Adding different medicinal materials to chicken soup has different nourishing effects. Adding ginger can nourish essence, relieve colds and improve human immunity; Adding Lycium barbarum can replenish yang, help the growth of yang and resist the cold; The addition of codonopsis pilosula can treat spleen and lung weakness, shortness of breath and palpitation, enhance hematopoietic function, and have a good effect on improving winter chills. Adding Astragalus membranaceus can replenish qi and deficiency, enhance immunity and prevent some infectious diseases.

The protein content of chicken is quite high, with 23.30g of protein per 100g, which is one third higher than that of pork, mutton and goose, and 3.3% higher than that of beef. Chicken is a good food source for protein of the elderly and patients with cardiovascular diseases, especially those who are weak, sick or postpartum.

In addition, chicken also contains vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E, nicotinic acid, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, iron and other nutrients, which is very suitable for patients with malnutrition, anemia and neurasthenia.

After blanching the raw materials in boiling water to remove fishy smell, put them into a porcelain jar, add seasonings such as onion, ginger, cooking wine, soup, etc., seal the jar mouth with paper, put the jar into a basin (the water in the basin should be lower than the bowl mouth to avoid artificial soaking in boiling water), and cover tightly to prevent air leakage. Boil the water in the pot with high fire and stew for about three hours. This stewing method can make the fresh flavor of raw materials difficult to lose, and the cooked dishes are rich in flavor and clear in soup color.

In fact, the dryness of chicken is related to the time when salt is added to the soup. Adding salt will increase the concentration of chicken soup, or it can be said that the osmotic pressure will increase, which will cause chicken to dehydrate. So it will feel very dry and has no "tender and smooth" taste! Therefore, it is suggested to add salt before boiling, which can reduce the dehydration of chicken.

It is easy to catch a cold in winter, and it is also the season of high incidence of influenza. Different from the common cold, the flu is fierce at the onset, and its symptoms are usually pain, high fever and fatigue, accompanied by cough, stuffy nose and sore throat. When attacked by influenza virus, human body will secrete a lot of mucosal substances.

Studies have proved that chicken soup can inhibit the formation of mucosa. Therefore, drinking chicken soup will help to relieve stuffy nose and sore throat, and the number of coughs will also decrease. In addition, the experimental results on the efficacy of chicken soup also show that chicken soup can inhibit the activity of white blood cells with anti-infection effect in blood.