Pork Spine Soup
[Ingredients] One whole pork spine bone, 10 jujubes, 100 g lotus seeds, 3 g sandalwood, 10 g licorice.
[Preparation] Wash and chop pork spine bone. Wrap sandalwood and licorice in gauze. Combine with jujubes and lotus seeds in pot, add sufficient water, simmer over low heat for 4 hours.
[Usage] Serve as meal accompaniment, primarily drinking soup, with optional consumption of meat, jujubes, and lotus seeds.
[Effect] Nourishes yin, enriches marrow, clears heat, generates body fluids. Suitable for diabetes.
[Comment] Pork spine bones contain abundant nutrients that help replenish deficiencies caused by dietary restriction in diabetics. It also nourishes yin, clears heat, relieves thirst, and stops spontaneous sweating—ideal dietary choice for diabetics.