Nourishing Lungs and Relieving Cough with Jujube
Nourishing Lungs and Relieving Cough with Jujube
– 30 grams of red jujubes and 15 grams of lychees, washed and placed together in a pot. Add appropriate water and simmer gently until jujubes are soft and cooked. Consume lychees, jujubes, and broth on an empty stomach, once daily. This formula nourishes the heart and spleen, enriches blood, and calms the spirit—suitable for those with qi and blood deficiency, fatigue, sallow complexion, poor appetite, dizziness, and forgetfulness.
– 120 grams of fresh celery stalks and 30 grams of jujubes, washed and boiled for half an hour. Eat the jujubes and celery stalks, drink the broth, divided into two doses daily. This formula clears heat, calms the liver, strengthens the spleen, and nourishes the heart—ideal for hypertension, coronary artery sclerosis, chronic hepatitis, and heart-spleen deficiency.
– 30 grams of jujubes and 100 grams of glutinous rice, cooked until soft. Add rock sugar and stir evenly before eating. This formula tonifies the middle energizer, boosts qi, enriches blood, and calms the spirit—suitable for weak spleen and stomach, qi deficiency, diarrhea, blood deficiency with dryness, and restlessness.
– 30 grams of mulberries and 50 grams of jujubes, placed in a pot with water, simmered gently until soft. Remove seeds and skin, add sugar to taste, and consume in one serving. This formula nourishes the liver and kidneys, enhances brain function, and improves intelligence—ideal for neurasthenia, insomnia, and palpitations.
– Place 25 grams of longan meat and 250 grams of jujubes in a pot, cook until soft. Add 2 tablespoons of ginger juice and 250 grams of honey, simmer gently, mix well, cool, then bottle. Take twice daily, one tablespoon each time, dissolved in hot water before drinking. This formula stimulates appetite, strengthens the spleen, enriches blood, and nourishes the spirit—recommended for anemia and general weakness.
– 250 grams of black-boned chicken, 30 grams of astragalus, and 100 grams of jujubes. Cut chicken into chunks, clean astragalus, place in a gauze bag. All three ingredients are stewed gently until tender. Remove astragalus, eat chicken and jujubes, drink the broth. Suitable for postpartum qi deficiency, irregular menstruation, and all forms of qi and blood deficiency. (Dong Wen)