Spring Health Soup Recipe for Eliminating Dampness: Coix Seed and White Pepper Pork Tripe Soup
Ingredients: 1 pork tripe, a small amount of dried tofu sticks, 50g coix seeds, 3 dried red dates, salt, ginger, white pepper, cooking oil, and a splash of cooking wine.
Method: Slice the pork tripe into strips. Slice the ginger. Soak the coix seeds and red dates in water briefly. Score the red dates with two cuts each. Cut the dried tofu skin into sections.Place a pot over high heat with water, add ginger and pork tripe, then a splash of cooking wine. Boil for 3-4 minutes, then remove and discard the water. Return pork tripe, red dates, Job's tears, and tofu skin to the pot. Add white peppercorns (generously), then enough water to cover ingredients. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low and simmer for about 1 hour. Serve.
Benefits: Job's tears strengthen the spleen, promote diuresis, warm the stomach, and nourish qi and blood—perfectly complementing pork tripe.
Spring Wellness Soup Recipe for Dampness Relief: Pork Tendon with Mulberry Leaf Soup
Ingredients: 60g pork tendon, 5g fresh mulberry leaves, 1 honey date, 1 slice ginger.
Method: Rinse pork shank thoroughly and cut into chunks. Wash mulberry leaves and set aside. Place all ingredients in a double boiler. Add water to the steamer, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 3 hours. Season to taste before serving.
Benefits: Helps strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness.
Spring Health Soup Recipe for Dampness Relief: Three Flowers and Job's Tears Lean Meat Soup
Ingredients: 30g kapok flowers, 30g frangipani flowers, 30g locust flowers, 30g Job's tears, 100g lean pork, 30g stir-fried broad beans, 12g dried tangerine peel or amomum villosum.
Method: Rinse kapok flowers, frangipani flowers, locust flowers, coix seeds, lean pork, stir-fried broad beans, and dried tangerine peel or amomum villosum. Place all ingredients in a clay pot with sufficient water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 1 hour. Season with salt before serving.
Benefits: Kapok flowers clear heat, promote urination, detoxify, relieve summer heat, and stop bleeding. Cooking dried kapok into porridge or soup also dispels dampness.