Chinese Medicine Congee Cookbook

Author: Li Wengang
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Publish Date: 1995-05-01
Features: A distinctive feature of Chinese dietary and medicinal therapy is Chinese medicinal congee. Chinese medicinal congee comes in a wide variety of types, and this book includes over 300 recipes, categorized as follows:
- Diaphoretic congee
- Summer-warming congee
- Purgative congee
- Vermifuge congee
- Cold-dispelling congee
- Heat-clearing congee
- Cough-relieving, phlegm-reducing, and asthma-relieving congee
- Qi-regulating congee
- Digestive congee
- Blood-regulating congee
- Diuretic and dampness-dispelling congee
- Calming and sedative congee
- Astringent congee
- Nourishing congee
The book provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the formulas, preparation methods, applications, and indications of medicinal congee. With a broad scope of applicability, it holds significant preventive and health benefits, making it a valuable reference for the general public, patients, and medical professionals. The Chinese people have long recognized the health and medicinal benefits of consuming congee. Ancient texts such as the Xia Xiao Zheng mention "Zhujue Mother Congee," using the word "congee" as a synonym for nourishment. The saying goes, "Congee is nourishment." The Book of Rites·Monthly Ordinances from the Zhou Dynasty records, "In the eighth month of the autumn, one should nourish the elderly, present them with walking sticks, and serve congee."