Chenpi is often brewed together with honeysuckle and chrysanthemum to adjust taste and daily drinking experience. Whether it is suitable for daily use depends on ingredient properties and individual constitution.
Why daily drinking is not recommended
- As a daily beverage, long-term everyday use is generally not recommended to avoid discomfort caused by a cold–warm imbalance.
- Honeysuckle and chrysanthemum are traditionally regarded as cold in nature. Frequent long-term use may affect stomach and spleen comfort, leading to abdominal discomfort, vomiting, or diarrhea.
- For people with a cold-leaning constitution, long-term intake may increase feelings of coldness and result in symptoms such as cold limbs or a purplish skin tone.
Traditional properties and common uses of the three ingredients
- Chenpi: the dried mature peel of Citrus reticulata and its cultivated varieties (Rutaceae). In traditional usage it is often described as supporting qi movement and the spleen, and resolving dampness and phlegm, and is commonly used in formulations for abdominal distension, poor appetite with vomiting or diarrhea, hiccups, cold or damp phlegm, cough with phlegm, and chest discomfort.
- Honeysuckle: the dried flower bud or early-blooming flower of Lonicera japonica (Caprifoliaceae). Traditionally described as cold in nature and sweet in taste, and associated with the lung, stomach, and large intestine channels. It is commonly used in formulations for boils and sores, throat discomfort, erysipelas, heat-toxin dysentery, wind-heat colds, and febrile conditions.
- Chrysanthemum: the dried capitulum of Chrysanthemum morifolium (Asteraceae). Traditionally described as slightly cold in nature, and commonly used in formulations for early-stage febrile conditions, wind-heat colds, liver yang hyperactivity, headache and dizziness, red or painful eyes, blurred vision, and sores or swellings.
In short, this blend is not recommended for long-term daily use. The decision and frequency should be based on individual constitution and purpose; for health concerns or medical advice, consult a professional.