Post Date December, 02 2023
Winter is the best time to eat lamb. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lamb has a sweet but not greasy taste, a warm but not dry nature, and has the effects of tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang, warming the middle and dispelling cold, warming and tonifying qi and blood, appetizing and strengthening the spleen. Therefore, lamb has always been regarded by Chinese people as the main food for winter nourishment. In addition to nourishing, the rich taste of mutton also makes people salivate. The mutton is boiled, stewed, fried, and Mutton shashlik, all kinds of tricks make mutton popular, which is an indispensable part of winter health care.
Here is a common dietary therapy for tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang:
Huaishan lamb and goji berry soup
Ingredients: 500 grams of lamb, 150 grams of Chinese yam, more than ten goji berries, and an appropriate amount of ginger, scallions, pepper, Shaoxing wine, and salt.
Method:
1. Wash and cut the lamb into pieces, put it into a boiling water pot, and remove the blood;
2. Wash ginger and scallions and pat them into small pieces with a knife for later use;
3. Soak the Zhunshan medicinal tablets in clean water and place them together with lamb in a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and pour the ingredients into the pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until cooked. Put the salt in before it comes out of the pot.
Attention: Yin deficiency patients with dry mouth, dry stools, fear of heat, and poor sleep; People with acne, frequent lack of bowel movements for a few days, and high Yang Qi should not consume it.
(Intern Editor: Huang Junda)
