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.
Read biteIn brief
Blanch 500 g pork bone, then simmer with two slices of ginger, 15 g Huang Qi, and 15 g Bai Zhu in about five cups of water. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer about 30 minutes. Return to a boil, add half a tablespoon of goji berries and salt to taste. Serves three to four. Suited when chronic fatigue, bloating, poor appetite, loose stools, or recurrent flu point to Spleen and Lung deficiency. Educational food therapy beside physician care.
Recipe
The method
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Blanch
Blanch the pork bone in boiling water, then rinse.
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Pot
Add blanched pork bone, ginger, Huang Qi, and Bai Zhu to a pot. Fill with about five cups of water.
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Boil then simmer
Bring to a boil on high heat. Cover and simmer about 30 minutes.
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Finish
Bring the soup back to a boil. Add goji berries and salt to taste. Serve warm.
Try today Blanch pork bone and set a 30-minute simmer with Huang Qi and Bai Zhu.
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Kitchen recipes are educational, not personal medical advice. Seek urgent care for high fever, breathlessness, or a flu that worsens. Book a consult if symptoms last more than a few days.
FAQs
Quick questions
Who is this soup for?
People with chronic fatigue, bloating, poor appetite, loose stools, or recurrent flu that read as Spleen and/or Lung deficiency. It is not the first kitchen match when strong Heat, thirst, and yellow phlegm lead.
How is this different from Immunity Booster Tea?
This is a pork-bone kitchen soup with Huang Qi and Bai Zhu. Immunity Booster Tea is a Yu Ping Feng-style steep with Chai Hu. Use the one that matches your signs, or ask a physician.
Can I drink Huang Qi every day?
This pot is food therapy for a named deficiency picture, not an everyday tonic for every constitution. If you only want a lighter Huang Qi steep, see the Astragalus drink Bite, and still match it to your pattern.
References
Page credit
- Original article author: Physician Tan Yuan Ming.
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