What is good to make soup with Astragalus?

Soup is an indispensable food in our daily life. Especially when eating some drier foods, we need to drink soup to play a neutralizing role. Moreover, in our country, there are many types of soups, including bone soup, vegetable soup, and some medicinal soups. Each type of soup has certain health-preserving effects. So the question is, what is the best combination for making soup with the well-known Chinese herbal medicine Astragalus?

Astragalus Pork Rib Soup

Astragalus and pork ribs soup is a delicious and nutritious tonic soup made from astragalus and pork ribs. This soup incorporates the sweetness and medicinal value of astragalus, plus the supplement of animal protein from spare ribs, making it very nutritious.

〔raw material〕

500 grams of pork ribs, 50 grams of soybeans, 10 dates, 20 grams of astragalus, 20 grams of tongcao, and appropriate amounts of ginger slices and salt.

[Preparation method]

(1) Wash the pork ribs and chop them into pieces; wash the soybeans, jujubes, and ginger; wash the astragalus and tongcao and wrap them with gauze to make a medicine bag.

(2) Add water to a pot and bring to a boil over medium heat. Add the pork ribs, soybeans, jujubes, ginger and the herbal sachet and simmer for 2 hours over low heat. Remove the herbal sachet and season with salt.

[Features]

The meat is fragrant and the soup is delicious. You can drink the soup, eat the meat, soybeans and dates.

〔effect〕

This dish nourishes Qi, nourishes blood and unclogs the meridians. It is suitable for women with dry breasts caused by weak Qi and blood. Astragalus is sweet and warm in nature. It enters the spleen and lung meridians and has the effects of tonifying Qi and strengthening the spleen, raising Yang and lifting the sunken, benefiting the Wei and consolidating the exterior, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and expelling toxins and promoting tissue regeneration. It can tonify Qi and produce blood for qi deficiency and blood deficiency syndrome, tonify Qi and activate blood circulation for qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome, and tonify Qi and produce body fluid for diabetes caused by qi deficiency and body fluid deficiency.