Ginseng is a precious traditional Chinese medicine that can tonify qi and nourish yin. It contains various amino acids and is loved by many people. Whether for self-nourishment or as a gift for friends and family, ginseng is a good choice. So, how to consume ginseng to tonify qi and blood?
Ginseng and Red Date Porridge
Ingredients:
100g glutinous rice, 10g dried red dates, 3g ginseng.
Instructions:
1. Wash the ginseng and soak it in water overnight.
2. Cut the ginseng into small pieces and wash the red dates.
3. Put the ginseng, red dates, glutinous rice, and the water used to soak the ginseng into a clay pot.
4. Add some more water and simmer over low heat for 60 minutes.
Goji Berry, Angelica, and Ginseng Soup
Ingredients:
15g ginseng, 400g pork, 6 red dates, 5g angelica, a few goji berries.
Instructions:
1. Slice the ginseng. Cut the pork into pieces and wash them. Wash the red dates, angelica, and goji berries.
2. After the water in the clay pot boils, add the ginseng, pork, red dates, angelica, and goji berries.
3. Simmer over low heat for two hours, then season before serving.
Ginseng and Brown Sugar Steamed Eggs
Ingredients:
1 egg, 3g ginseng, an appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Instructions:
1. Take an appropriate amount of soybean oil, 2 eggs, and 30g brown sugar (mix with a little water).
2. Heat the soybean oil in a pan.
3. Mix the beaten eggs with brown sugar and ginseng, then pour the mixture into the pan and cook until done.
4. Take it on an empty stomach, and continue for 10 days.
5. To consolidate the therapeutic effect, you can also take it for several more days.
Ginseng and Astragalus Drink
Ingredients:
5g ginseng, 5-8g astragalus.
Instructions:
1. Wash the ginseng and astragalus.
2. Pour boiling water into the prepared herbs, cover, and let it steep for about 5-10 minutes before drinking.
Ginseng Four Delicacies Soup
Ingredients:
About 10g ginseng, a package of the Four Gentlemen (chuanxiong, cooked rehmannia, white peony, angelica) about 50g, 1 chicken or 500g pork ribs, or beef, mutton (quantity can be adjusted as desired).
Instructions:
1. Fill the pot with water, covering the chicken, pork ribs, or beef and mutton.
2. No need to add salt, MSG, or other seasonings.
3. First, decoct the Four Gentlemen soup for half an hour.
4. Combine the herbal broth with ginseng, then steam the chicken, pork ribs, or beef and mutton.
5. Simmer over low heat for about 1 hour.
