Chinese Herbal Soup for General Health 补中益气汤

This Chinese Herbal Soup is called bu3 zhong1 yi4 qi4 tang1 (补中益气汤). It's good to cure (not treatment, but supplement for general health) tiredness, short of breath generally, laziness in speaking, pale, lost of appetite generally. 

Ingredients:

Chinese Herbal Soup ingredients packet for 补中益气汤 (you can get it from Chinese supermarket or Chinese Medicine Clinic), or you can buy the ingredients seperately:

1. Condonopsis Pilosula Nannf. (Pilose Asiabell Root) 党参

2. Angelica Dahurica Benth Cf. Hook (Dahurian Angelica Root) 北芪

3. Lycium Chinense Mill (REdmedier Berry) 杞子

4. Radix Dioscoreae (Yam) 淮山

5. Dimocarpus Longana (Longan) 桂圆

6. Nelumbo Nucifera (Lotus Nut) 莲子

7. Euryale Ferox (Foxnut) 芡實

=> Cook with Chicken or Pork

Instructions:

1. Wash the ingredients briefly

2. Add in all the ingredients and the meat (Chicken or Pork)

3. Boil water (8-12 bowls, depends on you) in a pot

4. Simmer for 1-2 hours. (Generally you can serve it after an hour but the nutritions of the ingredients might not be fully utilized. If you will eat the ingredients as well, it should be fine. Normally I only drink the soup and eat the meat only. It's up to you.)

5. Add salt before serving.

You can use electronic crock pot with lesser water, then set the quick meter for 4-5 hours.

It taste nice regardless of its medication benefits.