Winter melon corn beard soup
Ingredients
- Winter melon 300g
- Cornstalk 10-30g
- Coix seeds 20g (optional)
- Pork Lean 100g (optional)
- 2 slices of ginger
Principle
The corn mustard is plain and sweet, returning to the liver and kidney meridians, dehydrating, dehydrating and yellowing; the winter melon is cool and sweet, dehydrating, dehydrating and clearing heat; the winter melon skin is also beneficial to water, so it is recommended to keep it when cooking soup. With the combination of the two, it is a commonly used soup for dispelling dampness and eliminating swelling, relieving heat and dampness, and eliminating dampness and swelling.
Effects & uses
It is suitable for edema with water and moisture, and it can be seen that the whole body is tired and fatigued, the urine is not smooth, the limbs are swollen, and the tongue coating is white and thick; it also has an auxiliary conditioning effect on those who are hot and humid in summer and urinate yellow and young (syndrome differentiation is required).
Method
- The winter melon is not peeled, washed and cut into pieces; the corn must be washed (can be packaged in a gauze bag); and the coix seeds are soaked in advance.
- Cut lean pork into lumps (if used).
- Put all the ingredients into a tile pot, add water in an appropriate amount, boil over high heat and transfer to a medium heat pot for about 1 hour.
- Add a moderate amount of salt and put less salt.
How to use
- Eat the winter melon with soup and accompany the meal.
Caution
Patients with low blood pressure and hypoglycemia are not suitable (corn has a tendency to help lower blood pressure and hypoglycemia). People with deficiency or yin deficiency should not drink in large quantities. Pregnant women should use coix seeds with caution (if added). It is not advisable to eat more winter melons for those with deficiency of spleen and stomach and stool. Daily dietary prescriptions are not a substitute for medication; persistent or aggravated edema should be sought for medical attention.
Source
Comprehensive Chinese Medicine Information Query Platform Maize Whisker Items (National Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration Review and Certification, Li Peihong Chief Pharmacist Review), Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Nutrition Department Maize Winter Melon Pork Cooker Exhibition, Nanhua County People's Hospital Maize Whisker Soup Eating and Therapeutic Recipe Compilation. To be manually verified.