American ginseng, red dates and partridge soup

Ingredients:

10 grams of American ginseng, 6 pitted red dates, 1 partridge, 200 grams of pig's chestnut, 3 ginger piece.

Method:

Soak American ginseng and cut into sections, wash pigs and red dates, slaughter partridges, remove the hair and internal organs, boil them for a while, remove and rinse; add 2500 water to all ingredients ml, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat and simmer for 2 hours. Season with appropriate amount of salt and drink.

Efficacy:

The elderly in early spring are prone to respiratory diseases, which consume qi and damage yin. This soup is suitable for people with shortness of breath, dry mouth and poor appetite caused by qi and yin deficiency.

Er ginseng and wolfberry partridge soup

Ingredients

30 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 30 grams of Adenophora pilosula, 15 grams of wolfberry, 3 red dates, 3 pieces of ginger slices, 2 partridges (about 750 grams).

Method:

First slaughter the partridge, remove the feathers and internal organs, wash and chop into large pieces; split the red dates and remove the core. Then, place it together with other washed ingredients in a stew pot, add 2500 ml of water and a little white wine, simmer for 1.5 hours, and season with refined salt.

Function

Among the ingredients of this soup, Codonopsis pilosula has a sweet and mild nature, which is good at strengthening the spleen and lungs, replenishing qi, promoting body fluids, and nourishing blood; North Adenophora pilosula has a sweet and cool nature and is good at nourishing yin. It clears the lungs, replenishes the stomach and promotes fluid production; wolfberry has a sweet and mild nature, and is good at nourishing the liver and kidneys, replenishing essence and improving eyesight, moistening the lungs and quenching thirst. Pair it with partridge, which has a sweet and warm taste and has the functions of nourishing and replenishing deficiency, appetizing and reducing phlegm, along with ginger and dates to harmonize the spleen and stomach.

Used together, it has good effects of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, producing body fluids and quenching thirst, nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs, nourishing blood and replenishing essence, etc. It is suitable for the general population to eat in late autumn. It can also be used as an auxiliary treatment for symptoms such as spleen and lung qi deficiency, shortness of breath and fatigue, timid voice and laziness, lack of food and loose stools, lung deficiency and wheezing and cough, dryness of the lungs, thirst in body fluids and wounds, quenching thirst due to internal heat, and soreness and weakness of the waist and knees.