July 5, 2018
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【星期五湯水 － 寧神安眠湯】
#世界盃打亂大家睡眠節奏
#喝碗靚湯平伏情緒易入眠
#星期五湯水
寧神湯讓你睡得甜
公眾假期的周末連假，加上四年一度的世界盃不得不捧場，大家的睡眠節奏都亂作一團了吧？放假去玩加捱夜睇波，以致想睡的時候難以入眠，睡不好更連累沒有精神工作，趁周末煲個滋陰寧神的湯水，有助安神入睡。
睡得好湯水小貼士：
適當地添加寧心安神食材，如蓮子、百合、茯神、五指毛桃、桂圓
淮山百合螺頭湯
材料：乾響螺頭3-4塊、冰鮮響螺2-3塊、紅蘿蔔2根、新鮮淮山1根、百合20克、乾蓮子30克、蜜棗3枚
做法：
1. 所有材料洗淨。乾響螺頭泡水半日備用；紅蘿蔔、淮山去皮切塊；冰鮮響螺汆水備用。
2. 鍋中加入2500毫升水，放入所有材料，武火煮至水滾，調至文火煮2小時，加鹽調味即可。
功效：養陰安神。適合長期睡眠不足或心神不安寧而難以入睡等症狀。
Mind calming soup to help you sleep
After a long weekend coupled with world cup games at night, everyone’s sleep schedule is probably a mess by now. You may have stayed up late over the holiday to watch the games and then have difficulty falling asleep when you try to sleep causing you to be quite tired at work. Try this soup over the weekend and restore your sleep again.
Tips for soups that help you sleep:
Add in ingredients that help with sleep such as lotus seeds, lily bulbs, poria, hairy fig, dried longan
Sea conch soup with Chinese yam and lily bulbs
Ingredients: 3-4 pieces of dried sea conch, 2-3 pieces of chilled sea conch, 2 carrots, 1 fresh Chinese yam, 20g lily bulbs, 20g dried lotus seeds, 3 candied dates
Preparation:
1. Rinse all ingredients thoroughly. Soak dried sea conch in water for half a day, peel carrots and Chinese yam and cut into pieces. Blanch chilled sea conch.
2. Combine all ingredients with 2500ml of water and cook on high heat until boiling. Turn to low heat and simmer for 2 hours. Add salt to taste.
Effects: nourish yin and calm the mind. Suitable for chonic sleep deficit, or difficulty falling asleep due to stress or anxiety.
