Traveling Teas

Mountain Rose Herbs Journal, Summer 2022 edition

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Way of Tea: February Puerh notes

Here's a few notes from last night's Way of Tea event: 

Tea/ 茶

• Read this article
  for more details on Pu'erh (普洱) tea
• Want to brew with a gaiwan (蓋碗)? 
  Watch this video
  . 

Dao De Jing/ 道德經

Here's the reflection questions that I posed from passage 9: 

• What's a tangible example of when you should have stepped back? How do you "step back"?
• How do you balance work, play, time, boundaries, and other elements with integrity? 

• Click here
  for a list of free online "Dao De Jing" resources

Stay Healthy

• Come see me in my clinic (Ventura and Oxnard locations) for personalized one-on-one acupuncture, herbs, and yoga consultations/ treatments! Find more classes/ clinic schedule on
   my website
• Follow me on 
  Instagram and Facebook for beautiful photos + yummy Chinese medicine morsels. 

Upcoming events

• Stay tuned for our next Way of Tea in March! 
• Please join us for Community Acupuncture on Friday February 21.
• Sign up for my mailing list to receive latest updates! 

Jiling Lin, L.Ac. 林基玲

"Way of Tea" notes

Here's a few notes from last night's Way of Tea event. 

Tea/ 茶

• Read this article
  for more details about White Tea
• Want to brew with a gaiwan?
   Watch this video
  . 

Dao De Jing/ 道德經

• Click here
   for a list of free online "Dao De Jing" resources (see bottom of post)

Upcoming events

• Please join us for the next Way of Tea, Monday February 3! You can prepare a Dao De Jing passage that you wish to discuss, if you'd like. 
• Please join us for Community Acupuncture
   on Friday January 24. 

Welcome

• Contact me for acupuncture, herbs, and yoga consultations/ treatments! Find more classes/ clinic schedule on 
  my website
  . 
• Follow me on 
  Instagram
   and Facebook
   for beautiful photos + yummy Chinese medicine morsels. 

Have a wonderful first month of 2020!

Jiling 

PS-  Here's the reflection questions that I posed after reading passage 39

• When do you feel "in harmony with the Dao"? (give examples from the past month, or year) 
• How do you "interfere with the Dao"? 
• How do you "let yourself be shaped by the Dao"?

Jiling Lin, L.Ac. 林基玲

acupuncture . herbs . yoga

www.JilingLin.com

the Way of Tea

Legend has it that Shen-Nong, the first herbalist of Chinese lore, was walking one day, when a leaf fell into his cup. He learned about medicinal, edible, and toxic properties of plants, animals, and minerals through ingesting and experimenting on his own body. So, he imbibed this drink... and found it lovely. Welcome Camellia sinensis, or the "Tea plant."

I'm excited to share a monthly discussion group on "the Way of Tea" at Aum Vibe, our local yoga studio and tea lounge. We'll sip tea, and discuss a passage of Lao Zi's "Dao de Jing" (老子道德經) each month.

Read more about Tea in this highly informative article from Kevin Horan, or flip through Global Tea Hut's extensive archives of monthly tea-themed newsletters.

Here's a few different translations/ interpretations of the "Dao de Jing"

• A comparative study referenced from Andrew Nugent-Head, LAc
• Stephen Mitchell (one of my favorites)
• Feng and English (another favorite)
• Legge (with Chinese text)
• Rosenthal

Visit my website for more information about my clinic + class offerings! 

"Creating Teas" class handout

Teas, Internally

Tea

1-2 T dried plants : 1 C hot water

Steep 3-10 minutes

Infusion

1 oz dried plants : 1 L hot water

Steep 20 minutes (standard) to overnight (for nutritive food-like herbs, only)

Decoction

1 oz dried plants : 1 L water

Start on stovetop, bring to a boil, simmer on low together for 20+ minutes

Note: If the plants are fresh, then more plant material is needed.

Teas, Externally

Wash

Soak, with strong infusion/ decoction

Steam

Cover, with steaming infusion/ decoction

Compress

Cloth soaked with warm infusion/ decoction, replaced as needed

Poultice/ fomentation

Mashed up plants, direct application

Steeping Styles

- Steep’n’Strain

- Cold infusion

- Hot infusion

- Overnight infusion

- Solar/ lunar infusion

Formulation

The triangle: primary, secondary/ supportive, tertiary/ corrigent herbs

Nourishing Infusions

- Nettles (Urtica dioica)

- Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)

- Oatstraw (Avena sativa)

- Marshmallow (Althaea spp.; cold infusion only)

- Linden leaf (Tilia spp.)

- Violets (Viola spp.)

- Roses (Rosa spp.)

- Elm bark (Ulmus spp.; cold infusion only)

- Raspberry leaf (Rubus spp.)

Chai: basic recipe

Spices:

- Cinnamon 4

- Ginger 3

- Cardamon 2

- Nutmeg 1

- Black Pepper 1

- Cloves 0.5

Base:

- Black tea/ nourishing infusion

- Milk/ other fat

Articles from Other Resources

Wildcrafting

“Wildcrafting for the Practicing Herbalist,” by 7song

http://7song.com/files/Wildcrafting%20Herbalist.pdf

“Wildcrafting Checklist,” by Howie Brounstein

http://home.teleport.com/~howieb/treats/wildcrft.html

Herbal Actions and Energetics

“Herbal Actions and Energetics,” by jim mcdonald

http://herbcraft.org/properties.html

Teas

“How to Develop your Tea-Tasting Palate,” by Mark Falkowitz (focusing on Taiwanese/ Chinese teas)

http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/03/how-to-taste-tea.html

Infusions

“Nourishing Infusions,” by Susun Weed

http://herbshealing.com/herbal_ezine/September08/anti-cancer.htm