Nourishing Yin and Cooling Blood Old Duck Lotus Root Soup

Name: Nourishing Yin and Cooling Blood Old Duck Lotus Root Soup
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1/2 Old duck; 3 segments Lotus root; 6g American Ginseng; 6 capsules Red dates; 4 slices ginger; 3 tablespoons Cooking Wine; 1.5 seasoning spoon salt

by mature11

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Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

2

In spring, the sky is dry and things are dry, stay up late for a long time, and drink it to nourish it as soon as the yin deficiency and fire are vigorous!

At present, office workers often work overtime and stay up late due to busy work and high pressure. After a long time, the body will be in a sub-healthy state, which can easily cause loss of appetite, insomnia, dry mouth, constipation, gastrointestinal dysfunction, night sweats, hot flashes, irritability, etc. I feel that I can't afford to do anything, and my body is lazy, and I don't want to do anything. This series are all manifestations of yin deficiency. In addition to paying attention to rest and regular diet, the best way is to nourish diet. For yin deficiency and fire-prosperity type, you must choose the right ingredients, otherwise it will have the opposite effect and the symptoms will aggravate. Therefore, cool ingredients should be used to nourish the yin, cool the blood and invigorate the deficiency.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that duck meat is cold in nature, has the effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, nourishing stomach, nourishing fluid, clearing heat and invigorating the spleen. It is especially suitable for people with internal heat, weak physique, and loss of appetite. Nowadays, many people are prone to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular problems due to frequent office work, lack of exercise, and eating deep-fried meat and excessive meat. The nutritional value of duck meat is very high, and the protein content is higher than that of livestock. The fat of duck meat has a chemical composition similar to olive oil, which has the effect of lowering cholesterol. It is especially suitable for people who develop atherosclerosis.
For ducks, it is best to choose old ducks over one year old. White meat and silky old ducks have better nourishing effects. Duck meat, duck liver, and duck heart can be stewed together, so don't throw it away.

The soup that is compatible with the old duck should also be cold. The lotus root is cold in nature, has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, invigorating the spleen and appetizing the appetite, and can help people with loss of appetite to restore their appetite. In addition, lotus root is rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, which can obviously replenish qi and blood and enhance human immunity. In addition, the lotus root joints must be preserved when boiling the soup. The lotus joints have astringent effect and are beneficial to various bleeding disorders.

For friends with yin deficiency and qi deficiency, it is best to add American ginseng to the old duck soup. American ginseng is cold in nature, has a good effect of nourishing qi and nourishing yin, clearing deficiency fire, producing body fluid and quenching thirst. American ginseng is different from other types of ginseng. It is characterized by invigorating qi, but not dry, and will not get angry, so it is especially suitable for people with yin deficiency. At the same time, American ginseng can also protect the cardiovascular system and improve immunity.

A few red dates are added to the soup, which has the effect of nourishing blood and qi, making the soup sweet. The stewed soup tastes very sweet without adding salt.

Combining the above several kinds of good products, the stewed duck soup is fresh but not greasy, and the soup tastes sweet. It has a very good tonic effect for people with yin deficiency and body heat and qi deficiency. Caring for your family and yourself starts with soup!

Ingredients

1/2 Old Duck
3 segments Lotus Root
6g American Ginseng
6 capsules Red Dates
4 slices Ginger
3 tablespoons Cooking Wine
1.5 seasoning spoon Salt

Nourishing Yin and Cooling Blood Old Duck Lotus Root Soup

1. Soak the old duck in cold water for 1 hour to remove blood, change the water in between, wash and cut into pieces

Nourishing Yin and Cooling Blood Old Duck Lotus Root Soup recipe

2. Prepare auxiliary materials, slice ginger, wash red dates and American ginseng

3. Wash the lotus root, cut into large pieces, keep the lotus roots

4. Put the chopped old duck into cold water, boil it and cook for 10 minutes to remove the blood foam and remove

5. Add all the ingredients except salt to the pot, add enough boiled water, no ingredients, after the high fire boil, change to a low fire simmer for 2.5-3 hours, and put the salt at the end

6. After two and a half hours of slow cooking, the delicious old duck lotus root soup is ready, the lotus root becomes very soft and waxy, and the soup tastes very sweet.

Tips:
Tips:
1. Be sure not to add green onions when cooking medicated soup, green onions will smell after cooking for a long time, which will affect the deliciousness of the soup.
2. When blanching the water, cook the duck meat for another 10 minutes to fully release the blood foam.
3. After blanching, use boiling water to boil the soup. If you use cold water, the blanched duck will shrink and it will be difficult to boil.
4. Medicinal diet soups are sweeter without salt. Add salt at the end or add the soup to the bowl as needed. You don’t need to add it if you don’t need it.
5. Adenophora can also be used instead of American ginseng. Adenophora is slightly cold, and eating duck meat and adenophora can nourish yin and moisturize dryness.
6. Angelica can also be added, which has the effect of nourishing blood.
7. Adding kelp can soften blood vessels and lower blood pressure
8. You can also add ingredients suitable for you according to your own situation, it is best to consult a doctor.
people suitble
1. It is suitable for people who have heat or get angry in the body; people who have low fever, weak physique, loss of appetite, dry stool and edema. At the same time, it is suitable for people with malnutrition, postpartum illness, physical weakness, night sweats, spermatorrhea, women with low menstruation, dry throat, and thirst; it is also suitable for cancer patients and after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, diabetes, liver cirrhosis, ascites, tuberculosis, chronic nephritis and swelling.
2. For body deficiency and cold, not thinking about eating and drinking caused by cold, cold and pain in the stomach. Diarrhea is clear, low back pain, cold dysmenorrhea, obesity, arteriosclerosis, and chronic enteritis should eat less food; cold patients should not eat it.
Dietary taboos
1. Duck meat cannot be eaten with rabbit meat, bayberry, walnuts, fungus, walnuts, garlic, and buckwheat.
2. Avoid eating duck meat with eggs, otherwise it will greatly damage the vitality of the human body.
3. Duck meat should not be eaten with turtle meat, which will cause yin and yang deficiency, edema and diarrhea.