Clinical Manifestations of Deficiency Cold Syndrome:
Fever, chills, headache, spontaneous sweating, cough with white phlegm, shortness of breath, palpitations, fatigue, pale tongue with white coating, weak and floating pulse.
[Recipe: Ginger and Duck Egg Soup]
Ingredients: 50g ginger (peeled), 2 duck eggs, 20ml white wine.
Preparation: Wash and peel the ginger, cut into thin slices. Boil 200ml of water with the ginger, then break the duck eggs into the ginger soup and stir lightly. Add the white wine and bring to a boil.
Benefits: Dispels exterior pathogenic factors and disperses cold.
Usage: Take once daily, eat the eggs and drink the soup at one time. Can be taken consecutively for 3 days.
[Recipe: Immortal Porridge]
Ingredients: 30g glutinous rice, 10g ginger slices, 6g white part of scallions.
Preparation: Cook glutinous rice and ginger slices with water in a clay pot. Add the white part of scallions when the porridge is cooked until the rice is soft. Add 20ml rice vinegar and mix well.
Benefits: Tonifies Qi, nourishes deficiency, dispels cold, and disperses exterior pathogenic factors.
Usage: Drink the porridge while hot, sweating is ideal.
[Recipe: Goji Berry and Schisandra Tea]
Ingredients: Equal parts of goji berries and schisandra berries.
Preparation: Grind the goji berries and schisandra berries into powder. Steep in boiling water for 3 hours, then drink.
Benefits: Clears summer-heat and relieves heat, tonifies deficiency, and nourishes essence.
Usage: Drink the tea anytime during the day.
[Recipe: Astragalus and Ginger Date Soup]
Ingredients: 15g astragalus root, 15g Chinese dates, 3 slices of ginger.
Preparation: Add the above three ingredients with appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for about 1 hour over low heat.
Benefits: Tonifies Qi, nourishes deficiency, dispels exterior pathogenic factors, and disperses cold.
Usage: Eat the dates and drink the soup.
