One health practice involves consuming water chestnuts in a rather unique manner: Take one cooked water chestnut, place it in your mouth, and slowly chew it until saliva fills your mouth. Then swish it around several times before swallowing it slowly.
Traditional Chinese medicine classifies water chestnuts as sweet, astringent, and neutral in nature, entering the spleen and kidney meridians. They fortify the spleen to expel dampness, strengthen the kidneys to stop diarrhea, and offer the advantages of being "tonifying without being overpowering" and "moisturizing without causing greasiness."
Standard Formula for Four Divine Soup
Among the many nourishing recipes featuring water chestnuts, the most renowned is undoubtedly "Four Divine Soup."
A Famous TCM Recipe for Strengthening the Spleen
The "Four Divine Ingredients" refer to the four "immortals": Chinese yam, lotus seeds, water chestnuts, and poria. When combined, they complement each other's properties. The resulting soup offers numerous benefits for the body, including strengthening the spleen, nourishing the complexion, and reducing dryness, effectively tonifying both the spleen and kidneys.
Therefore, we recommend a delicious and kidney-tonifying "Four Divine Ingredients and Chestnut Sweet Soup"!
Chestnuts, renowned as the "kidney fruit," are celebrated for their ability to fortify the kidneys and spleen. Internationally, they are also called "ginseng fruit" for their properties in boosting qi, strengthening the spleen, fortifying tendons, and invigorating blood circulation.
Four Divine Chestnut Sweet Soup
Ingredients: One portion of Four Divine Soup base, 150g chestnut kernels, 100g rock sugar, 1000ml water
Method:
① Soak the Four Treasures Soup ingredients for 1-2 hours beforehand.
② Place ingredients into a pot with 1000ml water and bring to a boil over high heat.
③ Reduce to medium heat and simmer for 60 minutes. Add rock sugar, then continue simmering over low heat for 10 minutes.