1. Eight pieces of Dendrobium, appropriate amount of Coix seed, washed, put into a pot, add water and cook for about 20 minutes, just enough time to treat ducks.

2. An old duck, chopped into large pieces, blanched to remove blood bubbles, peeled and washed iron stick yam, and appropriate amount of lotus seeds.

3. Put the old duck and iron stick yam into the soup in step 1, add a piece of ginger and a few shallots at the same time, and cook with a proper amount of cooking wine. Add lotus seeds one hour later, cook for 40 minutes, add a little salt to taste, and turn off the heat.

Cooking tips

1. Dendrobium tastes sticky and slightly sweet when bitten, but it is not chewy. Only by cooking Dendrobium can the drug effect be fully released. Make dried Dendrobium into curly particles, and automatically stretch them into strips after cooking.

2, glutinous rice and iron yam are resistant to cooking, you can cook first.

3. Lotus seeds are perishable and should not be put in too early. They can become soft and complete in 40 minutes.

Cuisine characteristics

For thousands of years, in the southern folk, when a critically ill patient is dying, people will try their best to risk their lives to collect "Cao Xian" from the cliffs and feed its juice into the patient's mouth to bring the patient back to life. Although this statement is legendary, it is reported that this kind of medicinal material called "life-saving fairy grass" does exist among the people, and its scientific name is Dendrobium.

Dendrobium belongs to yin-tonifying drugs, and its functions are described in China Pharmacopoeia: benefiting stomach, promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and clearing heat. There are many kinds of Dendrobium candidum, among which Dendrobium candidum is the most precious, ranking first among the nine immortals in China (Dendrobium candidum, Saussurea involucrata, Ginseng and Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. In one hundred and twenty years, Poria cocos, Cistanche deserticola, Ganoderma lucidum in the mountains, Pearl in the sea, Cordyceps sinensis).

The pharmacological effects of Dendrobium mainly include enhancing immune function, promoting digestion, protecting liver and gallbladder, resisting rheumatism, lowering blood sugar and blood lipid, resisting tumor, protecting eyesight, caring skin and resisting aging. Iron stick yam is not only an important nourishing product among the people, but also respected by traditional Chinese medicine in past dynasties. Regular eating can enhance immunity and resist aging, so it is known as a longevity factor. Lotus seeds can cause cancer, nourish and tonify deficiency, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves. Coix seed strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness, and clears away heat and toxic materials.

Keeping in good health in autumn focuses on nourishing yin and preventing dryness. The old duck raises the yang of the five internal organs, clears the heat of labor, and cooks with the fairy grass. Coupled with iron stick yam, lotus seeds and coix seed, this one-pot and five-essence soup is nutritious, nourishing but not dry, clear but not light, just suitable for moisturizing and nourishing in autumn. After drinking such a bowl of nourishing soup, everything is a cloud.