We may not be very familiar with Jade Bamboo, but it is indeed a favorite of health enthusiasts. Jade Bamboo has a sweet and fatty taste, and its texture is soft and moist. It is a good medicine for nourishing yin and generating fluids. Today, our editor brings you a recipe for "Carrot, Jade Bamboo, Water Chestnut, and Fish Head Soup".
【Name】
Carrot, Jade Bamboo, Water Chestnut, and Fish Head Soup
【Effects】
Clears heat and moisturizes dryness, nourishes the skin. It is a great choice for adjusting the body in the dry climate of autumn.
【Ingredients】
250g Carrots, 25g Jade Bamboo, 150g Water Chestnuts, 1 large Fish Head (about 300g)
【Instructions】
Peel and cut the carrots into pieces. Peel and crush the water chestnuts. Clean the fish head and fry it in a pan with a little oil until both sides turn golden brown. Add a small amount of water to the pan, then put the prepared ingredients into a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer for 1 hour. Season with salt and serve.
【Common prescriptions with Jade Bamboo】
1. For fever and dry mouth, difficult urination: 5 taels of Withered Lilyturf. Boil and drink the juice.
2. For stomach yin deficiency caused by autumn dryness: 3 qian of Jade Bamboo, 3 qian of Ophiopogon Root, 2 qian of Sand Ginseng, 1 qian of Licorice. Boil 5 cups of water and reduce it to 2 cups, divide into two servings.
3. For Yangming warm diseases with sweating after bowel movement, when the yin needs to be restored: 3 qian of Sand Ginseng, 5 qian of Ophiopogon Root, 1 qian of Rock Sugar, 5 qian of Raw Rehmannia Root, 1.5 qian of Jade Bamboo (fried until fragrant). Boil 5 cups of water and reduce it to 2 cups, divide into two servings, then boil the residue with another cup and drink it.
4. For cold and dry cough, dryness in the throat due to yin deficiency caused by catching a cold or winter dryness: 2-3 qian of Fresh Withered Lilyturf, 2-3 white parts of green onion, 1 qian to 1.5 qian of Platycodon grandiflorus, 5 fen to 1 qian of Dongbairen, 3-4 qian of Lightly Fermented Black Soybeans, 1 qian to 1.5 qian of Peppermint, 5 fen of Roasted Licorice, 2 red dates. Decoction and drink.
5. For painful urination: 4 liang of Banana Roots (cut), 1 liang of Withered Lilyturf (ground). Boil the ingredients with 2 cups of water until 1 cup and 3 fen remains, remove the residue, add 3 qian of Talcum Powder, stir it evenly. Divide it into three servings and take it before meals.
6. For deficiency syndrome in men and women, sore and weak limbs, spontaneous sweating, night sweats: 5 qian of Weiling Ginseng, 2.5 qian of Salvia Miltiorrhiza. Decoction with water, no need to decoct multiple times.
