The lung is one of the five organs of the human body. It has the function of assisting the heart in governing the other organs, limbs, and bones of the body. Its function permeates throughout the body and plays a very important role in the life activities of the body. Below, I will recommend 6 nourishing soups that are good for the lungs and can be used for reference.
Medicated Soup 1: Lily Rhizome and Adenophora Stew with Old Duck
Ingredients: Appropriate amount of lily rhizome, adenophora, and old duck meat.
Preparation: Put the three ingredients into a clay pot and simmer for over 1 hour. Season with spices and consume.
Efficacy: Lily rhizome and adenophora stew with old duck is used to treat insufficient lung yin. It is suitable for treating symptoms such as dry mouth and dry cough.
Medicated Soup 2: Crystal Sugar and Solomon's Seal Stew
Ingredients: 30g of Solomon's Seal, 50g of crystal sugar.
Preparation: Soak the Solomon's Seal in water and simmer with low heat for about 1 hour. Drink the soup with the Solomon's Seal twice a day.
Efficacy: Crystal sugar and Solomon's Seal stew is used to treat insufficient lung yin. It can be used to treat symptoms such as dry cough without phlegm and dry throat.
Medicated Soup 3: Monk Fruit Stew with Pig Lungs
Ingredients: 1 monk fruit, 24g of pig lungs.
Preparation: Slice the ripe monk fruit into thin slices, cut the pig lungs into small pieces, squeeze out the foam, wash them, put them in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and then add the slices of monk fruit to cook. Once the lungs are cooked, it can be eaten.
Efficacy: Monk fruit stew with pig lungs has the effect of nourishing the lungs, stopping cough, and clearing heat and phlegm. It is suitable for treating dry and hot cough.
Medicated Soup 4: Eight Treasures Longevity Porridge
Ingredients: 1500g of millet, 500g of rice, 250g of peanuts, 150g of walnuts, 50g of pine nuts, 15g of almonds, 100g of hawthorn, 30g of red beans, 10 red dates, 500g of crystal sugar.
Preparation: Wash the rice and put it in a pot, add 5000g of water, add the red beans and nuts, cook for 40 minutes, add the millet and simmer until it becomes porridge. Add the crystal sugar, dissolve it, and then add the pitted dates and hawthorn. After 3 minutes, remove from heat and serve. Older people should have half a bowl at noon, while younger people should have one and a half bowls. It is suitable to eat in winter, spring, and autumn.
Efficacy: Eight Treasures Longevity Porridge can invigorate the spleen and kidneys, nourish the lungs, and promote bowel movement. It is a good choice for the elderly and those with weak spleen, lung, kidney, deficiency of body fluids, constipation, and those who need recuperation during illness.
Medicated Soup 5: Pearl and Jade Porridge
Ingredients: 60g of fresh Chinese yam, 60g of coix seed, 30g of persimmon cake.
Preparation: First, grind the fresh Chinese yam, cut the persimmon cake into small pieces, and cook the coix seed until soft. Then add the fresh Chinese yam and persimmon cake and cook them together to make a porridge. Take it twice a day, and 5-7 days make up one course.
Efficacy: This porridge can treat deficiency of spleen and lung yin, lack of appetite, and dry cough caused by yin deficiency. Chinese yam and coix seed are both medicines that can nourish the spleen and lungs. If used alone, Chinese yam can become too sticky over time, and if coix seed is used for a long time, it can lose its mild and permeating properties. Only when used in equal proportions can it be taken for a long time without any adverse effects. Persimmon cake has a cooling effect and can nourish the lungs, while its sweetness can return to the spleen. Pearl and Jade Porridge is an ideal porridge for treating chronic diseases in autumn. It is suitable for those with lung qi deficiency, lung yin deficiency constitution.
Medicated Soup 6: Crispy Honey Porridge
Ingredients: 20-30g of butter, 100g of glutinous rice, 15g of honey.
Preparation: First, cook the glutinous rice into porridge, then add the butter and honey, and cook them together. The porridge should be consumed warm.
Efficacy: Crispy honey porridge can nourish the five organs, invigorate qi and blood, nourish yin, and moisturize dryness. It is suitable for those with weak constitution, weak labor and low fever, lung dryness, lung weakness, coughing with blood, rough and dry skin, and constipation. Butter is made from refined cow's milk or sheep's milk. When made from cow's milk, it is called cow butter, and when made from sheep's milk, it is called sheep butter. Butter is rich in nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can nourish the five organs, invigorate qi and blood, and moisturize hair. Honey is also a good nourishing food, rich in various trace elements. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, nourishing the lungs, detoxifying various drugs, invigorating the spleen and qi, and improving complexion. Cooking porridge with butter and honey is not only fragrant and sweet, but also enhances the nourishing effect. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says, "Crispy honey porridge nourishes the heart and lungs." People with lung deficiency can benefit from long-term consumption.
