Ze Xie is a very valuable Chinese medicinal herb that can be used to treat various diseases in humans. It not only has the effect of clearing heat and promoting blood circulation, but also can relieve summer heat when consumed in summer. Below, I will recommend several ways to consume Ze Xie.
Method 1: Pig's Bristle and Ze Xie Soup with Pig Bones
Ingredients: 80g of flat beans, 80g of coix seed, 12g of pig's bristle, 12g of Ze Xie, 5 red dates, 500g of pig bones, 3 slices of ginger.
Preparation: Wash all the ingredients separately and soak the medicinal herbs. Remove the core of the red dates. Crack the pig bones. Put all the ingredients into a clay pot, add 2500ml of water (about 10 bowls), bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for about 2 hours over low heat. Add salt to taste. Serves 3-4 people.
Effect: This method can have the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, moisturizing, and nourishing the body.
Method 2: Pig's Bristle and Ze Xie Soup with Crucian Carp
Ingredients: 800g of old winter melon, 1/2 fresh lotus leaf, 12g of pig's bristle, 12g of Ze Xie (available at Chinese medicine stores), 80g of coix seed, 1 crucian carp, 100g of lean pork, 3 slices of ginger.
Preparation: Wash all the ingredients. Cut the winter melon into chunks with the skin and seeds. Soak the Chinese medicine and coix seed. Clean and fry the crucian carp until slightly yellow, then add a little water. Put all the ingredients into a clay pot, add 3000ml of water (about 12 bowls), bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for two and a half hours over low heat. Add salt to taste. Serves 3-5 people.
Effect: Consuming this soup can have the magical effects of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, and dispelling dampness.
Method 3: Ze Xie Porridge
Ingredients: 10g of Ze Xie, 100g of rice, a little white sugar.
Preparation: Clean the Ze Xie and put it into a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and decoct to extract the juice. Cook the rice into porridge. Add white sugar when it is cooked, and boil for another one or two boilings. Take 1-2 doses daily.
Effect: Regular consumption of this porridge has good therapeutic effects on urinary retention, edema, diarrhea, cloudy urine, leukorrhea, phlegm retention, and kidney yin deficiency, as well as nocturnal emission and dizziness caused by excessive fire and hyperactivity of liver yang.
Method 4: Long Dan Ze Xie Wine
Ingredients: 30g of long dan grass, 30g of skullcap, 10g of Ze Xie, appropriate amount of gardenia fruit, plantago seed, and akebia stem, as well as prepared rhizome and Chinese angelica, and yellow wine.
Preparation: Prepare by hot soaking method. Take 20-30ml three times a day. Take it at the end of the week before menstruation.
Effect: Mainly used to treat symptoms of dysmenorrhea in women.
