Gui Zao Yam Soup

Ingredients: 12 red dates, about 300 grams of yam, two tablespoons of longan meat, 1/2 cup of sugar.

Method: Soak the red dates until soft, peel and dice the yam, put them into water and bring to a boil, cook until cooked and soft, add longan meat and sugar to taste. When the longan meat has been cooked until it falls apart, turn off the heat and serve.

Efficacy: Yams have the function of nourishing the spleen and stomach; longan and red dates are good for qi and blood and strengthen the spleen and stomach.

Yam, lotus root and pork ribs soup

Ingredients: 1 pound of pork ribs, 300 grams of yam, and 100 grams of lotus root.

Seasoning: green onion, ginger, a small slice of angelica root, aniseed, bay leaves, salt, and pepper.

Method: Boil a pot of boiling water, put the washed ribs into the water and blanch the blood and set aside. Wash, peel and cut yam and lotus root into pieces. Pour water into a stew pot, add onions, ginger, angelica root, aniseed, and bay leaves and bring to a boil. Then put the ribs and lotus roots into the stew pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for 40 minutes. Add the yam cubes, add salt to taste, continue to cook for about 15 minutes, and add pepper to taste.

Effects: Ripe lotus root strengthens the spleen, appetizers, and nourishes blood; yam nourishes the spleen and stomach, promotes body fluids and lungs, and nourishes the kidneys and astringes essence.