Winter Tonic Dietary Recipes
Danggui Shengjiang Yangrou Tang (When Gui Ginger Lamb Soup): 20 grams of Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of ginger, 500 grams of lamb, appropriate wine and seasonings. Clean lamb, cut into chunks, add Angelica, ginger, wine, and seasonings, then stew for 1–2 hours. Eat meat and drink soup. Has warming, blood-nourishing, cold-dispelling, and strengthening effects. Suitable for elderly with weak constitution, pale complexion, cold aversion, and chills.
Hu Tao Ren Bing (Walnut Cake): 50 grams of walnut kernels (or walnut meat), 250 grams of flour, a little sugar. Crush walnuts into fine crumbs, mix with flour, add appropriate water, stir evenly, then pan-fry into thin pancakes. Has benefits of nourishing kidneys, resisting cold, moistening intestines, and promoting bowel movements. Suitable for elderly with kidney deficiency, lower back and leg weakness, cold aversion, and constipation.
Shen Gui Yangrou (Ginseng Angelica Lamb): 10 grams of red ginseng, 20 grams of Angelica sinensis, 500 grams of lamb, minimal seasonings. Clean lamb, cut into chunks, add red ginseng, Angelica, and seasonings to a clay pot, add sufficient water, simmer slowly for 1–2 hours. Stop when water evaporates and lamb is tender. Consume after cooking. Offers qi-tonifying, blood-nourishing, body-strengthening, and cold-resisting effects. Ideal for elderly with weak constitution, pale complexion, limb weakness, and cold aversion.