Lamb Kidney Dumplings
[Ingredients] 50g lamb kidney, 3g cinnamon bark, 2g Sichuan pepper, 5g Ligusticum chuanxiong, 250g flour, soy sauce, refined salt as needed.
[Preparation] Grind cinnamon bark, Sichuan pepper, and Ligusticum chuanxiong into powder. Clean the lamb kidney by removing skin and impurities, chop into mince, mix with the powdered herbs and appropriate soy sauce and refined salt to make filling. Prepare dumplings using standard method.
[Usage] Consume warm.
[Effect] Warms yang, dispels cold, activates blood circulation, relieves pain. Mainly treats dysmenorrhea.
[Comment] Lamb kidney tonifies kidney and essence; cinnamon bark and Sichuan pepper warm and unblock meridians, assist yang and dispel cold; Ligusticum chuanxiong activates blood, moves qi, and relieves pain. This is an excellent formula for conditions involving internal cold in the uterus or concurrent cold-damp invasion.