In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the standard for a person's health is having sufficient qi and blood. Similarly, for women to maintain their health and beauty, they must not forget to nourish their blood. The following 7 soups are top choices for women to replenish blood. Hurry and make a nourishing beauty treat for yourself.
1. Tremella and Red Date Soup
Tremella, also known as "the poor man's bird's nest," is similar to bird's nest in color, texture, and effect, but is much cheaper. Bird's nest, although nourishing, can easily cause "heatiness" in the body. Tremella, on the other hand, is a cooling nourishment that has a moisturizing effect. "Heatiness" is like an acute condition that comes on quickly and passes fast, but if it persists, it can turn into "dryness," which is more chronic. Therefore, tremella is most effective for this. A soup made with tremella, longan, goji berries, and red dates is not only a delicious snack for enhancing the bust but can also give your face a rosy complexion and make your figure light and slender.
2. Black Glutinous Rice Blood-Nourishing Porridge
Black glutinous rice, longan, and red dates are well-known blood-nourishing ingredients. Adding highly nutritious yam enhances its effect of replenishing qi and nourishing blood. Remember to drink this every month! A small reminder: although longan can nourish blood and promote blood circulation, it is not easily digested, so try to use only 7 or 8 pieces each time (those with a cold stomach can add 2 slices of red ginseng).
3. Angelica and Red Date Pork Rib Soup
For skin that becomes dry, rough, and itchy during seasonal changes... One pork rib, a handful of goji berries, 12 red dates, and 4 slices of angelica.
Blanch the pork rib, rinse off the blood water, and place it in a clay pot. Add goji berries, red dates, angelica, scallions, and ginger slices. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer on low heat until the pork is tender. Season with salt and chicken powder. When these ingredients are simmered together, they provide a supplementary effect of nourishing yin, moisturizing dryness, and beautifying the skin.
4. Beauty and Blood-Nourishing Oatmeal Porridge
Suddenly, I recalled the words of a certain lady: A woman must always cherish herself! But before talking about always cherishing oneself, it's already quite good if you can remember yourself once in a while. Hehe!
First, soak the walnuts, red dates, and dried longan. Clean the oatmeal and put it in a rice cooker. Add an appropriate amount of water and start cooking! Remember to keep an eye on the time! Once the porridge comes to a boil, switch to the porridge-cooking setting! Add some brown sugar before serving.
5. Double Red Blood-Nourishing Soup
500g of sweet potato, 10g of red dates, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Add 2000ml of water to a pot and bring to a boil. Add the brown sugar only after the sweet potato is cooked. This is a dessert often eaten in the summer; if you like pumpkin, you can also replace the sweet potato with pumpkin.
6. Beauty-Enhancing Papaya and Tremella Soup
Tremella, papaya, red dates, and rock sugar. Put the soaked tremella in a pot to boil. Add red dates, turn down the heat, and simmer for half an hour. Add rock sugar and papaya, bring to a boil, and it's ready to serve.
7. Snow Pear and Pork Knuckle with Soybean Soup
Drinking pear soup often is beneficial for women. Pears have been hailed since ancient times as the "king of all fruits." Using snow pears to make soup can further relieve coughs, moisten the lungs, and clear the heart for beautiful skin. Drinking this snow pear, soybean, and pork knuckle soup will have a noticeable effect on smoothing the skin and relieving hoarseness and a dry mouth. It is a good soup for lowering blood pressure and nourishing the body, so you can drink it often.
1 snow pear, 50g of soybeans, half a pork knuckle, 3 slices of ginger, and salt. Blanch the pork knuckle with ginger slices to remove any odor, then cut into pieces. Add cored and cubed snow pear, soybeans, and another slice of ginger. Add enough water and bring to a boil. Maintain a high boil for 15 minutes, then turn down the heat and simmer for another 1 hour. The soup is ready. Season with salt to taste before serving.