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These days the weather temperature had gone up quite significantly. It is indeed nearly summer!(Summer in this country starts mid-March to May). However, with the changes in the weather,many children are getting sick - cough, colds and fever or flu.My son has terrible cough and colds. He has enough thick mucus that blocks his nasal passageway. He has trouble sleeping at night and difficulty concentrating in school. And thesyrups seem not to have any effect. What to do? I turn to the age-old remedy of Chinesemedicine. Actually, I forgot all about this until mother-in-law reminded me. :)Chrysanthemum flower tea is one very common type of Chinese tea. Drunk with meals it helpsto aid digestion, especially of greasy foods. It is also commonly taken to help strengthen thelungs and relieve head congestion. It has cooling effect that is very appropriately taken duringhot weather. According to my mother-in-law, it can help in the early stages of feverish type of flu. It may also help relieve certain types of headaches, blurred vision and dizziness. (But theeffect on those symptoms will vary dependent on the underlying cause, of course.)This tea is very easy to prepare. Take fresh yellow chrysanthemum flowers. Clean them well,and brew with hot boiling water. Since fresh flowers are not available here, what we have onhand are dried flowers. We usually have a supply since we really stock up on this flower teawhen somebody goes to China. We can also brew the dried flowers. Boil a tablespoon or two of dried flowers for every cup of water, strain and drink. (In my photo above, I deliberately did notstrain eveything so that you can see what the chrysanthemum flowers look like.) The resultingtea is yellowish in color with the fragrance of chrysanthemum flowers. This tea is very mild andsafe, with no side effects, this can be taken regularly.But for my son's aggravated condition, mother-in-law recommends the salt-infused