Gui Qi Mi Tang Zheng Luo Bo: Preventing Colds
We all know that Bai Luo Bo (White Radish) has the effects of clearing heat and promoting qi. Eating more Bai Luo Bo can help prevent and treat colds, coughs, and bronchitis symptoms, and it is quite effective.
Due to the spicy taste of Bai Luo Bo, honey, osmanthus sugar, and goji berries are added for steaming, allowing the sweetness to permeate the radish and alleviate its spiciness.
Main Ingredient: 1 Bai Luo Bo.
Additional Ingredients: Goji berries to taste.
Seasonings: 1 tablespoon of honey, 2 teaspoons of osmanthus sugar.
Preparation: Take a section of Bai Luo Bo that is evenly thick in the middle, peel it, and cut it into 1.5 cm thick slices. Soak the goji berries in clean water.
Method: First, use a mold to shape the Bai Luo Bo slices into flowers; then use a melon baller to scoop out a hole in the center of each slice without piercing through; add a little honey into the hole; then add a little osmanthus sugar to fill the indentation; finally, place a soaked goji berry on each radish flower; steam the radish in a steamer for 10 minutes after the steam rises.
Si Dou Shui: Cooling and Relieving Summer Heat
The Four Bean Immortal Water in TCM refers to the water boiled from yellow beans, red beans, green beans, and white broad beans. Different colored beans have different effects.
Yellow beans contain a large amount of protein, strengthen the spleen, moisten dryness, eliminate water retention, clear heat and detoxify, and have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, which are beneficial for pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, oral inflammation, and enteritis.
Red beans nourish the heart and promote urination and reduce swelling. Green beans clear heat and detoxify, relieve summer heat and thirst, and promote digestion. Broad beans strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach.
Ingredients: 20 grams each of yellow beans, red beans, green beans, and white broad beans; 1 small piece of dried tangerine peel.
Method: Prepare the ingredients; rinse all the beans clean and soak them in water for more than 4 hours; rinse the soaked beans again; soak the dried tangerine peel in warm water until soft; scrape off the white pith and cut it into shreds; add an appropriate amount of clean water to a pot, add the yellow, red, green, and white beans; add the tangerine peel; cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-low heat; cook for about 30 minutes.
Dang Gui Bo Ji Dan: A Secret for Regulating Menstruation
If a woman experiences a disruption of qi and blood, taking Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) can help restore balance, allowing qi and blood to return to their proper places, hence the name Dang Gui.
For women, it is common to experience insufficient qi and blood due to physical constitution, often accompanied by symptoms such as pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations, amenorrhea, and irregular menstruation. At this time, do not take medications indiscriminately to avoid endocrine disorders.
Dang Gui Bo Ji Dan nourishes blood, invigorates blood circulation, regulates menstruation, and alleviates pain, suitable for blood stagnation and qi type amenorrhea.Blood stagnation and qi type amenorrhea are often caused by depression and anger, leading to liver qi stagnation, resulting in poor blood flow; or due to exposure to cold water during menstruation, causing cold to obstruct the blood, leading to stagnation. Dang Gui has excellent effects in nourishing blood, invigorating blood circulation, regulating menstruation, and alleviating pain.
Ingredients: 3 eggs, 9 grams of Dang Gui.
Method: Place the eggs in a pot, cover them with cold water, add a small amount of salt and stir; after the water boils, simmer for 10 minutes; adding salt can prevent the egg whites from leaking out if the eggs crack, and it helps the proteins to coagulate.
Then, remove the eggs and soak them in cold water; next, remove the eggshells; then, use a toothpick or needle to poke small holes in the surface of the eggs; at this time, boil the eggs with Dang Gui, allowing the medicinal properties to penetrate the eggs more easily; then, add Dang Gui to the pot, add 3 bowls of water, and place the eggs inside; bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer until the water reduces to one bowl; finally, serve and enjoy the eggs and Dang Gui soup.
Consumption Method: Take 2 times a day, eat the egg and drink the soup. If you cannot finish the eggs, you can consume 1 or 2 at a time, depending on your appetite.
Egg Flower Green Bean Soup: Dietary Therapy for Oral Ulcers
In summer, it is easy to develop oral ulcers, which are commonly known as canker sores.In mild cases, there is local burning pain, and in severe cases, it can affect appetite, greatly impacting daily diet.
The occurrence of oral ulcers is closely related to immunity, psychological factors, genetics, and the environment. When excessive fatigue leads to poor resistance, mental stress, and poor sleep, combined with hot or dry external environments, it is easy to trigger oral ulcers.
Green beans have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and dispelling fire; eggs can nourish yin and moisten dryness, calm the mind; green bean egg flower soup is an excellent dietary therapy for treating oral ulcers.
Ingredients: A small handful of green beans, 1 egg, and appropriate amount of white sugar. Here we remind that diabetics should pay attention to their sugar intake.
Method: Rinse the green beans clean and soak them in an appropriate amount of water for 10 minutes; crack the egg into a bowl; beat the egg until well mixed, the more mixed, the finer the egg flower soup; drain the soaked green beans and place them in a pot; add 600 milliliters of clean water; bring the green bean soup to a boil; after boiling, cook for another 5 minutes until the soup turns green.
The green soup is the best for relieving summer heat and dispelling fire; pour the boiling green bean soup into the egg mixture; stir the egg mixture and green bean soup together; add an appropriate amount of white sugar according to your taste, and consume twice daily.
Dong Gua Yu Mi Pai Gu Tang: Reducing Edema
Winter melon has diuretic and edema-reducing effects, and winter melon and corn are also good helpers for weight loss.Friends on a weight loss journey can confidently cook this soup to drink.
Ingredients: Pork ribs, ginger, white vinegar, corn, winter melon, salt, pepper, and chopped green onions.
Method: Clean the pork ribs and soak them in clean water for about half an hour; in a soup pot, add a little oil, sauté the ginger slices, and lightly fry the pork ribs; add enough clean water at once, and add a few drops of white vinegar; bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for about 2 hours; add corn and winter melon pieces, season with salt, and cook for another 15 minutes; add pepper for flavor, and sprinkle with a little chopped green onion before serving.
Fruit-Flavored Yam Strips: Fire-Dispelling and Beauty Nourishing
Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase, and other substances that benefit the digestive absorption function of the spleen and stomach, making it a food and medicinal product that tonifies the spleen and stomach. It can be consumed regardless of whether there is deficiency of spleen yang or stomach yin.
Clinically, it is often used to treat symptoms such as spleen and stomach deficiency, poor appetite, and diarrhea; yam contains various nutrients that strengthen the body and nourish the kidneys and essence.
Generally, it can be used for symptoms such as kidney deficiency, nocturnal emissions, excessive vaginal discharge in women, and frequent urination; yam contains saponins and mucilage, which have lubricating and moisturizing effects, thus benefiting lung qi, nourishing lung yin, and treating chronic cough due to lung deficiency.
Yam is rich in mucoproteins, vitamins, and trace elements, which can effectively prevent blood lipids from depositing on blood vessel walls, preventing cardiovascular diseases, achieving the effects of calming the mind and prolonging life.
Ingredients:Yam, duck pear, apple, orange, cherry tomatoes, kiwi, dragon fruit, osmanthus sugar sauce, rock sugar.
Features: Bright colors, strengthens the body.
Method: Wash and peel the yam, cut it into sections, blanch it in boiling water, then cool it and place it at the bottom of a bowl; cut the apple, dragon fruit, pear, kiwi, and orange into small cubes; in a pot, add clean water and rock sugar, wait for the rock sugar to dissolve and thicken, then add the fruit cubes and osmanthus sugar sauce, stir-fry for a moment before adding the cherry tomatoes, and then serve over the yam.
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Editor for this issue: Li
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