【The Therapeutic Uses of Clam Flower】
(1) Three Snow Clam Flower and Lean Pork Soup
Ingredients:
250g lean pork, 4 snow pears, 60g snow fungus, 30g snow clam paste, 60g clam flower.
(1) Soak the snow clam paste in water for 5 minutes until it turns white. Remove impurities, rinse, and boil in a pot of boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove and drain. Rinse the lean pork, cut into pieces. Rinse the snow pears, cut into quarters with the skin on, remove the core. Soak the snow fungus in water, rinse, and remove small pieces. Rinse the clam flower.
(2) Put the snow pears, snow fungus, clam flower, and lean pork into a pot. Add enough water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 1 hour. Add the snow clam paste and simmer for another hour. Season and serve.
Features of the Three Snow Clam Flower and Lean Pork Soup:
Clears and nourishes the lungs, transforms phlegm, and stops coughing. It is used for lung dryness and heat, with symptoms of dry throat and thick yellow phlegm or dry cough without phlegm. It can also be used for lung yin deficiency and long-term cough with red phlegm. It can also be used for pulmonary tuberculosis with coughing and bloody phlegm, hot flashes, restlessness, and lymphadenitis. This soup combines the nourishing and moisturizing properties of the "three snow" ingredients to clear, nourish, and strengthen the lungs. Snow clam paste nourishes lung yin and moisturizes dryness. Snow pears are cool in nature, can clear and moisturize the lungs, and stop coughing, and can also generate body fluids and relieve thirst. They are commonly used fruits for dry and hot cough, and heat injury to body fluids. Snow fungus nourishes yin, moisturizes the lungs, and nourishes lung yin. Clam flower, also known as clam orchid, has a sweet and cool taste and has the functions of clearing the lungs, transforming phlegm, and cooling the blood. The "Fujian Folk Herbs" states that it can "cleanse the blood, relieve fever, and stop bleeding and dysentery." The "Guangdong Chinese Medicine" states that it can "stop cough, remove phlegm fire, treat tuberculosis with vomiting blood, and phlegm fire nucleus." The "Lingnan Herbal Records" believes that using clam flower "treats rectal bleeding and coughing up blood, boil it with pork and drink the soup" can cure the condition. Lean pork has the function of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness. When combined together, they have the combined effect of clearing, moisturizing, and nourishing the lungs.
(2) Clam Flower and Lean Pork Soup
Ingredients: 30g clam flower (also known as clam orchid), 150g lean pork, a pinch of salt.
Instructions:
Boil clam flower and lean pork in water, add a pinch of salt for seasoning. Drink the soup and eat.
Note: This soup has the functions of clearing the lungs, transforming phlegm, moisturizing dryness, and stopping coughing. It is mainly used for treating pulmonary tuberculosis with coughing up blood.
Lean meat does not mean low fat
Lean meat does not mean low fat. Eating too much can still increase the intake of fat in the body. Therefore, even when eating lean meat, it is important to consume it in moderation and not excessively, especially when it comes to lean pork, which should be eaten in moderation.
