Subject: Soup with Adenophora stricta and Ophiopogon japonicus and Lean Pork

Ingredients: 20g Adenophora stricta, 12g Ophiopogon japonicus, 30g lotus seeds, 100g lean pork, salt to taste

practice:

1. Wash the lean pork, cut it into small pieces, and soak it in water for 15 minutes to remove the blood;

2. Clean the sand ginseng and ophiopogon japonicus separately to remove the ash layer, and soak them in clean water for later use;

3. Put an appropriate amount of water in a pot, bring it to a boil over high heat, then add the lean pork. After it boils again, add the sand ginseng and ophiopogon japonicus to the pot and cook for 1-2 hours.

4. Once the soup is cooked, add salt to taste.

Nutritional reminder :

Fresh Ophiopogon japonicus and Adenophora stricta lean pork soup is a medicinal dish belonging to the Cantonese cuisine. Fresh Ophiopogon japonicus paired with Adenophora stricta and lean pork creates a soup with a refreshing and delicious flavor. It has warming and nourishing properties, moistens the lungs, and relieves coughs, making it suitable for family meals during the dry autumn season. Ophiopogon japonicus is slightly cold in nature, with a sweet and slightly bitter taste. It nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, promotes fluid production, and relieves coughs. It is often used to treat dry coughs due to lung dryness, thirst due to insufficient body fluids, irritability, and insomnia. When eaten fresh, it has an even sweeter and more refreshing flavor.

Adenophora stricta is one of the medicinal herbs used in "Qingbuliang" (a traditional Chinese medicine formula). It can nourish yin and clear the lungs, nourish the stomach and promote the production of body fluids, and remove deficiency heat. There are southern and northern varieties of Adenophora stricta, with similar effects. Southern Adenophora stricta has a stronger effect in clearing heat and eliminating phlegm, while northern Adenophora stricta has a stronger effect in nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness. Northern Adenophora stricta is generally used as an ingredient in soups. When used with lean meat, it nourishes and replenishes deficiency without causing dampness, thus replenishing what is deficient and moisturizing what is dry.