🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Snow Pear and Papaya Soup
Ingredients: 2 snow pears, half a papaya, 2 teaspoons honey, 1 cup fresh milk.
Snow pear contains organic acids, vitamins B and C, and abundant water, offering cooling and lung-moistening benefits, helping to nourish the skin. Papaya is rich in sugars and proteins, aiding digestion, moisturizing the intestines, and relieving fatigue.
Tofu Skin and Egg Soup
Ingredients: 1 piece of tofu skin, 5 red dates, 2 eggs, and appropriate rock sugar.
Tofu skin contains nutrients similar to tofu—rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, and iron. It is nourishing and moistening, suitable for dry skin, especially those with rough skin and fine lines or wrinkles.
Grapefruit Honey Milk
Ingredients: Half a cup of yogurt, 3 teaspoons honey, one-quarter cup grapefruit juice.
Grapefruit is rich in vitamin C and calcium. Honey contains multiple vitamins. Its sweet taste reduces skin roughness, especially suitable for winter consumption, targeting dry, cracked skin with visible lines.
Snow Ear and Ginkgo Nut Soup
Ingredients: 4 ounces snow ear, 12 ginkgo nuts, 6 red dates, and appropriate rock sugar.
Recommended for those with dry or sensitive skin, this soup improves skin roughness caused by digestive issues. Rock sugar and red dates further nourish and enrich blood.
Winter Melon Soup
Ingredients: 500g winter melon, 750g chicken broth, 2 dried shiitake mushrooms, 50g chicken breast, 20g ham, 50g fresh shrimp, 30g lean pork.
Method: 1. Place winter melon in a pot with chicken broth, boil over high heat for 10 minutes; 2. Add chicken, dried mushrooms, and other ingredients, cook for 5 minutes, then add salt, MSG, and sesame oil.
Chicken Thread Soup
Ingredients: 75g chicken breast, 15g ham, 15g dried shiitake mushrooms, 1 egg, 20g starch, 375g clear broth.
Method: 1. Slice chicken breast into threads, mix with egg white and starch, blanch briefly in boiling water, then place in soup bowl; 2. Add ham threads, mushroom threads, and clear broth to a pot, add salt and ground pepper, bring to a boil over high heat, then pour into the soup bowl containing chicken threads.
Lemon
Lemons contain calcium, carbohydrates, iron, phosphorus, and vitamins B and C. Citric acid and malic acid in lemons are recognized as high-quality fruit acids. In skincare, they are particularly effective in fading pigmentation, removing oils, and giving skin a radiant glow.
Aloe Vera
Aloe vera mainly contains aloin, which has antibacterial properties, promotes blood circulation and metabolism, providing ample moisture to the skin. Additionally, it significantly improves rough skin, wrinkles, and freckles. Notably, aloe vera soothes sensitive skin and replenishes nutrients after sun exposure. In dry weather, it also provides nourishment and delays aging.
Eight Treasure Moisturizer
Combine snow ear, red dates, walnut kernels, peanuts, honey, longan flesh, lotus seeds, and carrots in a stew. Regular consumption enhances cold resistance, replenishes moisture and nutrients, and improves skin elasticity.
Walnut Meat and Beef Rump Soup
Ingredients: 450g beef rump, 80g walnut meat, 20g huai mountain yam, 2 tablespoons goji berries, 1 piece of ginger, 1 tablespoon longan flesh.
Method: 1. Place walnut meat in a pan (no oil), stir-fry over low heat for 5 minutes, or bake in an oven for 10 minutes to remove the raw smell. 2. Wash huai mountain yam, goji berries, and longan flesh. 3. Blanch beef rump in boiling water for 5 minutes, then rinse. 4. Blanch walnut meat in boiling water for 3 minutes, then rinse. 5. Bring sufficient water to a boil, add beef rump, walnuts, huai mountain yam, goji berries, longan flesh, and ginger. Simmer over low heat for 3.5 hours, add salt to taste. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine theory states that spring is a windy season, where wind easily induces dryness, often causing symptoms like dry throat, thirst, and cough. Therefore, drinking honey water regularly is a healthy way to hydrate. Drinking a cup of honey water every morning and night not only lubricates the intestines and promotes bowel movements but also helps prevent colds and detoxify the body.