Ginseng Stewed Chicken is a highly nourishing tonic that can improve female resistance to cold. However, it is important to note that people with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar should not consume Ginseng Stewed Chicken!
【Name】
Ginseng Stewed Chicken
【Ingredients】
Half a chicken, precooked in boiling water and chopped into pieces; one fresh ginseng root; fresh abalone; soaked shiitake mushrooms; ginger slices; one tablespoon of ginseng wine; a pinch of salt.
【Instructions】
Pour 5 cups of water into a stewing pot, add the chicken pieces, ginseng root, abalone, shiitake mushrooms, ginger slices, and ginseng wine. Place the pot in a steamer, steam on high heat for 25 minutes, then reduce the heat and continue steaming for 95 minutes. Season with salt and serve.
【Benefits of Consuming Ginseng Stewed Chicken】
1. Nourishes the spleen and nourishes the blood.
Ginseng nourishes the spleen and is an essential herb for nourishing the spleen. It can be used to treat symptoms such as weak spleen, fatigue, and poor appetite and digestion. Ginseng also promotes the production of qi and blood, which can be used to treat deficiency of both qi and blood caused by weak spleen, deficiency of qi, and inability to produce blood. In addition, chicken meat is rich in iron, which also helps nourish the blood.
2. Tonifies qi and generates fluids.
Ginseng is sweet and warm, and can greatly tonify the original qi and stabilize the pulse. It is an essential herb for rescuing the critically ill. It is suitable for patients who are in a critical condition due to excessive sweating, diarrhea, excessive blood loss, serious illness, or long-term illness, with symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, continuous sweating, cold limbs, and weak pulse.
3. Benefits the kidneys and boosts yang.
Ginseng nourishes the kidney qi and boosts the kidney yang. It can be used to treat shortness of breath and frequent wheezing caused by deficiency of both qi and kidney, as well as long-term wheezing. Chicken meat is rich in protein, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc, and other trace elements, which can also nourish the body. Therefore, the combination of ginseng and chicken in stewed soup has a good effect in benefiting the kidneys and boosting yang.
