🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Bitter Melon Minced Meat Stew
Ingredients: Bitter melon 300g, minced meat 200g, dried shrimp 10g, bamboo shoots 20g, salt ½ teaspoon, MSG ½ teaspoon, sesame oil, green onions, ginger, garlic each 50g, one egg, one bowl of stock, pepper powder, cornstarch as needed.
Preparation: Halve the bitter melon, scoop out the inner pulp, cut into 3cm pieces. Mix minced meat with dried shrimp, chopped bamboo shoots, green onions, ginger, garlic, salt, MSG, pepper, and sesame oil. Beat in egg and cornstarch to form filling. Lightly coat the inside of bitter melon segments with cornstarch, pack with filling, smooth the surface, steam for 20 minutes, then transfer to a pot, add stock, simmer for 30 minutes, adjust seasoning.
Features: Bitter melon is bitter and cold in nature, clearing heat, dispelling summer heat, cooling blood, detoxifying, and improving liver and eye health. It contains 10–20 times more vitamin C than loofah, cucumber, or melon. Additionally, it boosts immunity and improves acne and skin inflammation.
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McDowell’s Stewed Softshell Turtle
Ingredients: McDowell’s 5g, goji berries 5g, polygonatum 8g, softshell turtle 150g; two small spoons of wine, one small spoon of salt.
Preparation: Clean and slaughter the softshell turtle, blanch briefly, cut into chunks, and stew in water for one hour. Wash herbs, place in pot, add seasonings, simmer gently for 30 minutes.
Features: In summer, fire is intense, and women, being yin in nature and relying on blood, are prone to deplete yin, blood, and body fluids, leading to dry skin and dull complexion. Thus, summer diets should focus on nourishing yin, generating fluids, and replenishing blood and essence. Softshell turtles are rich in nutrients, with delicious broth, and live underwater—known as a top yin tonic, especially beneficial for women. McDowell’s nourishes yin and generates fluids, goji berries tonify liver and kidney, enhance eyesight and hair color, while polygonatum, cold in nature, brightens skin and fades spots. This soup is ideal for women in summer.
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Raw Rehmannia Root Rice Porridge
Ingredients: Raw rehmannia root 30g, rice 50g.
Preparation: Wash rehmannia root, boil in water to extract juice. When rice porridge is nearly done, add the juice and cook until fully done. Consume immediately—do not store for long.
Features: Rehmannia root is sweet and cold, clears heat, relieves irritability, harmonizes the stomach, and stops vomiting. Fresh rehmannia root has abundant juice, best for generating fluids. Combined with rice, it greatly nourishes stomach fluids.
Stonecrop Juice Tea
Ingredients: Fresh stonecrop 25g, fresh rehmannia root 20g, fresh rehmannia root 15g, five green olives.
Preparation: Boil stonecrop, rehmannia root, and rehmannia root gently for 30 minutes, then add green olives and steep for drinking.
Features: Derived from the classic Chinese formula “Three Fresh Decoction,” this tea uses fresh ingredients rich in juice and powerful fluid-generating properties. Ideal for those suffering from insufficient body fluids and dry mouth in summer.
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