Shepherd’s Purse and Egg Soup
Ingredients
- Shepherd’s purse (jicai) 250g
- Fresh egg 1
- Cooking oil, salt, and MSG to taste
Principle
Shepherd’s purse is warm and sweet—brightens eyes, clears heat, dispels wind, and promotes urination; egg tonifies spleen and harmonizes stomach. The soup tonifies the five viscera, clears heat, brightens eyes, dispels damp, and promotes urination—listed among dampness-resolving medicated diets in the Bencao Gangmu tradition.
Effects & uses
For kidney stones and renal tuberculosis; also adjunct food care for frequent, urgent, or bloody urination (syndrome differentiation required).
Method
- Wash and section shepherd’s purse; beat egg without shell.
- Boil water in a pot, add shepherd’s purse until nearly done, pour in egg, season with salt and seasonings.
How to use
- Twice daily; 30 days as one course.
Caution
Not during common cold with fever. A daily food-care recipe; not a substitute for medication.
Source
China Medical Information Platform (NATP review), from Bencao Gangmu, reviewed by Chief Pharmacist Li Peihong. Pending manual verification.