Cold chives

1. Choose a handful of young leeks. Boil the whole handful in boiling water for three minutes. Note: put in the whole handful, take out the whole handful, do not scatter them randomly.

2． Rinse the whole handful of cooked leeks, squeeze out the water, place on a plate, and cut into sections. Add a little soy sauce, MSG, sesame oil, and a little white sesame seeds.

Leeks, also known as longevity leeks, flat vegetables, etc., have been loved by Chinese people since ancient times. Leeks are rich in nutrients and have the functions of warming and tonifying the liver and kidneys, assisting yang and stabilizing essence, so they are called "Yangcao" in the pharmacopoeia.

Dietary therapy recipes

◆Stir-fried leeks with walnuts and shrimps

Ingredients: 500 grams of leeks, 100 grams of walnut meat, 20 grams of shrimp, sesame oil, refined salt, and MSG Just the right amount.

Preparation method:

(1) Wash the leeks and cut into 3 cm long segments for later use.

(2) Soak the shrimps in warm boiled water for 30 minutes, then wash and set aside.

(3) Peel the walnut shells and wash the meat and set aside.

(4) First heat the pot over high heat, add vegetable oil, heat until it is 80% hot, add walnut meat and shrimp, switch to medium heat and stir-fry until cooked, then add leeks and stir-fry for a while, add refined salt , MSG seasoning before consumption.

Efficacy: Tonify the kidneys and strengthen yang.

How to eat: 1 to 2 times a day. Use continuously for 20 to 30 days.

Indications: Kidney yang deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, low sexual function, impotence, premature ejaculation, cold sperm (referring to poor sperm motility) infertility, hypospermia; irregular menstruation in women, Infertility caused by uterine cold and thin leucorrhea.

◆ Fried lamb liver with leeks

Main ingredients: 150 grams of leeks, 120 grams of lamb liver, appropriate amounts of vegetable oil, shredded ginger, refined salt, and rice wine.

Preparation method:

(1) Wash the leeks and cut them into 3 cm long sections for later use.

(2) Wash the lamb liver and cut into thin slices and set aside.

(3) Heat the pot over high heat, add vegetable oil, and heat until it is 80% hot. Add shredded ginger and saute until fragrant, then add mutton liver slices and rice wine, stir-fry evenly, then add leeks and refined salt, stir-fry quickly. Until ripe.

Efficacy: Nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, produce sperm and blood, nourish the liver and improve eyesight.

How to eat: Can be eaten alone or used as a side dish, 1 to 2 times a day. Use continuously for 20 to 30 days.

Indications: Women are usually weak, with scant and light menstruation, empty lower abdomen, abdominal and back pain, irregular menstruation, and infertility due to cold uterus.

◆Leek, ginger and milk soup

Ingredients: 500 grams of leeks, 30 grams of ginger, 250 ml of milk.

Preparation method:

(1) Wash and cut the leeks, scrape and wash the ginger, then put the leeks and ginger into a juice grinder to grind the juice. Reserve the juice.

(2) Put the leek and ginger juice into the pot, add milk, bring to a boil over low heat and serve.

Efficacy: Warming and dispersing cold, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach.