Seven Treasures Porridge: Traditional Recipes for Health and Longevity

December 11, 2023

Seven Treasures Glutinous Rice Porridge

Ingredients: 500g glutinous rice, 30g dried longan, 120g brown sugar, 60g winter melon sugar, 15g black and white sesame seeds each, 30g jujube, 30g tremella. Remove the shells of the dried longan, wash the jujubes and remove the pits, soak the tremella until it is fully hydrated and remove impurities. Wash the glutinous rice and put it in a pot, add the jujubes, dried longan, tremella, winter melon sugar, and add enough water. Cook over high heat until 60% cooked, then add sesame seeds and brown sugar, and cook until it becomes porridge. Serve in separate portions. This porridge has the effects of warming the middle and invigorating the spleen, nourishing qi and blood, and promoting health and longevity. It is suitable for conditions such as premature greying of hair, pale complexion, weakness in the limbs, dizziness, and blurred vision caused by blood deficiency.

Sheep Milk Red Date Porridge

Ingredients: 300ml sheep milk, 15 red dates, 250g japonica rice, 30g sun-dried ginseng, 30g rock sugar. First, put the japonica rice, sun-dried ginseng (sliced), and red dates (pitted) in a pot, add enough water, and cook over high heat for 30 minutes. Then pour in the sheep milk and cook for a while until it becomes porridge. Serve in separate portions. This porridge has the effects of nourishing qi and invigorating the middle, and moisturizing and replenishing deficiency. It is suitable for conditions such as shortness of breath, yellow complexion, weakness in the limbs, a faint taste in the mouth, and constipation.

Glehnia and Black Bean Porridge

Ingredients: 30g glehnia, 30g black beans, 30g black sesame seeds, 60g glutinous rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the glehnia, black beans, black sesame seeds, and glutinous rice, and put them in a sand pot with enough water to cook into porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add rock sugar and cook for another 1-2 boils. Take it warm in the morning and evening, and take it for 7 days as one course of treatment. This recipe nourishes the liver and kidneys, nourishes yin and blood, strengthens teeth, promotes black hair, and prolongs life. It is suitable for conditions such as premature greying and falling of hair, early aging of complexion, neurasthenia, and constipation.

Guizhi Longan Porridge

Ingredients: 30g longan meat, 20g Chinese angelica, 30g red dates, 250g glutinous rice, 60g brown sugar. Put the Chinese angelica in a pot with enough water, bring to a boil over medium heat, remove the residue and take the medicinal juice for later use. Wash the glutinous rice and put it in a pot, add the medicinal juice, longan meat, red dates (pitted), and enough water, and cook over high heat until it becomes porridge. Add brown sugar and cook for a while to serve as porridge. Serve in separate portions. This porridge has the effects of nourishing qi and blood, moisturizing the skin. It is suitable for conditions such as deficiency of qi and blood, insomnia and palpitations caused by lack of nourishment to the heart, pale complexion, thin body, fatigue, etc.

Sesame Longan Porridge

Ingredients: 30g white sesame seeds, 90g longan, 80g red dates, 500g glutinous rice, rock sugar as needed. First, remove the pits from the longan and red dates, wash them and set aside. Wash the glutinous rice and put it in a pot, add the red dates, longan meat, white sesame seeds, and enough water, and cook over high heat until 60% cooked. Add rock sugar and cook for a while until it becomes thick porridge. Serve. This porridge has the effects of nourishing blood, promoting black hair, beautifying the skin, and delaying aging. It is suitable for conditions such as premature greying of hair, lackluster complexion, dizziness, forgetfulness, and insomnia.

Walnut and Goji Berry Porridge

Ingredients: 30g walnut meat, 30g goji berries, 150g glutinous rice, 15g polygonatum, 15g ginger, 60g white sugar. Put the walnut meat, goji berries, polygonatum, and ginger (sliced) in a pot with enough water, boil over medium heat, add glutinous rice and white sugar, and cook until the rice becomes porridge. Serve. This porridge has the effects of invigorating qi and invigorating the spleen, nourishing the lungs and kidneys, and nourishing the skin. It is suitable for conditions such as dull complexion, reduced skin elasticity, wrinkles, etc.

Litchi Lotus Seed Porridge

Ingredients: 60g litchi meat, 90g lotus seeds, 30g red dates, 150g glutinous rice, 60g brown sugar. First, put the litchi meat, lotus seeds (without the core), and red dates in a pot with enough water, boil over medium heat, add glutinous rice and brown sugar, and cook until it becomes porridge. Serve. This porridge has the effects of warming and invigorating the spleen and kidneys, and nourishing the blood. It is suitable for conditions such as dark complexion, peeling, edema, thin body, fatigue, loss of appetite, and sore waist and knees.

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