Braised chicken feet with lentils in Huaishan Mountain.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals.
Materials: yam 15g, lentil 15g, euryales seed 15g, coix seed 15g, fresh chicken feet 200g (about 10) and a little shredded ginger.
Practice: First, wash the chicken feet and cut off the toenails. Put the yam, lentils, Gordon Euryale seed, Coix seed, chicken feet and ginger slices into a clay pot, add 2500ml of water (about 10 bowl of water), boil with strong fire, and simmer for 2 hours. Season with salt after cooking.
Indications: Chicken feet in the soup are sweet and flat in nature, and have the functions of invigorating spleen and qi, relaxing tendons and strengthening bones, and chicken feet contain more collagen, which can make the skin smooth and elastic; Yam has the effects of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, strengthening spleen, tonifying lung and kidney; Lentils have the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach; Euryale ferox has the effects of invigorating spleen, removing dampness, consolidating kidney and benefiting essence; Coix seed has the function of strengthening spleen and promoting diuresis. Therefore, this soup is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and dampness, who are tired of loose stool. This prescription can play a good role in nourishing yin, relieving fatigue, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, supplementing and enriching protein, improving human immunity and tonifying deficiency.
Stewed old duck with Euryale ferox
Efficacy: nourishing yin, strengthening spleen and eliminating dampness.
Material: Euryale ferox100g, an old duck.
Practice: Slaughter the old duck, add 2500ml of water to the duck belly, simmer for 2 hours after boiling with strong fire, and take it with a little salt.
Indications: Euryale ferox is sweet and astringent, and has the effects of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, tonifying kidney and fixing essence; Old ducks are warm and sweet, and enter the spleen, stomach, lung and kidney meridians, which can nourish yin and replenish blood. Therefore, the soup is suitable for those with yin deficiency and dampness, such as dry throat, asthenic heat, uncomfortable stool and white greasy tongue coating. Such dietotherapy can play the role of strengthening the spleen and stomach, which is beneficial to eliminating dampness and nourishing yin, and can also supplement fatigue, which is beneficial to strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness.
Some health-preserving remedies for eliminating dampness, strengthening spleen and regulating stomach in mid-spring season. Has everyone learned the method? This is a good health-keeping recipe. It has good health-care functions, such as rich vitamin protein and minerals, can strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish yin, nourish blood and soothe the nerves, and has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood.