Hello dear friends, I'm a little gecko. It's my habit to use simple words to introduce delicious food. Today, I'm going to share with you a soup specially designed for menopause. This soup can not only reconcile yin and yang, but also drive away wind, cold and dampness, relieve body aches, and bring a touch of warmth and comfort to friends in special times.
Menopause is a stage that everyone goes through, during this period, there will be a series of changes in the body, such as hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this is caused by an imbalance of yin and yang in the body. And food, as a natural "medicine", can help us to reconcile the yin and yang balance of the body to a large extent.
1. Goji berry mutton soup
Mutton is a warm and nourishing ingredient, and wolfberry can nourish the liver and kidneys. This soup can both replenish yang and nourish yin, making it an ideal choice for menopausal friends.
Ingredients: 500 grams of mutton, 30 grams of wolfberry, 3 slices of ginger, salt to taste.
Method:
1. Wash the lamb and cut it into cubes, blanch it with boiling water to remove the blood.
2. Add water to the pot, add mutton and ginger, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 1 hour.
3. Add the goji berries and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
4. Add salt to taste, skim off the oil slick before cooking.
2. Angelica ginger mutton soup
Angelica sinensis is a good medicine for blood tonication, and when cooked with mutton, it can play a role in warming and replenishing blood, driving away cold and relieving pain.
Ingredients: 500 grams of mutton, 20 grams of angelica, 5 slices of ginger, salt to taste.
Method:
1. Wash the mutton and cut it into pieces, soak the angelica in water until soft.
2. Add water to the pot, add the mutton and ginger, bring to a boil over high heat and skim off the foam.
3. Add angelica, reduce heat and simmer for 1.5 hours.
4. Add salt to taste, and add chopped green onion or coriander to your taste before cooking.
3. Black bean pork bone broth
Black beans have the effect of tonifying the kidney, and are cooked with pork bones, which can strengthen muscles and bones, and are suitable for friends with menopausal osteoporosis.
Ingredients: 500 grams of pork bones, 100 grams of black beans, 3 slices of ginger, salt to taste.
Method:
1. Soak the black beans overnight in advance, wash the pork bones and blanch.
2. Add water to the pot, add pork bones, black beans and ginger, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 2 hours.
3. Season with salt and add pepper or coriander to your liking before cooking.
Fourth, longan red dates and wolfberry soup
This soup uses longan, red dates, and wolfberries as the main ingredients, which has the effect of nourishing qi and nourishing blood and calming the nerves, and is suitable for friends with insomnia and heart palpitations during menopause.
Ingredients: 30 grams of longan meat, 10 red dates, 20 grams of wolfberry, appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Method:
1. Wash the longan meat, red dates, and wolfberries and put them in a pot.
2. Add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for 30 minutes.
3. Add brown sugar to taste, stir well and serve.
5. Stewed chicken soup with astragalus and codonopsis
Both astragalus and codonopsis are good medicines for replenishing qi, and stewed with chicken can enhance immunity and relieve menopausal fatigue.
Ingredients: 500 grams of chicken, 30 grams of astragalus, 20 grams of codonopsis, 3 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of salt.
Method:
1. Wash the chicken and cut it into cubes, blanch it with boiling water to remove the blood.
2. Add water to the pot, add chicken, astragalus, codonopsis, ginger, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 1.5 hours.
3. Add salt to taste, skim off the oil slick before cooking.
Sixth, white fungus lotus seed soup
Both white fungus and lotus seeds have the effect of moisturizing yin and dryness, which is suitable for friends with dry skin and upset thirst during menopause.
Ingredients: 20 grams of dried white fungus, 50 grams of lotus seeds, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Method:
1. Soak the dried white fungus in advance and tear it into small flowers; Wash the lotus seeds and remove the heart.
2. Put the white fungus and lotus seeds into a pot and add an appropriate amount of water.
3. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat to low and cook for 40 minutes, add rock sugar to taste.
4. Stir well and serve.
7. Yam pork rib soup
Yam has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing the lungs, and cooking with pork ribs can enhance physical strength and relieve menopausal fatigue.
Ingredients: 500 grams of pork ribs, 300 grams of yams, 3 slices of ginger, salt to taste.
Method:
1. Blanch the pork ribs after washing; Peel the yam and cut into sections.
2. Add water to the pot, add the pork ribs and ginger, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 1 hour.
3. Add the yam and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
4. Add salt to taste and serve.
8. Crucian carp tofu soup
Crucian carp is rich in protein and trace elements, and when cooked with tofu, it can replenish calcium, invigorate qi and strengthen the spleen.
Ingredients: 1 crucian carp (about 500 grams), 200 grams of tofu, 3 slices of ginger, salt to taste.
Method:
1. Crucian carp is cleaned and set aside; Cut the tofu into cubes.
2. Heat oil in a pan and fry the crucian carp until golden brown on both sides.
3. Add an appropriate amount of water and ginger slices, bring to a boil over high heat, and add the tofu cubes.
4. Turn to low heat and cook for 20 minutes, add salt to taste, and then remove from the pan.
These soups are carefully selected and made by me in my daily life, hoping to bring a touch of warmth and care to everyone. In the special period of menopause, we should take more care of ourselves and pay attention to diet. As the ancients said: "Medicine is not as good as food, and food is not as good as God." "Let's reconcile the yin and yang balance of the body through food, force away the wind, cold and dampness, and resolve the pain of the whole body!
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