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, #Spiced Ginger Chai Tea to warm up this winter Makes 4 servings Ingredients - 1/4 inch piece of ginger (grated) - 3 cardamom pods (take out the seeds & crush the seeds) - 1 cinnamon stick - 1 vanilla bean (or good quality paste) - 4 cups of water - 3 teaspoons brown sugar, or honey or maple syrup (optional) - 3 tea bags, preferably strong black tea such as Assam - 1 cup of half-and-half Instructions 1. Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a saucepan or small pot. As the water heats up, add the ginger, cardamom and, if using, brown sugar. 2. Once water has reached a boil, reduce to medium-low heat so it simmers with gentle bubbles. Add the tea bags and half-and-half. Using tea bags simplifies the process. 3. Let the liquid slowly come to a boil once again, then remove from heat. 4. Remove tea bags and carefully pour tea into teapot or cups. #healingsoup, #drtaotcm, #ginger, #spice, #wintersolstice, #chai, #taoacupuncture, #cardamon, #cinnamon, 
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Fresh Chinese Yam (Xian Huai Shan 鮮淮山) and goji berry porridge for the win! Ingredients: white rice 白米 120g fresh Chinese Yam (xian huai shan) 鮮淮山 about 400 g ( or your desired amount) goji berries 杞子40g Directions: 1. rinse the rice and soak for 30 minutes 2. rinse the goji berries 3. rinse the fresh Chinese yam, peel the skin, cut into small 1/2 inch pieces 4. bring 1 liter of water to boil in high heat 5. add rice and fresh Chinese yam and stir to mix 6. bring it back to boiling then simmer in low to medium heat for an hour 7. stir a few times to prevent the porridge sticking to the bottom 8. add goji berries and simmer for another 10 minutes 9. season to taste, enjoy while its warm additional variations: black sesame seeds, scallion, jujube dates, sliced Shiitake mushrooms, meat options of sliced pork or beef, marinated chicken, seafood options like scallops, fish fillets, other veggies like diced potato, carrots... #porridge #huaishan #Chineseyam #gojiberry #healingsoup #drtaotcm  porridge with Chinese yam and goji berries Are you tired all the time? Try this soup: Ingredients: 1. Bean sprouts 50 g 2. Carrots 100 g 3. Pork ribs 100g 4. Sea kelp 50 g Herbs not in bag: 5. Gou ji 枸杞 10 g 6. Jujube dates 紅棗 3 (Add more is okay, I usually add a fistful) Herbs in bag: 7. Huang Qi 黃耆 10 g 8. Dang Gui 當歸 5 g Instruction:
This soup strengthens the Spleen to maintain healthy! It's called Drunken Chicken Soup! This soup helps tonify Qi and Blood, disperses stagnation, warms the Yang and disperses coldness. #DrunkenChicken, #tonify, #SpleenHealth, #strengthenSP, #RiceWine, #GuiZhi, #Ginseng, #ShuDiHuang, #GouQi, #DangShen, #HuangQi, #HealingSoup Ingredients: • 1 whole chicken • 1400 cc (1400 ml) rice wine • 10 g (0.4 oz) cinnamon twigs (Gui Zhi) • 3 g (0.1 oz) tangkuei (Ginseng) • 3 g (0.1 oz) cnidium (she chuang zi) • 3 g (0.1 oz) rehmannia (cooked) (Shu Di Huang) • 30 pieces (0.1 oz) jujube (red) • 10 g (0.4 oz) lyceum (Gou Qi) • 5 g (0.2 oz) codonopsis (Dang Shen) • 10 g (0.4 oz) astragalus (Huang Qi) • 3 g (0.1oz) licorice (Gan Chao) Preparation: • Remove giblets from cavity of chicken. Wash the chicken thoroughly. • Chop into 3 inch pieces with bone in. Cooking: • Place chicken pieces in a deep stainless steel pan (do not use Teflon-coated pans).Add the rice wine and all of the herbs. Cover with a lid. • Bring to a boil. Uncover the pan and ignite the alcohol vapor and wait for the fire to extinguish on its wn. • Cook over medium flame for 30 minutes or until jujube softens. • Serve hot.  (serves 2 - 3 people) This recipe is excellent for winter or people with anemia. #anemia, #HuangQi, #beef, #WinterSoup, #JujubeDates, #BlackBean Ingredients: Beef shank (cubed) 500 g (replace with pork or chicken or shiitake mushrooms; if preferred) Dried red dates 20 g ( sliced, halved, de-pitted) Black beans 60g (soaked) Huang Qi 30g (rinsed) Ginger (optional) 3-4 thinly sliced pieces Cold water 6 cups Cooking Instructions:
 黑芝麻糊 Black Sesame Sweet Dessert Ingredients (for 3-4 servings): 黑芝麻 Black sesame, 500g 糯米粉 Glutinous rice flour, 200g 核桃仁 Walnuts, whole pieces, 60g 紅糖 Muscovado sugar, (substitute with 冰糖 naturally crystalized sugar or honey if preferred) 粗海鹽 Coarse sea salt, a pinch Preparation: 1. Place the black sesame seeds under direct sunlights in a place with good airflow for 3 days before use. Move indoors after sunset. 2. Dry stir-fry the sesame seeds on medium-low heat until aromatic. Place in a wide container to cool. 3. Dry stir-fry glutinous rice flour on medium-low heat until turned slightly yellowish white, Place in a wide container to cool. 4. Bake the walnuts in the oven on 300 F for 10 mins, chop them finely when cooled. 5. Blend sesame seeds and rice flour in a food processor until turned into a fine powder mixture. 6. Place 2-4 tbsps of the powder mixture into boiling water (on low heat), keep churning to prevent caking at the bottom, until big bubbles start to form. Keep cooking & churning until the texture is thick and creamy. 7. Add crushed walnuts, sugar/honey, and salt after removed from heat. Usage: Can be consumed daily. Great for treating general deficiency cold, dry skin, brittle nails & hair, pre-mature hair graying or hair loss, poor memory, cold extremities, constipation, emaciation. This recipe moisturizes Yin and tonifies Yang, benefits the Liver and nourishes the Blood. Be caution about nut allergies. #blacksesame, #healingsoup,#hairhealth, #hairchine, #tonify, #TCM, #ChineseMedicine, #optimalhealth, #FoodIsMedicine  December 21, 2020 -- winter solstice or dong zhi (冬至). Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. One activity that occurs during these get-togethers (especially in the southern parts of China and in Chinese communities overseas) is the making and eating of tang yuan (湯圓) or balls of glutinous rice, which symbolize reunion. Tang yuan are made of glutinous rice flour and are sometimes brightly colored. Each family member receives at least one large tang yuan in addition to several small ones. The flour balls are occasionally pink or green. They are cooked in a sweet soup or savory broth with both the ball and the soup/broth served in one bowl. Cantonese families like to add ginger to the broth as well. Ingredients:
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#WinterSolstice, #DongZhi, #HealingSoups, #TangYuan, #drtaotcm  Li Dong 立冬, begins today 11/07/2020 ends on 11/21/2020, signifies the beginning of winter in East Asian cultures. Here is a nourishing porridge for everyone to try. Ingredients: 小米 Millet, 30g 紅米 Red rice, 20g 懷山藥 Huai Shan Yao, 5 slices 茯苓 Fu Ling, 3g 胡蘿蔔 Carrot, 6 slices 小白菜 Bok choy, 6 split stalks 白扁豆(炒) White Hyacinth Beans, dry-stir fried, 3g 落花生 Peanuts (remove hard husk, keep soft husk), 6 pieces 大棗 Jujube, 1 piece 蓮子帶芯 Lotus seeds, with plumule, 3g 小黃薑 Small yellow ginger, 3 slices Preparation: Boil the ingredients on high heat until water is boiling, switch to low heat and slow cook until the beans and seeds are thoroughly cooked and softened. #healingsoups, #lidong, #porridge, #millet, #Seasons, #SeasonsofEstablishmentofWinter, #jujubedate, #fuling  Blood detox juice drink Orange juice 900 ml, Grapefruit juice 900 ml, Lemon juice 200 ml, distilled water 2 L. Mix juices with distilled water, drink all 4L of fluid during the day. Peels of fruits may be stored in fridge for future medicinal use. For example digestive tea which stops nausea and vomit during pregnancy has 20g of peels of grapefruit, 20g of fresh ginger 20g of radish boiled in 1/2 L of water for 15 min. #detox, #blooddetox, #digestivetea, #pregnancynausea, #vomit  This post is about 絲瓜 Luffa cylindrica, the sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber, or Vietnamese luffa. It is an annual species of vine cultivated for its fruit, native to South and Southeast Asia. This recipe is inspired by Master Tung’s family dietary recipes published in 1973. Master Tung's direct disciple Dr. Wei-Chieh Young also included Master Tung’s recipes in his book called Yang Sheng Shi Liao Bao Dian 《養生食療寶典》. #mastertung, #mastertungdietaryrecipes, #leucorrhoea, #menorrhagia, #healingsoup, #healingsoups, #silkychicken, #silkiechicken, #spongegourd, #絲瓜，#烏雞， #烏骨雞 《本草綱目》甘， 涼， 入肝，胃經 From Ben Cao Gang Mu: Sponge gourd is sweet and cool, enter Liver and Stomach channels Master Tung's recipe: 絲瓜半斤， 白糖一兩煎水服， 治女人月經過多及血崩. For menorrhagia drink sponge gourd 250g with white sugar 37.8g decoction. There is no information about how much water is added to the decoction or how long to cook it. In general, add enough water to cover the sponge gourd and cook it until it is soft. Since sponge gourd is cooling, this recipe is for heat in the blood type of menorrhagia. Dr. Wei-Chieh Young’s recipe: 烏骨雞絲瓜湯： 烏骨雞一隻， 去骨取肉，絲瓜半條， 共煮熟， 分二至三次吃肉喝湯，烏骨雞能養陰血， 退虛熱，專治婦女崩漏帶下；絲瓜涼血清熱，亦治崩漏，可隔天食用，連續食用三至五隻雞。 Silky chicken and sponge gourd soup: one boneless silky chicken, half of a loofah, cooked together, eat the meat and drink the soup separate into two to three servings. The silky chicken can nourish the yin and blood, relieve deficiency heat, and treat women’s menorrhagia or leukorrhea; sponge gourd cools the blood and clear heat, also treats menorrhagia. Silky chicken and sponge gourd soup can be consumed every other day, continuous consumption of three to five chickens as a course. For general daily consumption of silky chicken and sponge gourd soup, one can add scallion, garlic, ginger, salt, and cooking wine as seasonings. Ingredients:
 A classic soup for Autumn to enhance immunity, calm the mind for restful sleep, nourish yin and reduce deficient heat, moisten the Lung and prevent dry cough. Ginseng Hai Zhu Mai Dong Tang 花旗參海竹麥冬湯 This soup is for 4 servings: Ingredients:
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#healingsoup, #restfulsleep, #preventcough, #moistenthelung, #calmthemind, #nourishyin  oThinning hair? Grey hair? Try this herbal soup. Ingredients: Shu Di 30g, Black beans 25g, Goji berries 15g, lean pork meat 500g Instructions: 1. Rinse black beans, soak for an hour 2. To 8 bowls of water in a coocking pot, add the black beans, and cook for 30 minutes 3. Add the Shu Di, Goji berries and pork meat to the pot 4. Bring to a boil then simmer for an hour until 2 bowls of water left 5. Season the soup (optional) and serve warm Drink 2 times per week. Caution: depends on body constitution, herbs should be modified accordingly. Ask an herbalist or an acupuncturist. Shu Di, black beans and goji berries all tonify the Kidney. #tonify, #shudiforgreyhair, #blackbeanforgreyhair, #shudiandblackbean, #shudiforthinninghair, #thinninghairherbalsoup, #herbalsoupforhair,  More mushroom soups: #healingsoup, #medicinalfungi, #immuneboosting, #cordyceps, #tonic This one features three different fungi.
2) Cordyceps fruiting body (蟲草花). For those people who suffer seasonal allergies with cough symptoms, add Cordyceps fruiting body to soup as a tonic. It helps to moisten the throat, and is beneficial for emphysema and bronchitis. Other benefits: improve cardiovascular disease, anti-aging, and helps reduce fatigue. 3)Wood ear or black fungus (木耳) It is an edible fungus that commonly used in Chinese cuisine. The fresh wood ear is in dark brown or black, soft and crunchy in texture, with a very subtle grassy flavor. It uses in cooking mainly to add texture. Wood ear should never be eaten raw, since it might contains bacteria. For four servings: Agaricus blazei Murill mushroom (姫茸菇) 15 Cordyceps fruiting body (蟲草花) 1g foxnut (茨實) 1 g Wood ear (木耳) 3 large pieces Dried Longan fruit (圓肉) 15 Candied Chinese date (蜜棗) 2 ginger (薑) 2 large pieces Chicken (雞) 1/2 -- can be blanched first water (水) 2000 ml Directions:
  Yi Mu Cao Chicken soup for female menstrual pain #menstrualpain, #lochia, #postpartumlochia, #yimucao
This soup is for females who having cold dislodged in the uterus causing pain during the #menstrual bleed. Young ladies who like to eat or drink cold food and beverage causing #pain during the end of a menstrual bleed. The menstrual bleed may be scanty, and light in color. This soup is excellent for increasing chances for fertility. This soup also relief postpartum #lochia. Yi Mu Cao (#Motherwort, 益母草): invigorates the Blood, dispels stasis, regulates menstruation, and reduces masses. It promotes urination, reduces swelling, and edema, such as acute edema hematuria. It also clears heat and resolves toxicity internally or topically for sores or abscesses. Ingredient: 1. Yi mu cao 60 g 2. Chicken 600 g (normal chicken or silken chicken) 3. Sesame oil 4. Ginger 1 inch and cut into slices 5. Gou qi berries (optional) 6. salt Instructions:
btw, If you ever hike the mountains in California, you would easily spot this herb. sang ju cha 桑菊茶 Mulberry Chrysanthemum tea for cooling during summer Ingredients 2 and 1/2 litre of water 25 g dried chrysanthemum flowers 20 mulberry leaves 6 dates (jujube dates) 10 g wolfberries (Goji) Method Boil the water with the Mulberry leaves and dates for about 90 minutes on medium flame. Smash the dates to bring out the flavour. Rinse and add in the dried chrysanthemum flowers. Bring to a light boil for about 10 mins. Turn off heat. Toss in some wolfberries (goji berries) before serving. Be careful when purchasing chrysanthemum flowers. Some of them are treated with sulfur as a preservative. When brewing these sulfur treated chrysanthemum flowers, the water turns greenish yellow. It is not good quality. Make sure to purchase organic, no sulfur treated chrysanthemum flowers.  Kumquat ginger tea -- cures a cough and soothes the throat #cough, #sorethroat, #kumquat, #ginger 2 cups purified water 5 ginger slices 10 thinly sliced kumquat 1-2 Tsp honey Steps: Bring water to boil on the stove Add ginger, let simmer for 20 min Add kumquat, let simmer for another 5 min Add honey to taste, approximately 2 Tsp Enjoy! I made pudding to stop coughing at night. #ginger, #milk, #coughingatnight, #pudding Ingredients: 150 ml full-fat milk, 1 tsp sugar or honey, 50 g old ginger (makes one tablespoon of ginger juice) Preparations: 1) Put milk and sugar in a small pot. 2) Warm milk, stir until sugar dissolves. Warm milk until 70-80 degree C. 3) Peel ginger with a metal spoon. 4) Grate the ginger and pass through a mesh strainer or cheese cloth. Use 1 tbsp of ginger juice for 150 ml of milk. Squeeze the ginger juice into a serving bowl. 5) Pour hot milk into the ginger juice. Do not stir and let it stand for 1 to 2 minutes until set. Ready to serve. To curdle the milk, it should be kept between 70 to 80°C (not boiling), with 3.3% or more milk protein. Stir the finger juice before adding the milk.  Homemade black sesame sweet paste soup for breakfast. In it, I used 8 tablespoons of roasted black sesame, a small amount of rolling oat, and a small yam. Bring them into a boil then used a hand mixer to make it into a paste. Delicious. If you have one of those soy milk making machine (like SoyaJoy soy milk maker), it's even easier. Cut the small yam into cubes. Add all ingredients together. Then set the program on the machine. It's done in 20 minutes. #blacksesame, #kidneytonic 
I made a video for the first time! I hope this inspires you to make some soup for yourself.
This soup is excellent for calming the Spirit and help with sleep. At the same time, it is excellent for the skin. #healingsoup, #beautysleep, #acupuncture, #Chineseherbs Jujube dates: tonify the Spleen, reinforce the Qi, nourishes the Blood and quiets the Spirit Long Gan fruit: tonify the Heart, the Spleen, the Blood, and calms the Spirit. Great combination with lily bulb Lily Bulb: moistens the Lungs, clear heat, suppresses cough, Clears the Heart and quiets the Spirit Lotus Seeds: tonify the Spleen, stops diarrhea, tonify the Kidney and astringes essence, nourish the Heart and quiets the Spirit. Snow ear fungus (white fungus): heal dry coughs, clear heat in the lungs, lots of collagen for skin. Follow me at: Instagram @drtaotcm Tweeter @TaoAcupuncture  What to do when you are gifted 2 boxes of fresh loquat? Make soup of course! #loquat, #loquatforcough, #healingsoup
Ingredients for 2 bowls of soup: Pi Pa (loquat fruit) 枇杷 3-5 Lean pork meat 瘦肉 150g Sugar dates 蜜枣 3 Xin Ren (Apricot seeds, prefer from the north) 北杏 20g Fresh ginger 生姜 3 slices Salt 盐 to taste Olive oil or other cooking 油 Instructions: 1. soak apricot seeds for 30 minutes. 2. cut lean pork meat into small slices 3. add salt and cooking oil to marinate the pork meat for 20 minutes 4. take the pits out from the sugar date 5. take the seeds out from fresh loquat 6. bring 3 bowls of water to boil； 7. add ginger slices, pork meat, sugar date and the apricot seeds 8. return the soup to boiling and simmer for 10 minutes. 9. add the fresh loquat and simmer for another 10 minutes 10. serve when the soup still warm More info about loquat: The loquat is indigenous to southeastern China. It has become naturalized in Japan, India and many other areas. There are 800 varieties of Loquats, but only 8 varieties are grown in California. Of these 8 varieties, there are two main types: Chinese and Japanese. The Chinese loquats have thin leaves, pea shaped fruit, dark orange flesh, and small, numerous seeds. The Japanese loquats have broad leaves, long and oval fruit, pale yellow skin, and a few large seeds. In Chinese medicine, both loquat leaf and fruit have medicinal use. Loquat fruit is sweet, sour, cool; enters spleen, liver and lung meridians. Loquat fruit moistens the lung, direct Qi downward, relieve thirst. Loquat fruits are used for cough and asthma due to lung-heat, polydipsia and vomiting. It can be eat directly or decoct in water, 30~60 g. Loquat fruits are contraindicated in case of spleen deficiency. So don't eat too much at a time. Loquat leaves are gathered in late spring and early summer and dried in the sun. After drying, the soft external hairs, or down, of the leaves are brushed off, and the leaves are cut into small pieces. In Chinese medicine, loquat leaf is considered bitter and cool, and is associated with the Lung and Stomach meridians. Its functions are to transform phlegm, clear lung heat, and harmonize the stomach. Among the conditions treated by loquat leaf are nausea, vomiting, belching, hiccups, and gastrointestinal distress. It also helps to stop bleeding. Loquat leaf can also be used as part of a poultice to treat skin conditions such as eczema and skin ulcers. Loquats are rich in insoluble dietary fiber, pectin. Pectin holds back moisture inside the colon, and thus functions as bulk laxative. This way, it helps protect the colon mucosa by cutting exposure time of toxic substances as well as binding to cancer-causing chemicals in the colon. Pectin has also been shown to reduce blood cholesterol levels by lowering its reabsorption in the colon through binding bile acids, resulting in its excretion from the body. Loquat fruit is an excellent source of vitamin-A (provides about 1528 IU or 51% of daily recommended levels of this vitamin per 100g), and phenolic flavonoid antioxidants such as chlorogenic acid, neo-chlorogenic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, feruloyl quinic acid, protocatechuic acid, epicatechin, coumaric acids and ferulic acid. Ripe fruits have more chlorogenic acid concentrations. Vitamin-A helps maintain the integrity of mucosa and skin. Fresh fruit is good in potassium and some B-complex vitamins such as folates, vitamin B-6 and niacin and contain small amounts of vitamin-C. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps to regulate heart rate and blood pressure. Furthermore, the fruit is also an excellent source of iron, copper, calcium, manganese, and other minerals. The body uses manganese as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Copper is essential in the production of red blood cells. Iron is required for as a cofactor in cellular oxidation as well in red blood cell formation. https://www.nutrition-and-you.com/loquat-fruit.html https://foodforward.org/2017/03/the-lowdown-on-loquats/ https://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/loquat.html https://tcmwiki.com/wiki/loquat-fruit https://www.acupuncturetoday.com/herbcentral/loquat_leaf.php Do you cook with burdock root and konjac? Here, Masa cooks a miso soup with pork, burdock root and konjac.
Konjac is derived from the root of a starchy tuber plant, known as the amorphophallus konjac plant, which belongs to the Araceae genus family grown in China and Japan, where it has been harvested and consumed for centuries. In traditional Chinese medicine, it's thought that konjac has properties of detoxification, tumour-suppression, blood stasis alleviation and phlegm liquefaction. Burdock contains high amounts of inulin and mucilage, which may ease certain gastrointestinal conditions. It also contains many bitter-tasting compounds thought to aid in digestion, and substances called polyacetylenes that have antimicrobial properties. In addition, burdock root may have the ability to lower blood sugar. Ancient texts classified burdock as an "alterative" or blood purifier. In Japan and elsewhere, it is eaten as a vegetable. In traditional Chinese medicine, burdock root is often used in combination with other herbs to treat sore throats, tonsillitis, colds, and even measles. Today, it is used to treat a variety of skin problems, including psoriasis, eczema, contact dermatitis and gout. 豬肉味噌湯定食/お野菜たっぷり豚汁定食 [ 2人份 ] 五花肉片 Sliced pork—120g 洋蔥 Onion－1/4個 紅蘿蔔 Carrot－20g 牛蒡 Burdock root－30g 白蘿蔔 Daikon—50g 蒟蒻片 Konjac—1/2片 蔥 Green onion—1支 日式高湯 Dashi—600cc 味噌 Miso—50～55g 胡麻油 Sesame oil—少許 七味粉 Nanami powder—適量 日式高湯做法：https://youtu.be/_p39MaLEpz0 🥳 Happy New Year to you all! Let’s start with a fabulous soup recipe. 枸杞羊肉汤 GouJi and lamb soup Ingredients: 枸杞 Gou Ji berries 15g 栗子 chestnuts 18g 羊肉 lamb meat 60g 姜 ginger 2 inch, sliced or crushed 醋 vinegar 15 ml 水 water 800 ml Salt and pepper Instructions: 1. Clean lamb meat and cut into small cubes 2. Blanching (parboil) the lamb meat with 1/2 of the ginger and vinegar 3. Steam all ingredients in a ceramic container for 90 minutes 4. Add salt and pepper to taste This soup is great for people who suffer from dizziness, low back pain, general fatigue, copious of night urination, edema. In general, these people would have pale tongue, thin white tongue coating with deep and thin pulses. Image below is an example for how to steam soup in a rice cooker. 
This is the traditional method for making brown sugar in China. At the end of the video, she makes dessert soup with a poached egg with the brown sugar. This soup can help relieve menstrual pain due to cold stagnated in the uterus before monthly period.
Ingredients for 1 bowl: 1. One big piece of old ginger 2. Brown sugar 3 table spoons 3. one egg 4. two bowls of water 5. Sesame oil (optional) 6. Rice wine (optional) Instructions: 1. Slice the ginger 2. Add the ginger into 2 bowls of water and bring it to boiling 3. Add a raw egg to make poached egg when the water is reduced to about a bowl 4. Add the brown sugar in 5. Drink when it is warm optional steps if it's cold stasis in the uterus. It's more warming and moving because the stir fried ginger and rice wine. 1. sesame oil stir fry the ginger slices to golden before boiling with water 2. add rice wine to the soup after the poached egg is done We could definitely go for a Ginger Lemonade right about now! Yummm!!! Ingredients: 1 piece of 10 cm. ginger, peeled and chopped 1 cup lemon juice (about 3-4 lemons) 1/3 cup maple syrup 6 cups water 2 lemons cut into slices for garnish Instructions: Place the ginger in a food processor or blender. Add lemon juice and process until smooth. Add water and maple syrup and mix well. Strain out ginger pulp. Serve in glasses filled with ice and enjoy! Recipe Credit: The Buddhist Chef   Plum drink 酸梅湯, Suan Mei Tang, sour plum drink
烏梅是一種中草藥，具有味酸、性溫等特點，有潤肺、開胃、生津、清熱、調中下氣等功能. Wu Mei (Mume Fructus) is the key ingredient of this sour plum drink. Wu Mei stablize and blind, enter Liver, Spleen, Lung and Large Intestine channels. It is sour and astringent and warm in nature. It generates fluids and alleviates thirst, binds up intestines and stops diarrhea, inhibits the leakage of Lung Qi and stops cough, expels roundworms and alleviates pain, stops bleeding (TCM clinic aid). In general, Wu Mei can moist Lung, increase appetite, generate fluids, clear heat, harmonize the middle. To make Suan Mei Tang you would need: Water 5 Liter, Wu Mei 烏梅 Mume fructus 70 g San Cha 山楂 Crataegi Fructus 50 g Luo Shen Hua 洛神花 Roselle Hibiscus Sabdariffa 20 g Sweet aged tangerine peels 甜陳皮 25 g Gan Cao 甘草 Licorice root 15 g Gui Hua 桂花 Osmanthus fragrans 2 g or rose bud Black dates 黑棗 black dried dates 50 g Chinese Bing tang 冰片糖 (Chinese brown sugar pieces) 60 g Instructions 1. Wash and rinse all ingredients except for the Chinese brown sugar pieces 2. Soak Wu Mei, San Cha, Luo Shen Hua, sweet aged Tangerine peels, Gan Cao in water for 30 minutes 3. Add the soaked ingredients to a clay pot or stainless steel pot 4. Add 5 liters of water 5. Bring to a boil with lid open then simmer for 30 - 60 minutes 6. Add the Gui Hua (or rose bud) and the Chinese brown sugar pieces 7. Stir well and let it sit for 20 minutes 8. Filter before consuming it hot or cold |
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