The Health Benefits of One-Footed Kumquat and Lean Pork Soup

December 25, 2023

One-footed kumquat and lean pork soup is a traditional Chinese health recipe, mainly made from one-footed kumquat (also known as one-footed gold) and lean pork stewed with ginger. It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and promoting digestion, and can be used to relieve symptoms such as excessive liver fire in children and poor appetite.


【Ingredients】

One-footed kumquat 15g, lean pork 100g, ginger 1-2 slices.

【Preparation Method】

Wash the one-footed kumquat and soak it for 20 minutes. Wash the lean pork, do not cut it with a knife, put it in a clay pot together with the ginger, add 750ml of water (about 3 bowls of water), boil it over high heat, and then simmer it over low heat until there is 250ml of water left (about 1 bowl of water). Add a little salt to taste.

【Dosage】

This amount is for one child, adjust according to the child's age, and can be taken in 2 doses. If used as an adjuvant treatment, it can be taken every other day.

【Benefits】

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that one-footed kumquat and lean pork soup has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and promoting digestion, and can be used to relieve symptoms such as excessive liver fire in children and poor appetite.

【Expanded Application】

In summer, when children have a cold, parents often don't know which soup to use for conditioning. One-footed kumquat and lean pork soup has a sweet and moist aroma, and has the effects of clearing liver heat, reducing accumulation, invigorating the spleen and stomach, and aiding digestion. It is a folk prescription in the Pearl River Delta region for treating children's accumulation, spleen deficiency and liver heat, and summer heat.

One-footed kumquat has a neutral nature, a sweet and mild taste. According to the "Nanning Medicinal Materials Journal", it has the effects of reducing fever, promoting digestion, and treating accumulation, irritability, and thirst.

1. For treating children's accumulation and night blindness: Take 9-15g of one-footed kumquat and cook it with pig liver, take it once a day.

2. For treating children's diarrhea: Take 6g of one-footed kumquat and 6g of dijin, decoct with water and take it orally.

3. For treating jaundice and hepatitis: Take 15-30g of the whole herb of one-footed gold, decoct with water and take it orally.

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