June 6, 2019
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【回家喝湯】一碗窩心的住家湯滋養身心
平和湯水老少咸宜
根據中醫的四氣理論，所有食物皆分為寒、涼、溫、熱和平性，進食時按自己偏寒或偏熱的體質去選擇食物，就可達致身體平衡的效果，那麼想煲一煲湯全家飲用，又該如何處理呢？最簡單的方法就是選擇屬性平和的食材煲湯，例如夏天想煲湯清熱祛濕，除了選用屬性寒涼的冬瓜，也可以選擇具利水消腫、健脾益胃功效的節瓜，它是冬瓜的一個變種，但不似冬瓜般寒涼， 屬性平和，煲出來的湯水任何體質均適合飲用。
屬性平和的煲湯蔬果：椰菜、節瓜、佛手瓜、木瓜、紅菜頭、紅蘿蔔、粟米、薯仔、蓮藕、番薯、木耳、雪耳/黃耳、蟲草花、淮山、百合、蓮子、芡實 、猴頭菇、冬菇、紅豆、黃豆、扁豆、眉豆、赤小豆、無花果、蘋果
屬性平和的煲湯肉類：豬、烏雞、鵪鶉、鴿
節瓜百合棕櫚果湯
功效：健脾祛濕，寧心安神。
材料：節瓜3個、新鮮百合2個、棕櫚果4塊、新鮮蓮子80克（約2兩）、熟薏米30克、扁豆30克、陳皮1角、蜜棗3枚
做法：
1. 所有材料洗淨，鮮百合剝開、節瓜去皮切塊備用。
2. 鍋內加入約2000毫升水，全部材料加入鍋裡，以武火煮至水滾，調文火煮約2小時，最後下鹽調味即可。
3. 注意：孕婦可以眉豆取代薏米。
Mild natured soup suitable for the whole family
According to four nature theory from Chinese medicine, food are categorized into cold, cool, warm, hot and mild. You can get a balanced body condition when you eat the right ingredients according to your cold-natured or hot-natured bodies. So how do you choose suitable ingredients to make soup with for the whole family? The most simple way is to choose the ingredients that are mild in nature. For example, if you want to make a soup that clears summer heat and dispels dampness in the summer, you can choose winter melon that is cold in nature, or hairy gourd that can promote diuresis and reduce bloating, strengthen the spleen and stomach. Hairy gourd is a different species fron winter melon, and it is not as cold as winter melon. It is mild in nature. Soups with hairy gourd are suitable for every body condition.
Vegetables and fruits that are mild in nature for soup: cabbage, hairy gourd, chayote, papaya, beetroot, carrot, corn, potato, lotus root, sweet potato, fungus, snow fungus/ yellow fungus, cordyceps flower, Chinese yam, lily bulb, lotus seed, fox nuts, monkey head mushroom, shitake mushroom, red bean, soy bean, hyacinth bean, purple haricot, rice beans, figs, apple
Meats that are mild in nature for soup: pork, black chicken, quail, pigeon
Palm fruit soup with hairy gourd and lily bulb
Effects: strengthens the spleen, dispels dampness and calms the mind
Ingredients: 3 hairy gourd, 2 fresh lily bulbs, 4 palm fruit, 80g fresh lotus seeds, 30g cooked coix seeds, 30g hyacinth bean, 1 dried citrus peel, 3 candied dates
Preparation:
1. Rinse all ingredients thoroughly. Peel open fresh lily bulbs. Peel hairy gourd and cut into pieces.
2. Combine all ingredients with 2000ml of water in a pot and cook on high heat until boiling. Turn to low heat and simmer for 2 hour. Add salt to taste.
Note: For pregnant women, coix seeds can be replaced with purple haricot.
