Recipe: Chinese Herbal Tonic Soup

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Recipe: A Chinese Herbal Tonic Soup

 

Good Morning!

 

I would like to thank Cathy Wong for this wonderful seasonal soup.

 

Recipe: A Chinese Herbal Tonic Soup

 

Change of Season soup is a Chinese herbal blend that is ideal to

enhance your immune system during the changing of the seasons from

fall to winter and winter to spring.

 

This herbal formula also improves resistance to colds and flu. It

also helps to balance the body during periods of stress.

 

Ingredients

 

To make Change of Season soup, you will need equal parts of the

following herbs:

 

1. Codonopsis root (Dang Shen)

This herb will help to tonify and strengthen " qi " energy. It helps

to build blood and nourish body fluids.

 

2. Astragalus root (Huang Qi)

Astragalus is a root that helps to strenthen protective defenses,

strengthen qi energy, nourish the spleen, and tonify the blood and

lungs.

 

3. Dioscorea (Chinese yam) root (Shan Yao)

Dioscorea is a herb that tonifies and balances the lungs and the

kidneys.

 

4. Chinese Lycii berries (Gou Qi Zi)

Lycii berries help to strengthen the liver and the kidneys.

 

These herbs may be available in loose form at your local Chinese

herbal shop.

 

Instructions

 

Fill a large stock pot with water. Add the above herbs to the pot

and place the lid on. Bring to a boil and simmer for 4 to 6 hours.

If the water level boils down, add water to refill if necessary.

 

Using a slotted spoon, remove the herbs from the pot and allow the

soup to cool. This recipe makes about 4 liters of soup. You can

drink it as a broth, use it as a base for soup recipes, or place it

in a mug or thermos and sip it throughout the day.

 

Drink three cups of soup per day.