Kidney-tonifying and aphrodisiac medicinal diets: Snowflake Chicken Soup and Ginseng Deer Soup

Kidney-tonifying and aphrodisiac medicinal diet

Snowflake Chicken Soup

[Ingredients]Codonopsis pilosula 150g, Saussurea involucrata 30g, Codonopsis pilosula 15g, Coix lacryma-jobi 100g, chicken 2000g, ginger 50g, scallion 50g.

[Preparation Method]

1. Prepare the required amounts of Codonopsis pilosula, Saussurea involucrata, Panax notoginseng, and Coix lacryma-jobi. Cut the Codonopsis pilosula and Saussurea involucrata into sections about 4 cm long, and cut the Panax notoginseng into slices 0.1 cm thick. Wrap them in gauze and set aside. Rinse the Coix lacryma-jobi with clean water and wrap it in gauze.

2. After slaughtering the chicken, remove the feathers and entrails, cut open the abdomen and wash it clean. Put it in a pot with about 2000 grams of water, then put the wrapped medicine bag and the washed and crushed ginger and scallion into the pot. First, bring the soup to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about 2 to 3 hours.

3. After removing the chicken from the water, cut it into 2-3 cm square pieces and place them in a bowl. Then, remove the cooked Job's tears, loosen them, and scatter them into the bowl. Add the medicinal broth and season with salt.

[Functions]Snow lotus has the effects of tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang, regulating menstruation, stopping leukorrhea and stopping bleeding. It is also combined with Codonopsis pilosula and Codonopsis pilosula to tonify the middle and replenish qi. Codonopsis pilosula can also work with Coix lacryma-jobi to strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis to reduce edema. Combined with snow lotus to warm and unblock the meridians to relieve pain. It is also stewed with warm and nourishing chicken to make soup, which together tonifies the spleen and kidney, promotes qi circulation and diuresis and relieves pain.

[Indications]Spleen and kidney deficiency and cold, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, impotence, as well as rheumatic pain, edema, and difficulty in urination.

Ginseng and Deer Soup

[Ingredients]7500g venison, 30g Codonopsis pilosula, 30g Astragalus membranaceus, 15g Atractylodes macrocephala, 6g Eucommia ulmoides, 10g Euryale ferox, 15g Lycium barbarum, 12g Poria cocos, 12g Rehmannia glutinosa, 10g Cistanche deserticola, 15g Paeonia lactiflora, 10g Alpinia oxyphylla, 6g Curculigo orchioides, 6g Psoralea corylifolia, 6g Alisma plantago-aquatica, 10g Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa, 15g Dioscorea opposita, 6g Polygala tenuifolia, 12g Angelica sinensis, 12g Cuscuta chinensis, 9g Achyranthes bidentata, 6g Epimedium brevicornu, 100g fresh ginger, 100g scallion, 250g pepper, 100g salt.

[Preparation Method]

1. Wash the venison with clean water, remove the bones and tendons, blanch it in boiling water, and cut it into pieces about 2 cm square. Break the bones.

2. After preparing all the above-mentioned medicines according to the prescription, put them in a clean gauze bag, tie the opening, soak them in water, and then put them in a pot together with the venison and venison bones. Add an appropriate amount of water, wash and crush the ginger and scallions and put them in the pot, grind the pepper into powder and mix it with salt, and put it in a small bowl for later use.

3. First, bring the soup to a boil over high heat, skim off any foam, then simmer over low heat for about 2-3 hours, until the venison is tender. Serve in bowls. Season with a little pepper and salt.

[Functions] This soup is a modified version of the traditional Chinese medicine formula "Quanlu Dabu Wan" (全鹿大补丸). It contains various herbs that nourish qi and blood, warm and tonify kidney yang, and strengthen the spleen and calm the mind, but its main function is to tonify the kidney and assist yang.

[Indications]Symptoms of kidney yang deficiency, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, fear of cold, impotence, seminal emission, etc.; It also has a therapeutic effect on symptoms of heart and spleen deficiency, qi and blood deficiency, fatigue, sallow complexion, palpitations, insomnia, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, etc.