Spring is the time to nourish the liver. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "spring corresponds to the liver", so health preservation should conform to the characteristics of rising liver qi in spring, so that the qi of the human body will be smooth, the qi and blood will be harmonious, and the functions of various viscera can maintain normal work.

Professor Lan Lin from the Department of Internal Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine introduced a chicken bone grass Zhu Fu old duck soup, which can strengthen the spleen, soothe the liver, remove dampness and detoxify in Xian Yi.

Chicken bone grass Zhu Fu old duck soup

Materials: Abrus cantoniensis 100g, Poria cocos 30g, Atractylodes macrocephala 15g, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 15g, 6 figs, and Laobai Duck 1 each (about 1250g).

Practice: First, slaughter the white duck, remove feathers and internal organs, wash it, cut it into large pieces, blanch it in boiling water, and remove the washed blood foam. Then, put it in a casserole with other washed ingredients, add 3000 ml of water and a little white wine, boil it with strong fire, cook it with slow fire for 2 hours, and season it with refined salt.

Efficacy: In the ingredients of this soup, Abrus cantoniensis is sweet and bitter, which is good at promoting diuresis, relieving jaundice, clearing away heat and toxic materials, soothing the liver and relieving pain; Poria cocos is sweet and flat, good at benefiting water, infiltrating dampness, strengthening spleen and calming heart; Atractylodes macrocephala is sweet, bitter, warm, good at invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis; Figs are sweet and cool, and have the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, strengthening the spleen and appetizing; Paired with the salty old white duck, which is good at benefiting qi and nourishing yin, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling, and with the bitter orange peel, it can not only strengthen the spleen and regulate qi, eliminate dampness and eliminate phlegm, but also make the soup tonic without stagnation and remove the smell of duck.

All materials are put together, clear but not leaking, filling but not stagnant. It has the functions of invigorating spleen, invigorating qi, soothing liver, regulating qi, eliminating dampness and detoxicating, and is suitable for general people in spring. It can also be used for adjuvant treatment of various diseases caused by liver depression, spleen deficiency and damp toxin.