Clinical Manifestations of Damp-Heat Type Chronic Cholecystitis:
High fever or alternating chills and fever, distending pain in the hypochondrium, chest tightness, poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, jaundice, dark urine, constipation. Red tongue with yellow greasy coating, wiry and slippery pulse.Mud Loach Stewed Tofu
Ingredients: 500g mud loach, 250g tofu. Method: Add salt, cooking wine, and water to the mud loach, stew until partially cooked, then add tofu and continue stewing until the fish is fully cooked. Effect: Clears heat, promotes diuresis, and harmonizes the middle burner. Usage: Drink the soup and eat the tofu and mud loach.Cucumber Coix Seed Porridge
Ingredients: 1 cucumber, 50g coix seed, 100g glutinous rice. Method: Cook coix seed and glutinous rice into porridge, add cucumber slices and cook for 2-3 minutes. Effect: Invigorates the spleen, clears heat, and promotes diuresis. Usage: Can be consumed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.Xi Huang Cao Mud Loach Soup
Ingredients: 30g xi huang cao (Chinese herb), 250g mud loach, 4 slices of ginger. Method: Clean the mud loach with boiling water to remove mucus and blood, then put it in a pot with xi huang cao and ginger. Add enough water and bring to a boil, then simmer for 1-2 hours. Season to taste. Effect: Clears and eliminates damp-heat. Usage: Drink the soup and eat the mud loach every other day.Yin Chen Corn Silk Soup
Ingredients: 30g yin chen (Chinese herb), 30g corn silk. Method: Cook the above ingredients in water and extract the juice. Effect: Clears heat and promotes diuresis. Usage: Take once a day, substitute for tea.Corn Silk Stewed Clam Meat
Ingredients: 50g corn silk, 200g clam meat. Method: Put the above ingredients in a clay pot, add water, and simmer until cooked. Effect: Promotes diuresis, relieves heat, and aids bowel movements. Usage: Take once every other day.Moneywort Porridge
Ingredients: 60g fresh moneywort (or 30g dried), 50g glutinous rice, rock sugar to taste. Method: Cut the moneywort into small pieces, add 200ml water and simmer until reduced to 100ml. Remove the residue and keep the juice. Add the glutinous rice and rock sugar, then add around 400ml water and cook into a thin porridge. Effect: Promotes urination and eliminates stones, relieves jaundice. Usage: Take once a day, warm and consume in the morning and evening.
