Traditional Chinese medicine health soup takes you towards health

　　Traditional Chinese medicine pays great attention to health preservation. The most important thing is to develop different health preservation methods for different people. However, many people do not understand the health preservation of traditional Chinese medicine, so they always talk about health preservation but do not have a good health preservation effect. In the cold winter, if you want to keep healthy, you can try to start with meals. Health-preserving soup should be your best choice.

　　Date, wolfberry and pigeon soup

　　Ingredients: 2 squabs, 10 jujubes, 1 green onion, 20 wolfberries, 3 slices of ginger, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sesame oil.

　　1. Clean the pigeons, then rinse them with clean water, boil a pot of water, scald the pigeons and wash them. Put the processed pigeons into the pot, add chopped green onions and ginger slices, add more than half of the pot of water and turn on the heat. Soak the red dates and wolfberry in water in advance.

　　2. Wait until the water in the pot boils, use a large spoon to break up the foam in the pot, add the washed jujubes, turn to the lowest heat and simmer slowly for 2 hours.

　　3. After 2 hours, the pigeon is basically stewed. Put the soaked wolfberry into the pot, add 1 teaspoon of salt and a few drops of sesame oil, and then simmer for 15 minutes.

　　Edible effects: Pigeon meat has many functions such as protecting the liver and nourishing the kidneys, replenishing qi and blood, clearing away heat and detoxifying, producing body fluids and quenching thirst. 5. Tomato beef soup.

　　Lotus Root Pork Ribs Soup

　　Ingredients: 500g pork ribs, 500g lotus root, 4 large slices of ginger, 10g salt.

　　1. Cut off the pedicles at both ends of the lotus root, split it in half lengthwise, clean it, check whether there is any residual sediment in the eye of the lotus root, and then cut it into hob pieces with a length of about 6cm.

　　2. Put the ribs into the soup pot, add ginger slices, pour 3/4 of the pot of warm water, cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat for 15 minutes. Add the lotus root pieces, reduce to low heat and simmer for 1 hour.

　　3. After turning off the heat, add salt to the stewed lotus root and pork ribs soup.

　　Edible effects: Lotus root has the effects of strengthening the spleen and appetizing, benefiting blood and promoting muscle growth; pork ribs provide the human body with rich calcium, and also have the effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing, replenishing essence and blood. It is suitable for people with insufficient qi and blood, yin deficiency and anorexia.

　　Tomato Beef Soup

　　Ingredients: Beef, onions, tomatoes, tomato sauce, potatoes, ginger, green onions, rosemary, butter.

　　1. Cut the beef into suitable small pieces, blanch it in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, remove and wash the blood and set aside.

　　2. Wash the pot, apply an appropriate amount of butter, add diced onions, peeled and diced potatoes, a little dried rosemary, and stir-fry until fragrant.

　　3. Pour in the chopped tomatoes, green onions, and ginger slices and continue to stir-fry until the tomatoes become soft and the red soup overflows; add a large spoonful of tomato paste, a sprig of fresh rosemary, and an appropriate amount of water, and bring to a boil over high heat.

　　4. Transfer all the ingredients in the pot to the slow cooker and cook until the beef is tender and the soup is thick. Add a little salt to taste.

　　Eating effects: Beef has the effects of replenishing qi, nourishing the spleen and stomach, strengthening muscles and bones, reducing phlegm and calming wind, and quenching thirst and salivation. Tomatoes have the effects of promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, strengthening the stomach and digestion, cooling blood and calming the liver, clearing heat and detoxifying, and lowering blood pressure.

　　Donkey hide gelatin crucian carp soup

　　Ingredients: crucian carp, green onion, donkey hide gelatin, ginger, Huadiao wine, salt.

　　1. First wash the crucian carp and drain it, and dry the surface moisture with kitchen towels.

　　2. 30g Shandong donkey-hide gelatin, knotted green onions and sliced ​​ginger.

　　3. Heat oil in a pot, sauté a few slices of ginger until fragrant, add crucian carp and fry until the fish changes color on both sides.

　　4. Add enough water to the pot, add green onions and ginger, bring to a boil over high heat, add an appropriate amount of Huadiao wine, and continue to cook until the alcohol smell dissipates.

　　5. Skim off the foam, turn to medium heat, maintain a constant boil, cover and simmer until the soup turns white, about 30 minutes. Add donkey hide gelatin and continue to cook for about 10 minutes. Add an appropriate amount of salt according to personal taste and cook briefly.

　　Efficacy of consumption: digestion and stagnation, clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispelling cold and keeping warm, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and enhancing human immunity.

　　Small quail, white fungus and mushroom soup

　　Ingredients: 1 small quail, 5 quail eggs, 50 grams of mushrooms, 50 grams of white fungus, 50 grams of tomatoes, appropriate amounts of cooking wine, refined salt, MSG, and pepper.

　　1. Wash the small quails, remove the internal organs, and marinate them with refined salt and cooking wine for half an hour. Soak the white fungus in warm water, remove the stem and tear it into small florets. Clean the mushrooms and tear them into small pieces for later use.

　　2. Put the quail in a soup pot, add cold water to boil, skim off the foam, add salt to taste, continue to stew until cooked and tender, take it out and put it in a soup bowl. Bring the original soup to a boil, add white fungus, mushrooms, and quail eggs and cook briefly, add tomatoes, add MSG and pepper, and pour into the quail soup bowl.

　　Efficacy of consumption: whitening and nourishing the skin, nourishing the kidneys and replenishing deficiency.

　　The function of health maintenance is not only to nourish the stomach and body, but also has the effect of whitening. Therefore, for the sake of our health, we must actively join the ranks of health preservation.