Ginger is a common ingredient in daily life. It is a dried product obtained by dehydrating fresh ginger. It can be used as a seasoning or as a medicinal herb. Here are a few ways to use dried ginger!
Method 1: Dried Ginger Lamb Soup
Ingredients: 150g lean lamb, 30g dried ginger, 1g salt, 3g scallion, 1g ground Sichuan pepper.
Instructions: Cut the lamb into pieces and stew with dried ginger until the meat is tender. Season with salt, chopped scallion, and ground Sichuan pepper.
Benefits: Warming, dispelling cold, and tonifying deficiency. Suitable for symptoms such as cold limbs and aversion to cold due to spleen and kidney yang deficiency, sore and weak waist and knees, long and clear urine or edema of the lower limbs; excessive diarrhea; lower abdominal coldness after menstruation, etc.
Method 2: Dried Ginger Perilla Soup
Ingredients: 3g dried ginger, 30g perilla leaves, 1 slice of ginger.
Instructions: Soak and wash all the ingredients. In a clay pot, add about 500ml of water (about 2 bowls), dried ginger, and ginger. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until reduced to about 1 bowl. Add perilla leaves and simmer for a moment. Divide into 3 portions for daily consumption.
Benefits: It can dispel cold, induce sweating, warm the lungs, and warm the stomach. It has a good therapeutic effect on cough, asthma, and phlegm. It can also promote appetite and sleep.
Method 3: Ginger, Jujube, and Brown Sugar Soup
Ingredients: 5g dried ginger, 15g dried jujube, 30g brown sugar.
Instructions: Remove the core of the jujube, wash it, and slice the dried ginger. Boil the jujube, dried ginger, and brown sugar together to make a decoction.
Benefits: It can warm the womb and dispel cold, suitable for cold and painful menstruation.
