Traditional Chinese Medicine Medicated Diet Recipe Book

Chrysanthemum White Fungus and Pear Soup (菊花木耳百合梨子糖水)

Ingredients:

• Ju Hua 菊花 Chrysanthemum 150g


• Bai Mu Er 白木耳 White Fungus 1 piece


• Fresh Bai He 鲜百合 Fresh Lily bulb 3 pieces


• Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子 Barbary Wolfberry 25g


• Shan Yao 山药 Rhizoma Dioscoreae 60g


• Li 梨 Pear 4 pieces


• Bing Tang 冰糖 Rock Sugar

Cooking Instructions:

 Rinse & soak Mu Er & Shan Yao in water for 30 minutes

 Clean fresh Bai He & Gou qi zi

 Peel pear and cut into small pieces

 Rinse Ju Hua and put it in a soup bag

 Boil 4 liters of water in a pot. Put the soup bag in and boil for 10 – 15 minutes

 Let stand with lid on

 Remove bag after the decoction cools down

 Add Shan Yao and cook until tender

 Add Mu Er & Gou Qi Zi and boil for another 30 minutes

 Add fresh Bai He, pear & rock sugar and bring to boil

 Serve hot or cold

Actions/Indications/Functions:

 Nourish yin

 Tonify qi

 Clear liver , subdue yang, benefit the eyes

 Generate body fluid, moisten dryness

 Treat Xiao Ke (diabetes) syndrome

 Moisten lung to stop cough

 Nourish stomach yin and harmonize middle jiao

 Clear heat, relieve toxin

 Clear heart, calm spirit

 Recommended for patients with hypertension or diabetes