Ingredients · Chinese herbs
Dried Chinese yam
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Chalky white slices; very mild.
Neutral平
Gentle and balanced. Traditionally fine for most people, any time of year. Source: Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022).
Where to buy
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Soups with dried chinese yam
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Cooling涼
Ching bo leung pork soup
清補涼瘦肉湯2 h 50 min
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Neutral平
Cordyceps flower and yam chicken soup
蟲草花淮山雞湯2 h 15 min
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Warming溫
Codonopsis, yam and goji chicken soup
黨參淮山杞子雞湯2 h 15 min
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Cooling涼
Double-boiled American ginseng silkie chicken
花旗參燉竹絲雞3 h 45 min
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Neutral平
Double-boiled coconut chicken
椰子燉雞3 h 30 min