Introduction: Pumpkin is a common ingredient and also a health food. Using pumpkin to cook some simple therapeutic medicinal meals is suitable for conditioning.
Pumpton tonifies the middle burner, replenishes qi, strengthens the spleen, warms the stomach, detoxifies, and relieves pain. It is used for symptoms such as fatigue and listlessness caused by prolonged illness and body deficiency, or spleen and stomach deficiency-cold, including cold stomach, poor appetite, reduced food intake, abdominal bloating, oliguria, and edema.
Pumpkin Pie
Here are a few recommended therapeutic medicinal meal recipes containing pumpkin:
Spleen-Strengthening and Qi-Replenishing Formula: Stew 500 grams of pork ribs until 80% cooked. Add 500 grams of cubed pumpkin and 200 grams of peeled chestnuts, then simmer over low heat until cooked. Used for body weakness and fatigue caused by spleen and stomach deficiency-cold or insufficient middle qi, as well as general weakness caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Spleen-Strengthening and Dripping-Drying Formula: Soak 100 grams of raw Job's tears and 100 grams of mung beans for half a day, then cook them into a porridge. Add 200 grams of cubed pumpkin and a few red dates, and simmer over low heat until done. Used for internal retention of dampness, failure to transform phlegm-fluid, reduced food intake, abdominal bloating, oliguria, and edema caused by spleen deficiency.
Pumpkin Steamed Cake
Deficiency-Replenishing and Stomach-Nourishing Formula: Take one ripe pumpkin (about 500 grams), wash it, and cut off the top completely to make a lid. Scoop out all the pulp from the top with a spoon. Mix two raw duck eggs, a little minced meat, and seasonings such as rice, salt, and monosodium glutamate. Fill the pumpkin with the mixture to two-thirds full, then add more water until it's full. Steam in a steamer, then cover with the pumpkin top lid before serving. The entire pumpkin and the rice are edible. Used for poor appetite, listlessness and fatigue, sallow complexion, and other symptoms caused by prolonged illness or tumors.
Pumpkin Yogurt Salad