Since Ashley turned 1, I have been boiling herbal drinks for her….twice a week. One is “chat sing cha” (7 star drink) and the other is Barley without sugar. I buy them from the Chinese medicine hall near my house. The 7 star drink is not pre-packed but the barley is. When I boil the 7 star drink, I would add 2 mut cho (dried date) into the pot as well. As for the barley, just put in water and boil for about 2 hours in low heat. These herbal drinks are good for reducing body heat. I believe milk powder is pretty heaty and so are cookies which Ashley consume a lot in school *shake head* Do you boil any herbal drinks for your children?
A packet of chat sing cha (rm2). I would also add 2 pieces of mut cho (dried date) in the pot
after boiling
Ashley’s cup of herbal drink
A packet of Barley
My MIL used to boil this type of barley (sang sook yee mai) for C when she was younger. Me, I’m the lazy type… won’t boil this kind of stuff :p Only once in a while I do boil some organic pearled barley without sugar. I prefer to give her lots of fruits or make fresh juice for her.
i m feeling heaty too.. lack of sleep is also one of the reasons..
I do. I boil them barley, Chrysanthemum tea and Loh Hong Kuo on every Sat and Sun only.
yup i would boil barley soup, or cheng teng, red bean soup. Ashley doesn’t have a problem drinking the herbal drink? is it bitter?
Good that Ashley love the herbal drinks, my boys ok with lor hong kuo or Chrysanthemum tea but not barley. 🙁 Me myself also not really like barley. 😛 But i like “fu chuk yee mai” hahahahhahahha..weird hor.
My mom prepares this for Bryan too each week. He wont drink it just like that, so when we mix him milk, we use this instead of water.
I also boil barley for my Angel and that’s basically the one and only leong cha that she is willing to drink. Glad that Ashley loves the chat seng cha ….
wah that’s good of you ….we dont drink herbal drinks for the kids though…we boil barley for them to drink once in a while though 🙂
i like the 7 star tea. nice. mebe cus my mom put lots of rock sugar while boiling? hmmm… 🙂 my bbsitter boils either barley & kekwa once a week for krys to yamseng 🙂
i heard about the ‘7 stars drink’ but didnt boil for my kid. Only boil the barley. guess my kid wont drink the herbal drink.
And she drinks?
Mine still not so keen on herbal tea.
Maybe Chrysanthemum or sugar cane + water chestnut is ok.. but not others.
I can boil all I want (not that I do anyways) but no one’s gonna drink it, not even barley LOL.
Mine also not keen on herbal. He likes sour drinks. Luckily he drinks soup everyday. So we try to boil those ‘liong’ soup for him once in a while to balance up.
She drinks the 7 star drink? That’s good!!
Psst… I hate it but barley ok lar 😉
Ashley so good girl! She willing to drink the 7 star herbal drink?? doubt my will 🙁
I seldom boil herbal drink..I’m too lazy.
Oh.. dat is barley? Hmm.. my barley looks different leh! I dun boil these drinks.. Too lazy and never had the habit of drinking them.. I love soya oni 😀
I usually boil these herbal drinks in summer (when the weather is dry) for my girls, altho Ashleigh has outgrown the 7 stars drink. Sometimes, I will also boil pears with dried figs and the chinese almond. They love it.
wow, herbal tea twice a wk! i hv never drink or heard of 7 stars drink
i hardly boil them because i need to chase avery around the house just to get her drink a cup 🙁
MIL boiled herbal tea (less sugar) 3 times a week. The kids love them. But never seen the 7 star tea. Normally kekwa, lo han guo, barli, and pak chi cho. After drinking (esp barli) the kids got lots of pee pee. hehe…
I havent come across seven star tea before, i m wondering how does it taste? When i m free, will make barley drink also. Think that’s the easiest to make..hheheheh
waaa…sooo good la! Jasmine will scream if i force her to drink any medicine! the only herbal tea that she drinks is the one at our favourite seafood restaurant!
I tried boiling herbal tea for my lil one… but she would turn away after smelling it. not even giving it a shot. 🙁
wah…must be nice to drink…i love herbal tea…
i should do this…at least start them from young… its good for their health hor…. *must do list for 2010*