Four kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria and Glycyrrhiza, are used as Sijunzi Decoction. The medicated diet soup, which is called Sishen Decoction in Taiwan Province, is made of four kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, namely Dioscorea opposita Thunb, Euryale Euryale Semen, Lotus Seed and Poria, and pork tripe or pig intestine.
There is no mention of the word four gods in Qing literature. The word "Four Gods" originated during the Japanese occupation in Taiwan and was included in the Dictionary of Taiwan and Japan. In Taiwan Province, in order to improve the taste, reduce the medicinal taste and save the cost, the four gods soup sold by ordinary vendors usually replaces Euryale ferox with Coix seed, or only uses Coix seed instead of four ministers, and rice wine is also added to enhance the fragrance.
Medicinal value: promoting diuresis, strengthening spleen and stomach, strengthening kidney and tonifying lung, nourishing heart and tranquilizing mind, and enhancing immunity. The "Four Gods" can treat people with indigestion, easy diarrhea, and can eat people who don't gain weight, and the price is popular. It is a good diet for thin people to gain weight. Adding pig's belly or pig's small intestine to boil together will help digestion.
Siwutang Siwutang, which is often confused, is a prescription handed down from traditional Chinese medicine. It was first recorded in the Song Dynasty as "Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription". Siwutang uses four Chinese herbal medicines: Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Rhizoma Chuanxiong. Generally speaking, it has the effect of enriching blood and regulating menstruation, and can relieve menstrual pain of women. As a matter of fact, Siwutang can be drunk by both men and women as long as it has symptoms of blood deficiency, which is a term in traditional Chinese medicine, that is, anemia. Therefore, as long as it has symptoms similar to blood deficiency, such as low hemoglobin, fatigue or palpitation, you can consider using Siwutang to regulate your body. Attention should be paid to the difference between Siwu Decoction and Sishen Decoction.
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Although many people's first impression of Sishen Soup is that Coix seed is added with pork intestines, in fact, Sishen Soup is called Sishen Soup because it contains Dioscorea opposita, Euryale ferox, lotus seeds and Poria, and it has been pronounced in Taiwanese for a long time before it becomes Sishen Soup. However, it is difficult to buy traditional Sishen Soup in the market now.