[Recipe Name]
Pine Resin Steamed Shrimp
[Ingredients]
500g freshwater shrimp, 250g pine resin, 3 tablespoons soy sauce (45ml), 1 tablespoon vinegar (15ml), 1 teaspoon minced ginger (5g), 1 teaspoon chopped scallions (5g), 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine (15ml), 1 teaspoon salt (5g)
[Steps]
1. Rinse the freshwater shrimp with clean water. Starting from the second joint counting from the tail, insert a toothpick and gently flick it to remove the shrimp line, which will keep the shrimp intact and beautiful.
2. Mix salt and Shaoxing wine into the freshwater shrimp, marinate for 10 minutes.
3. Rinse the pine resin with clean water, drain the water, and place it in a steamer for later use.
4. Mix soy sauce and vinegar in a small dish to make a seasoning sauce.
5. Place the freshwater shrimp on the pine resin, sprinkle with minced ginger and chopped scallions, cover tightly, and steam over high heat for 5 minutes.
6. Finally, remove the freshwater shrimp, peel off the shell, and dip in the seasoning sauce before eating.
[Tips]
1. Pine resin can be found in many places, especially during the season when pine needles fall to the ground. Collect the fallen pine needles and keep them for later use. Steaming dishes with pine resin will add a pleasant fragrance.
2. Hold the freshwater shrimp in your hand, bend the back upwards, and insert a toothpick slightly into the second joint counting from the tail. Then flick it outwards to remove the shrimp line.
[Medicinal Benefits of Pine Resin]
Pine resin has the effects of expelling wind and dampness, detoxifying and draining pus, promoting skin regeneration, and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat rheumatism, abnormal uterine bleeding, deafness, toothache, carbuncle, fistula, scabies, tinea capitis, and traumatic injuries.
1. "Ben Jing": "It treats carbuncle, sores, white baldness, scabies, and wind-heat in the stomach, and it can calm the five organs and dispel heat. Long-term use can make the body light and prolong life."
2. "Bie Lu": "It treats the heat in the stomach, dry throat, thirst, wind-rheumatism, and necrotic muscles, and refining it can make it white; the red one is used for treating severe rheumatism."
3. "Yao Xing Lun": "It can kill insects, treat deafness and teeth with wormholes. A small amount of it can be chewed, and the worms will die. It can be applied to ulcers, pus, and blood, boiled into an ointment for promoting skin regeneration, relieving pain, and expelling wind."
4. "Ri Hua Zi": "It moistens the heart and lungs, eliminates qi and evil, and can be boiled into an ointment to treat fistula and rotten wounds, and drain pus."
5. "Dian Nan Ben Cao": "It can be applied to scabies, leprosy, and ulcers, calms the five organs, eliminates damp-heat in the stomach, and treats vitiligo and other conditions."
6. "Yi Xue Ru Men · Ben Cao": "It relieves joint pain, moistens the mouth, quenches thirst, strengthens teeth, sharpens hearing, and improves vision. When taken with tonifying herbs, it strengthens yang and promotes fertility."
7. "Gang Mu": "It strengthens bones and tendons, improves hearing and vision, and treats abnormal uterine bleeding."
8. "Ben Cao Zheng": "When applied to the flesh, it will emerge by itself, and mixed with copper powder, it can be used to treat traumatic injuries."
9. "Ben Cao Bei Yao": "It expels wind and dampness, detoxifies, and kills insects."
10. "Yu Qiu Yao Jie": "It treats carbuncle, scabies, prickly heat, promotes skin regeneration, drains pus, stops abnormal uterine bleeding, and strengthens tendons and teeth. It also treats joint pain and itching in the scrotum."
