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Monthly Archives: February 2010

RECIPE 10: Mandarin skin porridge

Symptoms:
Dry cough because of cold, feeling cold, headache.
Ingredients:
15-20 g mandarin skin (fresh)
10-15 g ginger
50-100 g rice (the best is polished glutinous rice)
1000 ml water
How to prepare the soup:
Wash mandarin skin and ginger. Put all in the pot, add water and bring it to boil. When starts boiling put fire on small and continue boiling [...]

RECIPE 9: Divine porridge

Symptoms:
Catching a cold, having a fever, feeling very cold, no sweating, headache, constipated (stuffed) nose, running nose (like water), itchy throat, coughing.
Ingredients:
3-5 g ginger
5-7 stalks of chives together with roots
50-100 g rice (the best is polished glutinous rice)
10-15 ml rice vinegar
1000 ml water
How to prepare the soup:
Wash rice and chives. Wash the ginger and [...]

RECIPE 8: 5 ingredients soup

Symptoms:
Catching a cold, feeling cold, having fever, no sweating, headache, constipated (stuffed) nose, itchy throat, cough.
Ingredients:
9 g nepeta/Schizonepeta tenuifolia/Fineleaf Schizonepeta/Herba Schizonepetae (these are different words for the same thing)
9 g perilla leaves/Perillae (these are different words for the same thing)
6 g tea leaves
6 g ginger
25 g brow sugar
1000 ml water
How to prepare the soup:
Wash [...]

RECIPE 7: Perilla-almond soup

Symptoms:
Cough, constipated (stuffed??) nose, running nose (like water), feeling cold, you don’t sweat.
Ingredients:
10 g perilla leaves/Folium Perillae (these are different words for the same thing)
10 g almond
10 g ginger
15-20 g brown sugar
150 ml water
How to prepare the soup:
Wash perilla and almonds and cut all on very small pieces. Wash the ginger and cut it [...]

RECIPE 6: Nepeta porridge

Symptoms:
Catching a cold, having a fever, feeling very cold, headache, you don’t sweat, sour legs and arms, constipated nose, running nose (like water), sneezing, constant coughing, itchy throat.
Ingredients:
5-10 g nepeta/Schizonepeta tenuifolia/Fineleaf Schizonepeta/Herba Schizonepetae (these are different words for the same thing)
3-5 g mint
5-10 g preserved black beans
50-100 g white rice
1 l water
How to prepare [...]

RECIPE 5: Ginger-chives soup

Symptoms:
Beginning of the cold, having a fever but you don’t sweat, severe headache, sour arms and legs (extremities), sour body.
Ingridients:
15 g ginger
15 g chives
150 ml water
How to prepare the soup:
Wash the ginger and cut it on slices. Wash the chives on smaller parts (like sticks – Chinese way). Put everything in the pot and add [...]

RECIPE 4: Chives-tea soup

Symptoms:
Catching a cold, feeling very cold, having a fever (but not sweating), your throat and eyes hurts, strong headache, dry mouth and bitter taste in the mouth, feeling vexed and irritated. Urine is very yellow (which is the consequence of fire in the body, as traditional Chinese medicine explains), feeling pressure in chest and [...]