Many people have a one-sided understanding of the principle of "qingbu" (nourishing with cooling foods), even believing that it simply means eating only vegetables, fruits, and pursuing an absolutely pure and vegetarian diet. In fact, "qingbu" still emphasizes nourishment, but the diet should also have the function of clearing heat while nourishing.
Some non-vegetarian foods also have the effect of "qingbu":
Cordyceps Flower Duck Soup
Duck
Its nature and flavor are sweet, salty, neutral, and slightly cold, entering the stomach and kidney meridians. Duck meat has the effects of tonifying deficiency, clearing heat, eliminating dampness and detoxifying, nourishing yin and protecting the stomach, and promoting urination to reduce swelling. It is suitable for treating conditions such as deficiency fatigue, spleen deficiency with damp-heat, etc.
Loach
It is an excellent food that is high in protein and low in fat, and some people call it "ginseng in water." Loach has the functions of tonifying the middle jiao and qi, quenching thirst, and sobering up from alcohol. It can be used to treat conditions such as excessive thirst, dry mouth from severe heat in warm diseases, impotence, as well as infectious hepatitis, hemorrhoids, scabies, etc.
Fish
It is rich in vitamins such as thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin D, and a certain amount of minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron, which is very beneficial for bone growth and can effectively prevent osteoporosis. The special fatty acids in fish have multiple effects such as lowering blood sugar, protecting the heart, and preventing cancer.
Duck soup