How to make soup, tea, and yang-locking food

Suoyang is a common Chinese herbal medicine, mostly wild, often found in the Gobi Desert, with extremely strong vitality, and is also known as the "immortal grass". Suoyang has the effects of nourishing the kidneys and essence, strengthening yang and replenishing qi. Although many people know the effects of Suoyang, not everyone knows how to consume Suoyang.

1: Suoyang glutinous rice sweet porridge: Wash the glutinous rice and put it in a clay pot, add water to boil and take out the concentrated juice, remove the residue. Wash the glutinous rice and put it into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat, and when the porridge is almost done, add the concentrated glutinous rice juice and sugar to taste. This porridge warms the yang and nourishes the kidneys, and is suitable for kidney yang deficiency type impotence, fear of cold, weak legs and other symptoms.

2: Yang-locking and Kidney-tonifying Congee: Soak black beans until soft, remove the core of lotus seeds, crush walnut kernels, wrap the Yang-locking congee with a cloth, put it into a casserole together with black beans, lotus seeds and walnut kernels, and cook until the rice is cooked and the congee is ready. You can season it with salty or sweet flavors. This congee nourishes the kidneys and boosts yang, strengthens the spleen and replenishes qi, and is suitable for indigestion, acid reflux, flatulence, cold limbs and chills, and constipation in the elderly caused by spleen and kidney yang deficiency.

1: Suoyang Lamb Soup: First blanch the lamb skewers, cut the mushrooms into shreds, then put the Suoyang, ginger, mushrooms and lamb into the pot. The water should cover the ingredients. Bring to a boil over high heat for 10 minutes, then simmer over low heat for one hour. Before removing from the pot, add salt and rice wine and serve. This soup is suitable for various Yang deficiency syndromes.

2: Strengthening soup: Boil the yang-locking herbs and wolfberry in water to extract the juice (or wrap it in a cloth and put it directly into the pot, add mutton, chicken, duck, etc. and cook together. When it is cooked, add salt, MSG, chopped green onions, and minced ginger to season and boil it before eating. It can warm the yang and benefit the essence, and is suitable for spermatorrhea, impotence, and low sperm count caused by liver and kidney deficiency.

1: Golden Suoyang Magic Wine: Slice the Suoyang, soak 30-50g of Suoyang in 250ml of wine, add red ginseng, wolfberry, polygonatum, Achyranthes bidentata, etc., soak for 2 weeks before taking. This wine can replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, nourish the essence and kidney, dispel wind and activate blood circulation, and strengthen the muscles and bones. It is suitable for kidney deficiency and weak qi, impotence, spermatorrhea and sweating, sore waist and knees, rheumatism and joint pain, etc.

2: Suoyang brown sugar drink: decoct the yang-suppressing herb in water, remove the residue and keep the juice, add appropriate amount of brown sugar and drink it. It has the function of warming yang, moistening the intestines and facilitating bowel movements.

A parasitic plant that grows wild in the desert. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, this product is sweet, warm, and non-toxic, and can "greatly replenish yang energy, benefit essence and blood, facilitate bowel movements, moisten dryness and nourish tendons, and treat weakness." The Chinese Materia Medica states: "It replenishes the kidneys, lubricates the intestines, and strengthens the waist and knees. It is mainly used to treat male impotence, female infertility, blood deficiency and constipation, and waist and knee weakness."