Danggui Lamb Soup: Nourishing Blood and Warming the Body

Danggui Lamb Soup is a medicinal dish made primarily with danggui, ginger, and lamb. It is rich in nutrients and not only has health benefits but also has certain therapeutic effects. Below, we will introduce the efficacy and function of Danggui Lamb Soup.

Warming the Middle and Tonifying Blood

Danggui has long been known as the "sacred blood-tonifying herb" due to its sweet and heavy taste and its ability to tonify blood. Danggui Lamb Soup is a warm food that can warm the middle and alleviate pain, warm and tonify liver blood. It is particularly suitable for women who suffer from postpartum blood deficiency and abdominal pain caused by yang deficiency and lack of warmth.

Regulating Menstruation and Dispelling Cold

Danggui, with its pungent and sweet taste, promotes blood circulation and regulates menstruation, invigorates the collaterals, and relieves pain. Lamb meat warms the middle, dispels cold, and relieves pain. In addition, ginger, which is added to Danggui Lamb Soup, has a warm and dispersing nature that can assist in dispelling cold and warming the stomach. Danggui Lamb Soup effectively combines the benefits of each ingredient and can be used to regulate menstruation and dispel cold, treating cold pain in the abdomen.

Nourishing the Liver and Tonifying Deficiency

Lamb meat contains rich proteins, fats, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and other nutrients. Its taste is sweet and warm, and it can nourish the liver and tonify deficiency. Danggui promotes blood circulation and relieves stagnation, enhancing the ability of lamb meat to tonify deficiency and warm the liver. Therefore, Danggui Lamb Soup can be used to treat deficiency and insufficient energy.

Recipe for Danggui Lamb Soup

Ingredients: 20g Danggui, 30g ginger, 500g lamb, appropriate amount of yellow wine and seasonings. Method: Wash the Danggui, soak it in water until soft, and slice it. Wash the ginger and slice it. Blanch the lamb in boiling water to remove blood, then take it out and slice it. Put the Danggui, ginger, and lamb in a clay pot, add water and yellow wine, bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, and then simmer over low heat until the lamb is tender. Season with salt and other seasonings before serving. Efficacy: Tonifies qi and blood, warms the middle, and dispels cold. Suitable for symptoms: Cold limbs and aversion to cold caused by yang deficiency, pale complexion, lack of energy; symptoms caused by blood deficiency such as sallow complexion, dizziness, numbness of hands and feet, and irregular menstruation.

Contraindications for Danggui Lamb Soup

It is not suitable for patients with symptoms of excess heat. Danggui Lamb Soup is focused on tonifying and warming, which can exacerbate symptoms of excess heat. Symptoms of excess heat include high fever, restlessness, red face and eyes, thirst for cold drinks, chest pain with yellow phlegm, constipation, dark and short urine, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid or slippery pulse.