Chills and clear phlegm? Warm ginger onion soup
Ginger spring onion soup for wind-cold cough
Warming spring onion, ginger, and apricot-kernel soup for wind-cold cough with clear phlegm and chills. Kitchen habit from the cough Insight.
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Wash and cut 10 g Codonopsis (Dang Shen), 15 g Chinese yam, 5 g dried tangerine peel (Chen Pi), and 100 g rice. Add about eight cups of water and cook together into porridge. Eat two to three times a week to support immunity and appetite when appetite falls after COVID. Educational food therapy beside physician care.
Recipe
The method
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Prep
Wash and cut the Dang Shen, Chinese yam, and Chen Pi as needed. Rinse the rice.
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Simmer
Add about eight cups of water with all ingredients. Bring to a boil, then simmer until the porridge is soft and creamy.
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Serve
Serve warm two to three times a week when appetite after COVID still sits low.
Try today Rinse the herbs and rice, then simmer one pot two to three times a week.
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Kitchen recipes are educational, not personal medical advice. Seek medical care for rapid weight loss, persistent vomiting, or inability to eat. Book a consult if appetite does not return after weeks of self-care.
FAQs
Quick questions
Who is this porridge for after COVID?
People with low appetite after COVID who need a gentle Spleen Qi kitchen bowl. Prefer the Huang Qi Dang Gui chicken soup when weakness and fatigue lead more than appetite alone.
How often can I eat it?
Two to three times a week is the scrape habit. It is food therapy for appetite after illness, not a meal replacement a physician has not reviewed.
Can I swap Dang Shen for Huang Qi?
This pot is written for Dang Shen with Chinese yam and Chen Pi. Other Qi pots on the site use Huang Qi in different doses and forms. Match the recipe to your signs, or ask a physician.
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