A complete collection of soup recipes for men to replenish qi and blood

Qi and blood are two special substances in the human body. These two substances will have different effects on the human body. Qi and blood are inseparable. The two substances exist and depend on each other. Generally speaking, the disease of insufficient Qi and blood is not a serious disease. It may occur in both men and women. Qi and blood can be regulated by paying attention to daily diet. The following will introduce to you the recipes of men's Qi and blood supplement.

1. Beef and Tomato Soup

Beef and tomato soup is a good choice for you. Beef is the meat with the highest iron content (except liver). Chinese medicine says that beef is also a good food for replenishing qi and blood, regulating the spleen and stomach, and the calories are not high. Another thing to note when replenishing iron is to supplement vitamin C, because vitamin C can promote iron absorption. The beauty of tomatoes here is that tomatoes are rich in vitamin C and lycopene, which can resist aging and prevent cancer. There is also coriander, which is hot in nature and can be used to help sweat and dehumidify. So this soup is especially recommended. The nutrients complement each other, and the combination of meat and vegetables can be said to be a perfect match.

Ingredients: fresh tomatoes and a pound of beef brisket, a little star anise, pepper, green onion, ginger and garlic.

practice:

1. First, cut the beef brisket and tomatoes into walnut-sized pieces for later use; there is no need to blanch the clean beef brisket. Use a little oil to stir-fry the star anise and peppercorns until they are fragrant, then remove them, add the ginger, garlic slices and beef brisket and stir-fry until the surface of the beef brisket is slightly dry, then add cooking wine; stir-fry for a few more times, add boiling water, and simmer in a pot for one and a half hours.

2. Take out the stewed beef brisket and pour it into the wok, add the tomato cubes, simmer on low heat for 15 minutes to reduce the sauce, thicken with water starch and sprinkle with chopped green onions.

2. Mutton and Quail Soup

As the saying goes, "If you want to eat birds, eat pigeons and quails." Quail meat is a typical high-protein, low-fat, low-cholesterol food, especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and patients with hypertension and obesity. Quail can be compared with ginseng, the king of tonics, and is known as "animal ginseng." Mutton and quail soup replenishes qi and blood, nourishes yin and strengthens yang. It is suitable for the symptoms of qi and blood deficiency such as physical weakness due to blood deficiency, dizziness, thin body, sallow complexion, fatigue, etc. in the elderly or after illness.

Ingredients: 1 quail, 200 grams of mutton, 50 grams of wheat kernels, appropriate amounts of ginger, cooking wine, and salt.

Preparation: Remove the hair and intestines of the quail and clean it. Cut the mutton into small pieces. Add water and bring to a boil, remove the foam, add wheat kernels, ginger, cooking wine, and salt, and simmer over low heat until the meat is cooked through.

3. Chinese yam, wolfberry, fresh mushroom and oxtail soup

Oxtail is a very good food for men to replenish qi and blood, and it also has the effect of strengthening bones and muscles and improving body shape. The taste can also be said to be the best among beef. Enoki mushrooms can effectively enhance the biological activity of the body, promote metabolism in the body, and are beneficial to the absorption and utilization of various nutrients in food. It is very suitable for people with poor gastrointestinal function, high blood lipids, and obesity. At the same time, yam, which can regulate the spleen and stomach, and wolfberry, which can nourish yin, are added, so this soup has to be recommended.

Ingredients: Chinese yam, wolfberry, enoki mushroom, pig’s tail or ox’s tail.

Method: Cut the oxtail into pieces and blanch it in water, remove the foam, then add water again, add ginger, cinnamon, star anise, and green onions, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for half an hour, add the yam, continue to simmer for half an hour, then add the blanched enoki mushrooms and washed wolfberries, turn off the heat after about 10 minutes, and add an appropriate amount of salt.

4. Duck Soup with Chinese Angelica, Red Dates and Garlic

Angelica has the effect of replenishing blood and nourishing blood. It has a certain therapeutic effect on yellow face, blood deficiency, pale lips and nails, palpitations and dizziness. The basic nutritional elements of duck include metabolic energy, crude protein, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, multi-dimensional and trace elements. Duck meat is cold in nature and can nourish yin and relieve heat, replenish deficiency and nourish the kidney. Duck meat is matched with Angelica, which is warm in nature and sweet in taste and has the effect of replenishing blood and activating blood circulation. It can not only reduce the coldness of duck meat, but also is suitable for men with insufficient qi and blood, weak yin and long-term illness to replenish blood and enhance immunity.

Ingredients: 350g old duck, 10g angelica root, 50g red dates, 10g ginger, 1500g water. Seasoning: 5g salt, 3g chicken essence, 1g sugar, 1g pepper.

Method: Chop the old duck into pieces and blanch it in water. Wash the angelica and red dates and slice the ginger for later use. Put the pot on the fire and add water, ginger slices, old duck, angelica, red dates, turn to high heat and simmer for 50 minutes. Season to taste.

5. Astragalus Stewed Beef Soup

Astragalus is an ancient Chinese medicine that has the effect of "replenishing qi and strengthening the exterior", which can improve the body's immune function and enhance disease resistance. The main effects of Astragalus beef soup are to replenish qi and lungs, nourish the heart and calm the mind, and strengthen the body. People who are prone to colds, weak constitutions, and fear of cold can achieve the purpose of strengthening their bodies by drinking a bowl every day.

Ingredients: 1000 grams of beef, 10 grams of astragalus, 5 green vegetable hearts, 5 grams of refined salt, 2 grams of MSG, 5 grams of rice wine, appropriate amounts of scallions, ginger, and sesame oil.

practice:

1. Cut the beef into cubes, blanch and clean. Wash the astragalus with warm water. Wash the green cabbage heart, blanch it in boiling water until it turns green, then cool it down. Crush the scallion and ginger. Put the wok on the fire, pour in the fresh soup, add the beef, astragalus, scallion, ginger, rice wine, and salt, and boil over high heat. After removing the blood foam, turn to low heat and simmer until the beef is cooked through, then remove the scallion and ginger.

2. Put the beef into a soup bowl, place the choy sum on top, add MSG to the original soup, add salt, steam for 10 minutes, take out, and drizzle with sesame oil.

6. Pumpkin, brown sugar and honey dates soup

Pumpkin is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It can nourish the middle and replenish qi. It is rich in carotene, which is absorbed by the human body as vitamin A. It also contains rich vitamin E, which can replenish qi and blood. Red dates can nourish the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and produce body fluid, nourish yin and blood. Brown sugar contains trace elements and various minerals, which can warm the stomach, replenish blood, activate blood circulation, and dispel cold.

Ingredients: pumpkin, brown sugar, candied dates.

Method: Peel the pumpkin, dig out the flesh, wash and cut into cubes. Put seedless dates, pumpkin and brown sugar into a pot, add water and simmer until the pumpkin is cooked.

In addition to drinking the above-mentioned blood-tonifying and qi-replenishing soups regularly, men should eat more nutritious foods rich in high-quality protein, trace elements (iron, copper, etc.), folic acid and vitamin B12, such as red dates, lotus seeds, longan meat, walnuts, hawthorn, pork liver, pork blood, yellow eel, sea cucumber, black chicken, eggs, spinach, carrots, black fungus, black sesame, shrimp, brown sugar, etc. These are rich in nutrients and have the effect of tonifying blood and activating blood circulation.