Buddha's Hand is a type of traditional Chinese medicine with various medicinal properties. Due to its high medicinal, culinary, and economic value, it is loved by many people. It has multiple medicinal effects, such as regulating liver function, relieving cough and phlegm, and promoting digestion and appetite. Buddha's Hand Duck Soup has the effect of relieving liver and stomach pain.
[Name]
Buddha's Hand Duck Soup
[Ingredients]
300g duck meat, 100g Buddha's Hand, 10g tangerine peel, 10g hawthorn, 10g goji berries, salt, chicken essence (as needed)
[Instructions]
1. Wash and chop the duck meat, blanch it in boiling water, and rinse it clean. Slice the Buddha's Hand. Wash the goji berries and soak them until soft. Prepare the juice from tangerine peel and hawthorn by boiling them in water.
2. In a pot, add the duck meat, Buddha's Hand, and goji berries. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer on low heat for 1-2 hours.
3. Pour in the prepared juice, add salt and chicken essence for seasoning, and simmer for a while.
[Precautions]
Use with caution for those with excessive yin fire, qi deficiency, or qi stagnation.
Pregnant women should use with caution.
[Nutritional Value]
1. Duck meat: It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and lungs, enhancing immune function, and moisturizing the skin.
2. Tangerine peel: It aids digestion, strengthens the spleen, and nourishes the stomach.
3. Buddha's Hand Duck Soup: This soup has the effects of relieving cough and phlegm, clearing heat, regulating liver function, nourishing yin and lungs, strengthening the spleen, and nourishing the stomach.
[Effects and Functions of Buddha's Hand]
The effects and functions of Buddha's Hand include soothing the liver, regulating qi, and relieving stomach pain. It is used for liver and stomach qi stagnation, chest and rib pain, stomach distension, and decreased appetite with vomiting.
Buddha's Hand not only has high ornamental value but also has valuable medicinal and economic value. Every part of Buddha's Hand, including the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits, can be used as medicine. It has a taste of pungent, bitter, sweet, warm, and non-toxic. It enters the liver, spleen, and stomach meridians and has various medicinal functions, such as regulating qi, eliminating phlegm, relieving cough and distension, soothing the liver, and strengthening the spleen and stomach.
According to historical records, the roots of Buddha's Hand can treat male impotence and limb weakness; the flowers and fruits can be used to make tea, which has the effect of relieving gas; the fruits can treat stomach diseases, vomiting, hiccups, hypertension, tracheitis, asthma, and other conditions.
