Stewed pork with Prunella vulgaris.
Efficacy: clearing heat and promoting diuresis, clearing liver heat.
Ingredients: 500g of Hengli, 20g of Prunella vulgaris, 20g of Herba Artemisiae Scopariae and 4 slices of ginger.
Practice: 1. Fly the pig sideways to remove the smell. 2. Put Prunella Spica, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Ginger and Pork into a casserole, and add 2500ml of water. Braise for 2 hours before seasoning.
Indications: Pigs are flat and astringent, nourishing the spleen and stomach and helping digestion; Prunella vulgaris has the effects of clearing liver, improving eyesight, resolving hard mass and reducing swelling; Mianyinchen has the effect of clearing away damp-heat and removing jaundice. Therefore, the soup can clear away heat, dry dampness and liver heat, and is especially suitable for diabetic patients.
Braised chicken feet with lentils in Huaishan Mountain.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals.
Materials: yam 15g, lentil 15g, euryales seed 15g, coix seed 15g, fresh chicken feet 200g (about 10) and a little shredded ginger.
Practice: First, wash the chicken feet and cut off the toenails. Put the yam, lentils, Gordon Euryale seed, Coix seed, chicken feet and ginger slices into a clay pot, add 2500ml of water (about 10 bowl of water), boil with strong fire, and simmer for 2 hours. Season with salt after cooking.
Indications: Chicken feet in soup are sweet in taste and flat in nature, and have the functions of invigorating spleen and qi, relaxing tendons and strengthening bones, and chicken feet contain more collagen, which can make skin smooth and elastic when eaten; Yam has the effects of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, strengthening spleen, tonifying lung and kidney; Lentils have the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach; Euryale ferox has the effects of invigorating spleen, removing dampness, consolidating kidney and benefiting essence; Coix seed has the function of strengthening spleen and promoting diuresis. Therefore, this soup is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and dampness, who are tired of loose stool.
Note: it is recommended not to use frozen chicken feet, otherwise it will affect the umami flavor of the soup.
Baizhu Chenpi Zhudu Decoction
Efficacy: invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness and appetizing.
Ingredients: Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 10g, Atractylodis Rhizoma 30g, fresh pork tripe half to 1g, Fructus Amomi 6g, and 5 slices of ginger.
Method: 1, wash the pork belly first.
2. Put all the materials into the soup pot, add about 2500ml of water, boil and simmer for about1.5h.. 3. Take out the pork belly, cut into pieces, put it back in the pot, cook for another 30 minutes, and season.
Indications: Atractylodes macrocephala has the effects of invigorating qi and spleen, eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis; Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae has the effects of regulating qi, neutralizing dampness and resolving phlegm; Pork belly is sweet and warm, and has the functions of tonifying deficiency and strengthening spleen and stomach. Therefore, the soup can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, especially for people with abdominal distension, poor appetite and indigestion.
Note: this soup is warm, and it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and internal heat.
Stewed shad with red beans and pueraria lobata
Efficacy: clearing away heat and reducing fire, eliminating dampness and moistening dryness.
Ingredients: adzuki bean100g, kudzu root 750g, dried tangerine peel a little, shad 500g, ginger 3 slices.
Practice: 1, wash adzuki beans and dried tangerine peel; Peeling Radix Puerariae, washing, and cutting into pieces. 2. Wash the scales and internal organs of shad, and simmer until yellowish. 3. Put all the ingredients together in a casserole, add 2,500ml of clear water, and after the fire boils, simmer for 2 hours, and add appropriate amount of salt to taste.
Indications: adzuki bean has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and dehumidification; Pueraria lobata can remove spleen and stomach deficiency fire, promote fluid production and quench thirst; The shad has the functions of strengthening bones and muscles, promoting blood circulation and qi circulation, and promoting diuresis and dehumidification. Therefore, the soup is especially suitable for people with damp-heat syndrome, heat toxic carbuncle and yellow greasy tongue coating.