Lily Almond Soup
Ingredients
- Lily 20g
- Sweet Almonds 10g
- Japonica rice 100g (can be omitted to make pure soup)
- Moderate amount of icing sugar
Principle
Lily moisturizes into the lungs, clears the lungs of dryness, stops deficiency cough; sweet almond Gan Ping reduces lung qi and moistens the intestines. Use together to moisturize the lungs, relieve cough, clear the mind and calm the mind.
Effects & uses
It can be used for dry cough caused by lung dryness or lung yin deficiency, less phlegm, dry throat, and weak cough; it can also be used as a daily diet (auxiliary, non-therapeutic) for spring moisturizing and tranquilizing.
Method
- Wash the lilies with warm water, and wash the sweet almonds.
- Add lilies and almonds to the pot, add water and boil over high heat. Turn the heat over for 20-30 minutes until the lilies are soft and rotten.
- Season with ice sugar; if you make porridge, cook with japonica rice until the porridge thickens.
How to use
- Warm soup, lilies, almonds can be eaten together; tea can be warmed, not excessive.
Caution
Those with deficiency of cold in the spleen and stomach, constipation, cold and dampness should eat less; only sweet almonds should be used on a daily basis, do not use bitter almonds on their own; those with wind-cold cough and excessive phlegm should not be taken; try a small amount during pregnancy, lactation and sensitive constitution first. It is not a substitute for medication.
Source
Synthesize the information on lily almond porridge published by Tangyu, a nutritionist at Beijing Maternity Hospital, and Guangming.com Health. To be manually verified.