Guangdong Nourishing Soup. The Clear and Moistening Chapter

Author: Qin Yanfen
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book features 180 types of Guangdong-style nutritious soups, using common vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, beans, and traditional Chinese medicinal herbs as primary ingredients, paired with various poultry, aquatic products, and mountain delicacies. Based on the geographical climate and dietary habits of the Lingnan region, as well as the prevalence of conditions such as damp-heat, damp-toxin, damp-stagnation, summer-heat, and dry-fire, the soups are designed to provide cooling, detoxifying, fire-reducing, heat-relieving, moisturizing, bowel-moistening, and anti-cancer effects. This book features 180 types of Guangdong-style nutritious soups, using common vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, beans, and traditional Chinese medicinal herbs as primary ingredients, paired with various poultry, aquatic products, and mountain delicacies. According to the geographical climate and dietary habits of the Lingnan region, as well as the prevalence of conditions such as damp-heat, damp-toxin, damp-stagnation, summer-heat, and dry-fire, the soups are designed to provide cooling, detoxifying, fire-reducing, heat-relieving, moisturizing, bowel-moistening, and anti-cancer effects. The book outlines the selection and preparation knowledge of Guangdong-style nutritious soups. Categorized into 13 major groups based on their therapeutic effects, the soups include:
- Fire-reducing, detoxifying, and cooling soups
- Cooling, heat-relieving, and damp-removing soups
- Lung-clearing, phlegm-resolving, and cough-relieving soups
- Spleen-strengthening, stagnation-dispelling, and appetite-enhancing soups
- Diuretic and bowel-moistening soups
- Blood-sugar-lowering, fat-reducing, and blood-pressure-regulating soups
- Blood-cooling and hemostatic soups
- Fire-reducing, smoking-detoxifying, and hangover-relieving soups
- Yin-nourishing, moisturizing, and beauty-enhancing soups
- Brain-stimulating, calming, and intelligence-enhancing soups
- Post-illness, post-surgery, and post-pregnancy recovery soups
- Detoxifying, anti-cancer, and cancer-preventive soups
- Wind-dispelling, meridian-opening, and muscle-relaxing soups
Each soup recipe lists its effects, ingredients, and preparation methods, with brief explanations of the functions and contraindications of the main ingredients. The ingredients are easily sourced, and the preparation is simple. The soups made according to the recipes are delicious and therapeutic, making them ideal for daily health maintenance and disease prevention.