Olive, also known as olive in Chaoshan people, tastes sweet and astringent, and can clear the lung and relieve sore throat, promote fluid production and detoxify. Olives are often made into preserved fruit after pickling, which also has the effect of clearing throat and benefiting lung. Therefore, many Chaoshan people often chew olives from the beginning of the rise of yang in spring to prevent sore throat caused by excessive internal heat. Soups made of olives can also be adjusted according to personal preferences and different health care functions. Introduce several soups which are especially suitable for clearing heart, moistening lung, strengthening spleen and stomach and moistening mouth and tongue in spring and summer:

Qinglan pork lung soup:

Ingredients: olive 10~ 14, half pig lung, appropriate amount of lean meat, 8 scallops, 2 candied dates and a few slices of ginger.

Wash the pig lung, cut into pieces, cook it in a pot, put it in a pot until it is first cooked, then pick it up and put it in a soup pot with other ingredients. Pay attention to cut the olive in half, add water to the pot 1 hour and taste the soup.

Efficacy: clearing lung, relieving sore throat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Qinglan Siraitia grosvenorii Zhu bone soup

Ingredients: 8~ 12 olives, 0/2 Siraitia grosvenorii, 500g spareribs, 2 carrots and a few slices of ginger.

Cut the olives in half, cook the pork bones for 20 minutes, and wash the rest of the materials and cook them in a soup pot for about 40 minutes.

Efficacy: nourishing yin and relieving sore throat, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness.

Braised conch with olive and loquat leaves

Ingredients: 0/2 olive/kloc-,50g loquat leaf, 250g conch head, and several slices of ginger.

When making this soup, you can choose the unique "Kung Fu Pot" similar to a teapot in Chaoshan as a soup container, and the stewed soup tastes stronger and more nourishing. Cut the olive in half, it's easy to taste. Wash conch and cut into pieces. Soak loquat leaves until they are soft. Put the above materials into the soup, first boil with strong fire, and then simmer with low fire for about 1 hour.

Efficacy: clearing lung and relieving cough, promoting fluid production and strengthening spleen.