Many women know that Tremella can whiten the skin infinitely, and it is also a dessert suitable for the general public. It has the functions of warming the lungs, stopping coughs, nourishing yin, and clearing heat. On a hot afternoon, have a bowl of refreshing Ice Sugar Tremella Lotus Seed Red Date Soup to cool down and nourish the skin. Let's learn how to make Ice Sugar Tremella Lotus Seed Red Date Soup together with the following steps!
【Name】
Ice Sugar Tremella Lotus Seed Red Date Soup
【Ingredients】
Tremella 20g, Lotus Seed 100g, Red Date 12g, Rock Sugar to taste, Glutinous Rice 100g.
【Preparation】
Cook the glutinous rice into porridge, dissolve the rock sugar in water, soak the Tremella in warm water, cook the lotus seeds until soft and remove the core, and remove the pits from the red dates. Put the Tremella, lotus seeds, red dates, and dissolved rock sugar into the porridge pot, simmer on low heat until done.
【Nutritional Value】
1. Tremella
It is well known that Tremella is sweet and neutral in nature, and it benefits the heart, lungs, kidneys, and stomach meridians. It nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, nourishes the stomach, generates fluids, strengthens the body, nourishes the heart, and calms the spirit. It is nourishing without being greasy. It is especially suitable for people with yin deficiency and excessive heat, low immune function, weak constitution, internal heat, lung heat cough, as well as women with irregular menstruation, gastritis, and constipation.
Moreover, it has great benefits for pregnant women. Especially for pregnant women who feel anxious, have spots on their faces, have high psychological pressure, can't sleep, or have insomnia and frequent dreams, it has a great therapeutic effect.
2. Lotus Seeds
Lotus seeds are rich in calcium, phosphorus, and potassium, and they have certain effects in treating neurasthenia, chronic gastritis, indigestion, and hypertension. The abundant phosphorus is the main component of cell nuclear proteins, which helps the body metabolize proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, maintain acid-base balance, and has an important role in sperm formation. Lotus seeds have the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the mind.
Elderly people, especially mental workers, often eat them, which can nourish the brain, enhance memory, improve work efficiency, and prevent the occurrence of senile dementia.
It can treat oral ulcers and help with sleep. It is used as a tonic to invigorate the spleen, stop diarrhea, invigorate the kidneys, and calm the mind. It can treat chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, long-term diarrhea, kidney deficiency with spermatorrhea, slippery discharge, urinary incontinence, women's excessive menstruation and leukorrhea, restlessness, palpitations, and insomnia.
3. Red Dates
Red dates are a holy product for replenishing qi and nourishing blood. They are also cheap and affordable. People do not need to buy expensive supplements. They can achieve the effect of health preservation and nourishment by making good use of red dates.
Red dates are a good tonic. In diet therapy, red dates are often added to nourish the body and nourish the qi and blood. Dr. Andy Sun from National Taiwan University strongly advocates eating more red dates, astragalus, and goji berries in daily life, which can enhance the body's vitality and strengthen the immune system.
【Tips】
1. Since it is a soup, the stewing time can be longer. It is best to see the Tremella become jelly-like.
2. Both the lotus seeds and Tremella need to be soaked for 2 hours. The lotus seeds can be soaked the night before, and the core should not be removed. It may be a bit bitter, but it can relieve internal heat, so do not remove the core.
