Celery and Spiny Jujube Seed Soup
Ingredients
- Fresh celery 90g
- Spiny jujube seed (suanzaoren) 8g
Principle
Celery pacifies the liver and clears heat; spiny jujube seed nourishes heart yin and benefits liver blood—it is a key herb for calming the spirit. The formula pacifies the liver, clears heat, nourishes the heart, and calms the spirit, targeting liver yang excess with restless insomnia in neurasthenia.
Effects & uses
Suitable for restless insomnia and forgetfulness from neurasthenia, and dizziness when blood pressure is elevated (syndrome differentiation required).
Method
- Simmer fresh celery and spiny jujube seed with adequate water into a soup.
How to use
- Discard celery and seed residue; drink the soup only. This is one day’s dose—take half after lunch and half before bed.
Caution
Those with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold should not drink much celery soup. Daily dietary food care is not a substitute for medication.
Source
Published on China CDC website under “Regulation of Neurasthenia.” To be manually verified.