You know what? Buddha's hand is a type of traditional Chinese medicine that is considered a treasure. Due to its high medicinal, culinary, and economic value, it is loved by many people. Buddha's hand has various medicinal properties, such as promoting liver health, relieving cough and phlegm, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. It can be used to treat vomiting, cough, and gastric pain. Today, I'm going to recommend three Chinese medicinal recipes using Buddha's hand that are effective in promoting liver health, relieving cough, and reducing phlegm.
Chinese Medicinal Recipe: Buddha's Hand Soup
1. Buddha's Hand and Mimosa Bark Pig Liver Soup
Ingredients: 10g Buddha's hand, 10g mimosa bark, 150g pig liver, ginger, shredded scallions, salt
Instructions:
1. Slice the pig liver and wash it thoroughly. Marinate it with salt, ginger, and cooking wine.
2. Put the mimosa bark and Buddha's hand in a clay pot and add an appropriate amount of water. Simmer for about 20 minutes.
3. Cook the pig liver, shredded scallions, and ginger in the pot with the herbal broth. Add salt for seasoning.
Benefits:
1. Buddha's hand: It has the effects of aromatically promoting liver health, relieving cough and phlegm, reducing nausea and bloating, and strengthening the spleen and stomach.
2. Mimosa bark: It has the effects of relieving depression, calming the mind, promoting blood circulation, resolving abscesses and swelling.
3. Pig liver: It is rich in vitamin A and iron, which can protect the eyes and nourish the blood.
4. Buddha's Hand and Mimosa Bark Pig Liver Soup: This soup has the effects of promoting liver health, relieving depression, nourishing the blood, calming the mind, relieving cough and phlegm, and strengthening the spleen and stomach.
2. Buddha's Hand, Carrot, and Water Chestnut Soup
Ingredients: 80g Buddha's hand, 50g water chestnut, 100g carrot, ginger, pepper powder, salt, sesame oil
Instructions:
1. Wash the carrot, Buddha's hand, and water chestnut. Cut them into thin shreds. Finely chop the ginger.
2. Heat oil in a pan and sauté the ginger. Add the carrot, Buddha's hand, and water chestnut. Stir-fry them. Add an appropriate amount of water, salt, and pepper powder. Bring to a boil. Drizzle with sesame oil.
Benefits:
1. Buddha's hand: It has the effects of aromatically promoting liver health, relieving cough and phlegm, reducing nausea and bloating, and strengthening the spleen and stomach.
2. Carrot: It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, improving eyesight, clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, moisturizing the skin, and promoting metabolism.
3. Water chestnut: It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling the blood and generating body fluids, diuresis and relieving constipation, promoting digestion and reducing bloating, and promoting metabolism.
4. Buddha's Hand, Carrot, and Water Chestnut Soup: This soup has the effects of promoting liver health, strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting digestion, clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving cough and phlegm, diuresis, and relieving constipation.
3. Buddha's Hand and Duck Soup
Ingredients: 300g duck, 100g Buddha's hand, 10g tangerine peel, 10g hawthorn, 10g goji berries, salt, chicken essence
Instructions:
1. Wash and chop the duck into pieces. Blanch it in boiling water and rinse it.
2. Slice the Buddha's hand. Rinse the goji berries. Steep the tangerine peel and hawthorn in water and extract the juice.
3. Put the duck meat, Buddha's hand slices, and goji berries in a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer for 1-2 hours over low heat.
4. Pour in the herbal juice. Season with salt and chicken essence. Simmer for a while.
Benefits:
1. Duck: It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and invigorating the lungs, enhancing the body's immune system, and moisturizing the skin.
2. Tangerine peel: It stimulates appetite, aids digestion, and strengthens the spleen and stomach.
3. Buddha's Hand and Duck Soup: This soup has the effects of relieving cough and phlegm, clearing heat and promoting liver health, nourishing yin and invigorating the lungs, strengthening the spleen and stomach.
