Pumpkin belongs to lung, large intestine and bladder meridian, which has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and detoxifying, promoting fluid production and relieving annoyance, and benefiting gallbladder. It is suitable for obesity, pregnant women, renal edema, ascites due to cirrhosis, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and cancer.
Lotus root enters the heart, spleen and stomach meridians, which can clear away heat and promote fluid production, cool blood and disperse blood stasis, strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. It is suitable for people with malnutrition, anorexia, iron deficiency anemia, high fever, hematemesis, hematuria, hypertension, diabetes and constipation.
Taro belongs to the small intestine and stomach meridian, which can benefit the stomach, widen the intestine, relieve constipation, detoxify and resolve phlegm. It is suitable for the elderly, mammary gland hyperplasia, cancer and habitual constipation.
Sparerib belongs to spleen, kidney and stomach meridian, which can tonify kidney and nourish blood, nourish yin and moisten dryness. Suitable for yin deficiency, dizziness, anemia, dry cough without phlegm, dry stool and malnutrition.
The practice of winter melon lotus root ribs soup;
Materials:
400g of sparerib, 200g of lotus root, 20g of taro 1 00g, 8 red dates, 200g of wax gourd, 5 slices of onion, 3 slices of ginger, 20ml of cooking wine, 2g of salt 1 teaspoon, 2g of monosodium glutamate, 50g of astragalus root, 50g of licorice root, 5 slices of pepper and a cooking pot/kloc-0.
Exercise:
1. Wash and chop the ribs, cut the onion into sections, and slice the ginger for later use;
2. Add a proper amount of water to the pot, add some ginger slices, onion segments, cooking wine, pepper and ribs, blanch them to remove fishy smell, remove them, rinse them with cold water, and drain them for later use;
3. Peel lotus root, wash and cut into pieces, and wash Radix Astragali and Radix Glycyrrhizae for later use;
4. Put the pot on the fire, pour in clear water, add the remaining ginger slices, onion slices, astragalus, licorice, ribs and lotus root slices, and bring to a boil.
5. Peel and cut the yam into small pieces, peel and cut the wax gourd, and wash the red dates for later use;
6. After the soup is boiled for 1 hour, add wax gourd, yam and red dates, boil the soup with strong fire, simmer for about 1 hour, and add salt and monosodium glutamate to taste.
Note: it is not easy to eat this soup for people with too much damp heat and phlegm.