According to traditional Chinese medicine, chicken meat is considered yang and has a strong warming effect. It is more suitable for patients with yang deficiency and weak qi. It has good auxiliary therapeutic effects for symptoms such as frequent urination, deafness, and low sperm count caused by kidney yang deficiency. Chicken meat is considered yin and can be used to nourish and tonify the spleen and stomach. It is especially suitable for patients with symptoms such as fatigue, stomach pain, low milk production after childbirth, and dizziness caused by yin deficiency. It is particularly suitable for yin and blood deficiency patients such as postpartum women, elderly and weak individuals, and those with long-term illness to consume.
In addition to cooking, chicken meat can also be used to make various medicinal diets. You can choose according to your own needs:
Stewed Chicken with Danggui and Dangshen: One hen, 15g each of danggui and dangshen, seasoning to taste. Put danggui, dangshen, scallion, ginger, cooking wine, and salt into the cleaned chicken cavity. Put it in a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, and then simmer over low heat until the meat is cooked. Cool it down and you can eat the meat and drink the soup. This soup has the functions of nourishing qi and blood, invigorating the spleen, and replenishing deficiency. It is suitable for patients with long-term debilitating illness, lack of energy, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, insomnia, memory decline, and blurred vision to consume.
Chicken Broth Porridge: 1000ml chicken broth, 50g rice. Wash the rice, skim the surface oil from the chicken broth, put them together in a pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the porridge is cooked. Eat it twice a day for breakfast and dinner. It can nourish qi and blood, calm the five organs, and is suitable for patients with deficiency of essence and blood, insufficient kidney qi, postpartum malnutrition, and post-abortion qi and blood deficiency.
Chicken and Longan Soup: One young rooster, 30g longan. Chop the young rooster into pieces, blanch to remove blood, put it together with longan in a casserole, add cooking wine and an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, and then simmer over low heat until the chicken is tender. Add salt to taste and serve as a dish or dessert. This soup has a warming effect on the kidneys and strengthens yang. It is suitable for patients with frequent urination or bedwetting caused by kidney yang deficiency. If the symptoms are severe, you can also add 12g of cistanche.
