Shen Si Decoction is a famous prescription for invigorating the spleen in Chinese medicine, in which "Shen Si" refers to the four immortals of Coix lachryma, Lotus Seed (or Codonopsis pilosula), Euryale euryales and Poria, which complement each other together. The soup made has many benefits to the human body, such as strengthening the spleen and nourishing the face and reducing dryness, which has almost played an invincible role. The names of the four gods are deserved.
According to legend, when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, four courtiers who waited on him fell ill one after another because of working day and night, and ships and cars ran around. Faced with this situation, even physicians are at a loss. So Emperor Qianlong ordered the local county magistrate to post a list for medical treatment. Soon, a monk came to reveal the list After taking the pulse, he prescribed the prescription of "lotus seeds, gorgon fruit, yam and poria cocos stewed pork belly in the same amount" and declared that "four ministers, it's done!" .
After the four great men surrendered to this prescription, they really recovered immediately. Since then, every southern official has used this recipe to stew for health. Over time, this convenience was widely circulated among the people in the name of' four ministers soup'. When this recipe spread to Taiwan Province Province, the origin of "Shen Si Soup" was not clear, and the Taiwanese pronunciation of "Chen" and "Shen" was the same, so it was changed to "Shen Si Soup".
The "four gods" all have the functions of nourishing spleen and yin and thickening the stomach and intestines. They can treat people who are prone to indigestion and diarrhea, and they can eat people who are neither fat nor fat, and the price is popular. They are the best food for thin people to gain weight. Add pork belly and cook together, which is more helpful for digestion.
Shen Si soup contains a lot of starch, which is astringent when stewed alone. It is suitable to add protein to increase lubrication. Besides pork belly with Shen Si, meat eaters can also add pork bones, pork intestines and ribs. Vegetarians can add bean products to cook porridge or soup, which is easier to digest.