American Ginseng Heat Reducing Soup

Soup Name: American Ginseng Heat Reducing Soup

Traditional Chinese Name: (Q cn hi d y l q jing hu tng)

Introduction:

This soup is great for reducing internal heat where you may have sore throat, canker/cold sores, sore muscles (from the fire in your bones) and overall heatiness in your body. Its not actually particular to any season, but more to a condition of the body caused by illness or circumstances. It is healing for the throat, lungs and respiratory system and eliminates unwanted heat.

What ingredients are required?

1 chicken (whole), skinned and quartered
2 g of dried American ginseng, sliced
10 g of dried lady bell root
15 g of lucid asparagus root
2 g of mulberry root
15 g of malt
80 g of pearl barley
5 honey dates
30 g dried mussels
1 large piece of dried tangerine peel
20 g of solomans seal
2 L of water

How do I prepare it?

Rinse and soak for 10 minutes all the herbs (everything except the Chicken)

Boil your soup water

Prepare chicken and in a separate pot of boiling water, ! blanch y our chicken for 5 minutes

Rinse again the herbs in cool water

When soup water boils, add all the ingredients together

Boil on high heat for 30 minutes and reduce to a medium boil for another 1.5 hours

Serve and enjoy!

Any benefits?

• Helps reduce heatiness and internal fire from the body
• Excellent for the respiratory system
• Helps nourish the lungs, assist with cough and soothe the throat (especially sore throats)

Any precautions?

• It is a slightly cooling soup, so take with precaution when in your first trimester of pregnancy
• Be sure to purchase herbs from a reputable source