The human body is prone to accumulating 湿气 (dampness), which affects health.So how can we eliminate dampness?Today, I will introduce several 去湿汤 (damp-removing soups) for everyone,Let’s get cooking!
Quick Tip: How to determine if your body has dampness?
1. Oily hair; 2. Shiny face; 3. Drooling while sleeping (dampness saturates and flows out); 4. Sticky stools (hard to flush) and frequent bowel movements; 5. A bloated abdomen; 6. Moisture in the ears (ear dampness); 7. Dampness in the genital area; 8. Swollen calves.
If you have any of the above signs, be sure to keep reading and save this! Make some at home when you have time!
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Shepherd’s Purse and Reed Root Soup
Ingredients: 60g 荠菜 (Shepherd’s Purse), 30g 白茅根 (Reed Root), 400g pork spine, 3 slices of ginger.Method: Clean the shepherd’s purse and reed root, cut into sections. Clean the pork spine, and place it together with the shepherd’s purse, reed root, and ginger into a clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 1.5 hours, seasoning with salt before serving.Effects: Clears heat, removes dampness, strengthens the spleen, and is suitable for summer health maintenance.
Hawthorn and Cowpea Duck Gizzard Soup
Ingredients: 40g 山楂 (Hawthorn), 50g fried 扁豆 (Cowpea), 2 fresh duck gizzards, 2 cured duck gizzards, 200g pork, 14g dried tangerine peel, 3 slices of ginger.Method: Clean and soak all ingredients; remove the pulp from the tangerine peel; clean and open the fresh duck gizzards, removing any impurities; soak the cured duck gizzards in warm water and clean; clean the pork. Place everything into a clay pot, add 2500ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 2 hours, seasoning with salt before serving.
Effects: Strengthens the spleen, removes dampness, and stimulates appetite. Cowpea is sweet and neutral, a good remedy for strengthening the spleen without being greasy, and removing dampness without being harsh, suitable for fatigue, poor appetite, and diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency with dampness. Combined with hawthorn, it enhances the effects of strengthening the spleen, removing dampness, and stimulating appetite.
Raw and Cooked Coix Seed and Ginkgo Pork Stomach Soup
Ingredients: 15g raw and cooked 薏米 (Coix Seed), 8 g ginkgo nuts, 1 sheet of dried tofu skin, 500g pork stomach, 3 slices of ginger.Method: Clean the raw and cooked coix seeds and ginkgo nuts; soak the tofu skin; clean the pork stomach, turn it inside out, and wash it with salt or flour several times, then rinse; add an appropriate amount of water to a clay pot, bring to a boil, add all ingredients, boil over high heat, then simmer for 2 hours, seasoning with salt before serving.
Effects: Strengthens the spleen, stops diarrhea, clears heat, removes dampness, and awakens the stomach.
Huang Qi (Astragalus) Qi-Tonifying and Spleen-Strengthening Soup
Ingredients: 25g 黄芪 (Huang Qi), 20g 党参 (Codonopsis), 20g coix seed, 500g black chicken, 50g lean pork, 3 slices of ginger.Method: Blanch the black chicken and lean pork, then set aside. Clean the other ingredients; place all ingredients into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for about 1.5 hours, adding salt before serving.Effects: Huang Qi is warm and sweet, can tonify Qi and stabilize the exterior; Codonopsis nourishes blood and generates fluids, treating spleen and lung deficiency; Coix seed is cool and sweet, can strengthen the spleen, clear heat, and remove dampness. This soup can tonify middle Qi and regulate the spleen and stomach, suitable for those with weak spleen and stomach and poor appetite in spring and summer.
Coix Seed and Pig’s Foot Soup
Ingredients: 30g coix seed, one clean pig’s foot weighing about 250g.Method: Crush the coix seed, clean the pig’s foot, chop it into pieces, and place it together with the coix seed into a clay pot. Add yellow wine, ginger, and 1500ml of water, cover. First, boil over high heat, remove the foam from the surface, then simmer for about 2 hours; after the pig’s foot is tender, add salt, soy sauce, green onion, and pepper powder.Effects: Strengthens the spleen, benefits the stomach, removes dampness, and strengthens the waist and knees.
Earth Reishi and Red Bean Soup
Ingredients: 30g 土茯苓 (Earth Reishi), 50g 祛湿豆 (Damp-Removing Beans), 30g red beans, 14g dried tangerine peel, 300g lean pork, 3 slices of ginger.Method: Soak and clean the earth reishi, damp-removing beans, and red beans; remove the pulp from the tangerine peel; clean the lean pork, cut into pieces, and place it with ginger into a clay pot, adding 2500ml of water (about 10 bowls). Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for about 1.5 hours, seasoning with salt before serving.Effects: Has the effects of clearing heat, removing dampness, and detoxifying, and is also a nourishing soup for families to remove dampness and strengthen the spleen in late spring and early summer, suitable for all ages.
Cotton Flower and Cowpea Damp-Removing Soup
Ingredients: Pork spine, cotton flower, white cowpea, red dates, earth reishi.Method: Chop the pork spine, blanch in boiling water, and cool; clean the cowpea and stir-fry until golden brown to remove the bean smell; clean the cotton flower, earth reishi, and remove the pits from the red dates. Place all ingredients in a pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 2 hours, seasoning to taste.Effects: Cotton flower strengthens the spleen and nourishes the stomach, clears heat and removes dampness, cools the blood and stops bleeding; adding cowpea enhances the soup’s damp-removing effects.
Mukdenia and Mushroom Soup
Ingredients: 20g fresh cotton flower petals, 30g fresh pleurotus eryngii, 30g fresh mushrooms, 30g fresh king oyster mushrooms, 30g bamboo shoots, and an appropriate amount of chicken broth.Method: Clean the fresh cotton flower petals and blanch; slice the pleurotus eryngii, mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, and bamboo shoots; place all ingredients in a pot with chicken broth and water, season with MSG and salt to taste.Effects: Cotton flower has heat-clearing and blood-cooling effects, bamboo shoots help remove stagnation and promote digestion, and the polysaccharides in mushrooms help regulate the immune system and have anti-cancer properties. Together, they not only taste great but also enhance the effects.
Radish and Pig Bone Soup
Ingredients: 500g radish, 500g pig’s shank bone, 50g eyebrow beans, 50g red beans, 50g cowpea, 2 honey dates, 2 slices of ginger.Method: Clean the red beans, eyebrow beans, and cowpea, soak for 1-2 hours; chop the pig’s shank bone, clean it; clean the radish, peel, remove the fibers, and cut into pieces. Boil water, add all ingredients, boil for 20 minutes, then simmer for an hour, seasoning with salt before serving.Effects: Clears heat, removes dampness, strengthens the spleen, and stimulates appetite. Red beans, eyebrow beans, and cowpea are all effective in removing dampness, and when paired with seasonal radish, it becomes a soup that can be consumed frequently in summer.
Earth Reishi and Five-Finger Peach Stewed Lean Meat
Ingredients: 100g five-finger peach root and 100g earth reishi, 500g lean meat, 5g dried tangerine peel, a little salt.Method: Clean the five-finger peach root and earth reishi, soak for a moment; clean the lean meat and cut into pieces, blanch in water; boil water, add all ingredients, boil for 10 minutes, then simmer for 1-2 hours, adding salt to taste before serving.Effects: Clears heat, removes dampness, tonifies Qi, and strengthens the spleen. Five-finger peach is known as “Guangdong Ginseng” and has the effects of strengthening the spleen, tonifying the lungs, removing dampness, and relaxing the muscles without causing stagnation. Combined with earth reishi, it has the effects of removing dampness, tonifying the spleen, and stimulating appetite, suitable for those with spleen deficiency and edema, and poor appetite.
Winter Melon and Old Duck Soup
Ingredients: Water chestnut, coix seed, cowpea, winter melon, old duck, pig’s shank bone.Method: Clean the water chestnut, coix seed, and cowpea; soak the coix seed for 1-2 hours; clean the winter melon, leaving the skin, pulp, and seeds, and cut into large pieces; clean and chop the old duck, blanch in water; clean and chop the pig’s shank bone, blanch in water; pour 10 bowls of water into a clay pot, bring to a boil, add all ingredients, boil over high heat, then simmer for 2 hours, seasoning with salt before serving.Effects: Cools and nourishes Yang, strengthens the spleen, and removes dampness. Winter melon can clear heat, relieve summer heat, generate fluids, beautify the skin, and remove phlegm; the old duck, when young, has damp toxins, but as it matures, it becomes a “cooling medicine” with tonifying effects.
Powdered Yam and Fish Soup
Ingredients: 1kg powdered yam, about 500g fish, 100g ginger, 50g cloud fungus, 50g white atractylodes.Method: Clean the fish, let the seller clean it, then blanch it in boiling water; peel the powdered yam, chop it, and add water along with cloud fungus, white atractylodes, and ginger. Boil over high heat, remove the foam, then simmer for about 4 hours.Effects: The soup is sweet and fragrant, removes dampness, and treats bone pain caused by rheumatism, and can also prevent high blood pressure. It is especially good for those who drink excessively, as it helps to relieve hangovers and remove alcohol-related dampness, making it a great therapeutic soup for spring and summer.
Red Bean and Winter Melon Fish Soup
Ingredients: 60g red beans, 750g winter melon, 2 fish, 150g lean pork, 3 slices of ginger.Method: First, clean the red beans and winter melon, cut the winter melon with skin; clean the fish, remove scales and entrails, and pan-fry until slightly yellow; then clean the lean pork, keeping it whole. Place everything with ginger into a clay pot, add 2500ml of water (about 10 bowls); boil over high heat, then simmer for 2.5 hours, seasoning with salt and oil before serving, serving 3-4 people.Effects: Red beans are commonly used in Guangdong for soups, having effects of strengthening the spleen, removing dampness, and detoxifying, while fish can tonify the spleen and promote urination.
Chicken Bone Grass Stewed Pork Tongue
Ingredients: Chicken bone grass, pork tongue, lean meat, coix seed, large flower beans.
Method: Stew over water for more than 3 hours.
Effects: Clears heat, strengthens the spleen, removes dampness, and detoxifies.
Chen Pi, Lotus Seed, and Coix Seed Duck Soup
Ingredients: 6g dried tangerine peel, 30g lotus seed, 30g fried coix seed, 12g huai yam, 10g ginger, 250g water duck meat.Method: Clean the water duck meat, chop into pieces; fry the coix seed until slightly yellow, remove the heart from the lotus seed; soak the huai yam in water, wash the tangerine peel and ginger. Place all ingredients into a soup pot, add water; first boil over high heat, then simmer for 2 hours, seasoning to taste.Effects: Coix seed has excellent damp-removing properties, and using it to cook duck can tonify the spleen, strengthen the stomach, and remove dampness and stop diarrhea. This soup is especially suitable for those with heavy dampness, loose stools, and spleen deficiency, while those with diarrhea or cold and cough should avoid this type of soup.
Huai Yam and Dried Tangerine Peel Stewed Shank Bone
Ingredients: Fresh pig shank bone about 600g, chopped into small pieces. Fresh iron stick yam about 100g, cleaned and peeled, cut into sections. 1/4 dried tangerine peel, cleaned and set aside. 30g each of coix seed, lotus seed, and poria, cleaned and set aside. 3-4 slices of ginger set aside.Method: Blanch the pig bones in boiling water to remove blood and odor. Place all prepared ingredients into an electric pressure cooker, add water, and cook for 30 minutes. If using a traditional soup pot, boil over high heat for 10 minutes, then simmer for 1 hour. Before serving, add an appropriate amount of salt to taste.Effects: Removes dampness and strengthens the spleen. Using pig bones for soup emphasizes using bones from the shoulder and tail area, which have damp-removing effects.
Stir-Fried Cowpea and Cotton Flower Stewed Carp Soup
Ingredients: 15g fried cowpea, 15g cotton flower, 3g dried tangerine peel (available at herbal shops), 1-2 honey dates, about 100g carp meat, 3 slices of ginger.Method: Soak the herbs slightly; remove the pits from the honey dates; pan-fry the carp until slightly yellow, then splash in a little water. Place everything with ginger into a stewing bowl, add 250ml of hot water (about 1 bowl), cover, and steam for about 1.5 hours.Effects: Cowpea is sweet and warm, can strengthen the spleen, remove dampness, and stop diarrhea. Especially after frying, cowpea has a stronger ability to strengthen the spleen, and stewing it with cotton flower and dried tangerine peel creates a nourishing soup for removing dampness in spring.
Cotton Flower, Coix Seed, and Pig Bone Soup
Ingredients: 40g dried cotton flower, 30g coix seed, 30g cowpea, 500g pig shank bone, a small piece of dried tangerine peel, 3 slices of ginger, 8 bowls of water.Method: Clean the cotton flower, rubbing off the dust; wash the coix seed and cowpea, soaking in clean water for an hour; wash the tangerine peel, scraping off the white inner pulp; clean the pig shank bone, cut into pieces, blanch in water; boil clean water, add all ingredients, boil over high heat for 20 minutes, then simmer for 1.5 hours, seasoning with salt before serving.Effects: Clears heat, detoxifies, strengthens the spleen, and removes dampness.
Fresh Earth Reishi Stewed Lean Pork
Ingredients: 200g fresh earth reishi, 10 water chestnuts, 1 carrot, 1 ear of corn, 3 honey dates, 1/3 dried tangerine peel, 400g lean pork, 3 slices of ginger.Method: Clean all ingredients. Cut the fresh earth reishi into pieces, peel the water chestnuts, cut the carrot and corn into sections, remove the pits from the honey dates, soak the tangerine peel. Place everything with lean pork and ginger into a clay pot, add 2500ml of water (about 10 bowls), bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for about 2 hours, seasoning with salt before serving.Effects: Earth reishi has effects of removing damp heat, benefiting the muscles and bones, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. The combination of fresh earth reishi with sweet and fresh water chestnuts and nourishing carrots creates a soup that clears heat, removes dampness, detoxifies, and nourishes the spleen and lungs.
Apple, Snow Fungus, and Lean Meat Soup
Ingredients: 20g snow fungus, 2 apples, 8g ephedra, 200g lean meat, 3 honey dates.Method: After cleaning the ingredients, simmer for more than 3 hours.Effects: Nourishes Yin, moistens dryness, tonifies Qi and blood, strengthens the spleen, removes dampness, and is suitable for all ages.
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