Mushroom Xishi Tongue
[Ingredients]
Place fresh Xishi tongue meat in a steaming bowl, layer with pork slices, mushroom slices, and ginger slices, add adequate water, season with cooking wine and salt, steam until tender and ready to serve.
[Characteristics]
Fresh clam meat and pork are fragrant, mushrooms are smooth and slippery. The dish has a balanced salty flavor.
[Efficacy]
Clam meat contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin B2, etc. It has a cold nature and salty taste, capable of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, resolving phlegm, dispersing nodules, promoting urination, and regulating menstruation. According to "Bencao Congxin," clam meat "nourishes yin, enriches essence, moistens internal organs, and relieves thirst." Due to its iodine content, it helps maintain normal thyroid function, thus contributing to black and lustrous hair. Combined with pork, which tonifies qi and blood, and mushrooms, which enhance immunity, this dish offers excellent beauty and health benefits. Its primary effect lies in tonifying and strengthening, replenishing qi and essence, darkening hair, and prolonging life.