Ze Xie is a highly valuable medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine. In addition to its medicinal uses, Ze Xie also has excellent therapeutic effects in food therapy. It not only helps to clear heat and relieve summer heat, but also has a good alleviating effect on dysmenorrhea in women!
Ze Xie Crucian Carp Soup
Ingredients: 800g old winter melon, 1/2 fresh lotus leaf, 12g Poria cocos, 12g Ze Xie (available at Chinese medicine stores), 80g Job's tears, 1 crucian carp, 100g lean pork, 3 slices of ginger.
Preparation: Wash all ingredients. Cut the winter melon into chunks with skin and seeds intact. Soak the Chinese herbs and Job's tears. Clean and scale the crucian carp, fry until slightly yellow, and add a little water. Put all ingredients into a clay pot, add 3000ml (12 bowls) of water, bring to a boil over high heat, and simmer over low heat for two and a half hours. Add salt to taste. Serves 3-5 people.
Effects: Consuming this soup can have miraculous effects in clearing heat, relieving summer heat, and dispelling dampness.
Ze Xie Porridge
Ingredients: 10g Ze Xie, 100g rice, a little sugar.
Preparation: Clean the Ze Xie and put it in a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and decoct until the liquid is obtained. Add rice and cook porridge. When it is cooked, add sugar and boil for another one or two times. Take 1-2 doses daily.
Effects: Regular consumption of this porridge has good therapeutic effects on conditions such as difficulty urinating, edema, diarrhea, cloudy urine, excessive vaginal discharge, phlegm retention, and deficiency of kidney yin and excessive fire due to nocturnal emission and dizziness.
Long Dan Ze Xie Wine
Ingredients: 30g Gentiana scabra, 30g Scutellaria baicalensis, 10g Ze Xie, appropriate amount of gardenia fruit, Plantago asiatica seed, Akebia quinata, Rehmannia glutinosa, 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.
Effects: Mainly used to treat symptoms of dysmenorrhea in women.
