What tea should you drink when you have excessive internal heat?

When experiencing excessive internal heat (commonly referred to as "fire" in traditional Chinese medicine), you may choose from the following teas to help reduce the heat: 1. **Green tea**: Green tea has a cooling nature and possesses effects of clearing heat, relieving summerheat, reducing fire, and alleviating irritability. It is especially suitable for consumption in summer. Components in green tea such as polyphenols also have anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties, which may help relieve symptoms of excessive internal heat. 2. **Chrysanthemum tea**: Chrysanthemum tea clears heat, detoxifies, and benefits the eyes. It is particularly effective for symptoms such as redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes, as well as tearing, caused by excessive liver heat. 3. **Honeysuckle tea**: Honeysuckle tea has a cooling nature and functions to clear heat, purge fire, and detoxify the body. It may also help relieve symptoms of excessive internal heat. 4. **Cassia seed tea**: Cassia seed tea clears the liver, purges fire, and detoxifies. It is suitable for symptoms of excessive internal heat caused by excessive heat in the liver or stomach. While selecting appropriate teas, it is also important to adjust diet and lifestyle habits to achieve better effects in reducing internal heat. Patients with concerns are advised to seek timely medical consultation.