HEAT x1
DAMP x1
WATER x1
TOXINS x1
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x1

Jue Yin Channels:

Pericardium: 0% (0/5)

NOT AFFECTED

San Jiao: 0% (0/5)

NOT AFFECTED

Shao Yang Channels:

Sesame, black(1), Fennel seed(1),

Liver: 40.0% (2/5)

Slightly Warm (0.20)
NEUTRAL x1
WARM x1

TONIFY QI x1
TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x1
TONIFY YANG x1
TONIFY JING x1
REGULATE QI x1
REGULATE BLOOD x1
REGULATE COLD x1
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x1
Barley(1),

Gallbladder: 20.0% (1/5)

Slightly Cool (-0.20)
COOL x1

TONIFY QI x1
TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x1
REGULATE HEAT x1
DAMP x1
WATER x1
TOXINS x1
DRYNESS x1
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