Ingredients · Dried and pantry
Candied dates (honey dates)
蜜棗mat6 zou2
Golden candied jujubes; one or two sweeten a whole pot.
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).
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Soups with candied dates (honey dates)
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Cooling涼
Watercress and pork bone soup
西洋菜豬骨湯2 h 50 min
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Cooling涼
Green and red radish soup with corn
青紅蘿蔔粟米豬骨湯2 h 45 min
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Neutral平
Chayote and corn soup
合掌瓜粟米豬骨湯2 h 15 min
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Cooling涼
Apple and snow fungus soup
蘋果雪耳瘦肉湯2 h 20 min
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Cooling涼
Old cucumber and rice bean soup
老黃瓜赤小豆湯2 h 50 min
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Cooling涼
Kudzu root, rice bean and mud carp soup
粉葛赤小豆鯪魚湯2 h 55 min
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Cooling涼
Dried cereus flower and pork soup
霸王花豬骨湯2 h 45 min
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Cooling涼
Abrus herb (jigucao) and pork soup
雞骨草豬骨湯2 h 45 min
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Cooling涼
Prunella and black bean soup
夏枯草黑豆瘦肉湯2 h 50 min
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Cooling涼
Asian pear and apricot kernel soup
南北杏雪梨瘦肉湯2 h 15 min
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Cooling涼
Dried bok choy and pork bone soup
菜乾豬骨湯3 h
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Cooling涼
Carrot, water chestnut and corn soup
紅蘿蔔馬蹄粟米湯2 h 20 min
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Cooling涼
Bitter melon and soybean rib soup
苦瓜黃豆排骨湯2 h 20 min
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Neutral平
Corn and carrot pork bone soup
粟米紅蘿蔔豬骨湯2 h 10 min