Traditional Shen Si soup is made of lotus seeds, Chinese yam, Euryale ferox seeds and Poria cocos. Some stores will use yam and lotus seeds with any two kinds of medicinal materials, such as Poria cocos, Euryale ferox seeds or Coix seed. Because Shen Si soup contains a lot of starch, if it is stewed alone, it will be astringent, so it will generally be mixed with some protein foods to increase the smoothness. In addition to the common pork intestines and bellies, it is also served with lean meat.
nutritive value
1, Coix seed contains protein 16.2%, fat 4.65%, carbohydrate 79. 1%, vitamins, amino acids, Coix seed, Coix seed fat, triterpenes and starch. The nutritional value is very high. Coix seed is cold and enters spleen, lung and kidney meridians. It has the functions of invigorating spleen and lung, clearing away heat and infiltrating temperature, and is also beneficial to balance blood pressure and blood lipid.
2. Lotus seeds are rich in calcium, phosphorus and potassium, with high nutritional value, which can nourish the heart and kidney, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and astringent the large intestine. Indications: sleepiness at night, insomnia, forgetfulness, polydipsia, lumbago, limp feet, deafness, nocturnal emission, stranguria, chronic dysentery, asthenic diarrhea, metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia, and stomach deficiency.