Name: Codonopsis and Angelica Black Chicken Soup
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Some Codonopsis; Some Angelica; Some White lotus seeds; Some Astragalus; Some lily; Some Coix Seed; Some Red dates; Some Wolfberry; 1 Black-bone chicken; a little salt

Codonopsis and Angelica Black Chicken Soup

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Deficiency of qi and blood, the treatment of TCM is a "deficiency syndrome". The food therapy is mainly based on the principles of nourishing the heart, strengthening the spleen, and supplementing blood. Effect. Generally, women are more likely to suffer from both qi and blood loss. Modern medical tests may prove that they are not anemia. However, pale complexion, yellow complexion, fatigue, fatigue, dizziness, and tinnitus are what Chinese medicine calls "blood loss". Qi loss often causes cold hands and feet. Qi loss will slow blood circulation. Naturally, hands and feet will become cold, and the body will become cold easily. Eating some foods containing astragalus, ginseng, red dates, and longan can treat this deficiency. If the disease is serious, you should take medicine. Under normal circumstances, you can treat it with food tonic."

Codonopsis and Angelica Black Chicken Soup

1. Whole black-bone chicken or chop small pieces with flying water and set aside. (Flying water: boil the material with clean water for 3-5 minutes. After boiling, pour out the water. Rinse again with clean water and set aside. Mainly to remove the fishy smell and blood of the material).

Codonopsis and Angelica Black Chicken Soup recipe

2. Wash all the ingredients with clean water and set aside for later use.

3. Put all the ingredients together with the black-bone chicken into the soup pot, and add an appropriate amount of water. Bring the soup to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for 2 hours. Add appropriate amount of salt to taste. .

4. For 4-6 people, you can put about 1.5-2 liters of water, about 6-8 bowls of water. 2-4 people can put about 1 to 1.5 liters of water, about 4-6 bowls of water. The specific amount of water is adjusted appropriately according to personal preference. If there are only 1-2 people to drink, you can halve the ingredients to burn, so that it will not be too thick. The serving size is matched according to one bowl per person. Because the heat is different for everyone, if it feels too thick, you can add more water. Or you can add a little boiled water if you feel that the water is less than half of the heat

Tips:
Danggui Codonopsis Black Chicken Soup is a soup that is very suitable for people with insufficient blood, dark skin, weak hands and feet, fatigue and dizziness. Angelica nourishes blood and promotes blood circulation, regulates menstruation and relieves pain; Astragalus invigorates the middle and nourishes qi, regulates qi deficiency. There are also medlar, red dates, and dangshen which are good for nourishing blood, and lily, lotus seed and barley and other ingredients for clearing the heart and lungs. It is a good old fire soup suitable for long-term consumption