Five-element vegetable soup is a kind of vegetable soup that suddenly became popular in the 2nd/kloc-0th century. The creator of the five-element vegetable soup is Dr. Lishihe, a Japanese cytologist. Lishihe finds five kinds of vegetables from more than 1,500 kinds of food to cook the soup. These five kinds of vegetables are radish leaves, carrots, burdock, white radish and mushrooms. These five kinds of vegetables are red, yellow, white and black, respectively. Lishihe thinks that these five kinds of vegetables represent wood, fire and soil. It is said that the five elements vegetable soup has a remarkable effect on preventing diseases and improving immunity and disease resistance.

In fact, a long time ago, there was a theory of restraint of the five elements in China. For example, Huangdi Neijing recorded: Liver wood is blue and sour, and heart fire is red and bitter. The spleen is yellow and sweet, the lungs are golden and white and pungent, and the kidney water is black and salty, with five internal organs and five external elements, with five colors. ? Because the vegetables themselves are rich in nutrition and have great benefits to the human body, it really plays a good role to mix them according to the five elements, five colors and five flavors of vegetables.

The five elements vegetable soup mainly uses burdock, which contains many substances, among which the contents of protein, calcium and plant health commission are the first among root foods. Moreover, it has no side effects, and is known as the best blood clearing agent in nature, which has the functions of promoting growth, inhibiting tumors and resisting bacteria.

White radish is a good product for preventing and treating cancer. It contains a variety of enzymes, which can decompose nitrosamines, a carcinogen, and has antiviral and anticancer functions. White radish leaves have the functions of promoting digestion, regulating qi and neutralizing, and can treat the symptoms such as disharmony between spleen and stomach, and unnecessary eating.

Carrots and carotene can resist oxidation, inhibit the growth of free radicals and improve immunity. Mannitol contained in carrots can treat chronic diarrhea. Lentinus edodes and black dried Lentinus edodes are rich in vitamins and minerals, among which ribonucleic acid can enhance the human body's disease-resistant and anti-tumor functions.

The preparation method is to use 1/4 white radish, 1/4 clump of white radish leaves, 1/2 carrot, 1/4 burdock, and one or two dried mushrooms, cut into large pieces, add three times the amount of water, and boil over high fire. After the water is boiled, turn to low heat and cook for 1~2 hours, then put it in glassware and store it in the refrigerator, and take it out when drinking.