"Soup cures all diseases"

Author: Liu Lichang
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Traditional Chinese medicine treatment often uses decoctions, which are highly effective for treating diseases. Making soup is about the quality of ingredients, and pairing is more important. Cooking soup for healing, health preservation, beauty, and nourishment creates a delightful flavor of life! The philosophy of Chinese cuisine is vast and profound, and the culture of Chinese food is long-standing. As a unique and extraordinary part of Chinese medicinal diet, soup cuisine has distinct ethnic characteristics and has become a rich treasure in the cultural heritage of China, unparalleled in the world. Soup cuisine not only promotes dietary health but also has the functions of preventing and treating diseases. Exquisite and refined soups combine medicine and food, integrating medicine and vegetables, where food enhances the efficacy of medicine and medicine enhances the flavor of food. With various flavors and rich nutrition, they achieve the goal of treating diseases and improving health. I have worked in Guangdong for over six years and have made many friends there. Every time the husband comes back from a business trip, the virtuous wife’s top priority is to cook a soup. As soon as the husband enters the door, he is greeted by a delightful aroma. Sipping a sweet and delicious soup truly relieves his stomach and spirit, making all fatigue and worries disappear. Additionally, they change the types and contents of the soup based on the season, covering nourishing, refreshing, cooling, health-preserving, and beauty-enhancing soups, which deeply moved me. To spread these valuable treasures and benefit humanity, I wrote this humble work. Due to the vast number of soup recipes and their rich content, this book primarily collects and organizes over 600 healing soup recipes, divided into six categories: internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, ophthalmology and otolaryngology, and oncology. It selects over 100 diseases, choosing soups based on the illness, combining symptoms and prescriptions. Each recipe is introduced in terms of ingredients, preparation methods, efficacy, and indications, with clear organization and significant therapeutic effects, achieving the optimal results of dietary care and food therapy. I hope that readers, while cooking delicious soups, will be inspired to pursue health, and while tasting these soups, they will satisfy their cravings, with boundless benefits and endless joy.