Can kapok make soup?

Kapok soup has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and detoxifying, and it can be used to make soup whether it is fresh soup or dry soup. So what are the practices of kapok soup?

When the temperature gradually warms up, the delicate kapok blooms and becomes a beautiful landscape on the street. Many citizens picked up the fallen kapok and dried it to make soup or medicine. So what are the practices of kapok soup? What effect does kapok soup have? Follow Bian Xiao to understand it.

Kapok is full of treasures, and dried kapok has medicinal value. It is an old habit of Guangdong people to detoxify, clear away heat, dispel cold and damp, and cook porridge or soup with kapok. March and April are also the spring drought season. Making soup with dried kapok can just dispel dampness and relieve spring sleepiness. It is common to make soup with kapok. Here are some ways to make soup with kapok:

1, kapok Chen Pizhou

Raw materials: fresh kapok 30g, dried tangerine peel 10g, japonica rice 10g, and proper amount of honey.

Production: wash kapok and dried tangerine peel, add water and decoct to get juice, and remove residue for later use; Wash japonica rice, add water and kapok orange peel juice to cook porridge; When the porridge is almost ready, add some honey and cook it a little.

Efficacy: invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, moistening lung and relieving cough. Kapok has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, detoxicating and stopping bleeding. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae and honey can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, while japonica rice can strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach. The combination of the three can increase the functions of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, moistening lung and relieving cough, especially for the elderly with qi deficiency.

2, kapok three flower drinks

Raw materials: dried petals of kapok 15g, honeysuckle 10g, white chrysanthemum 10g.

Production: wash kapok petals, honeysuckle and white chrysanthemum; Boil with water instead of drinking tea.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and stopping dysentery. Kapok, honeysuckle and chrysanthemum all have the function of clearing away heat. Kapok can clear heat and cool blood, honeysuckle can clear heat and detoxify, and white chrysanthemum can clear liver and improve eyesight. The combination of the three can increase the efficacy of clearing heat, cooling blood and stopping dysentery. Drinking this drink often in summer has the effect of relieving summer heat.

3, kapok crucian carp soup

Ingredients: a tail of crucian carp (about 250g), 30g of fresh kapok petals, 50g of mushrooms, 30g of bamboo shoots, onion, ginger, yellow wine, salt, pepper and monosodium glutamate.

Production: remove gills and viscera from crucian carp, wash and drain water; Wash kapok petals and control water; Slice the tips of mushrooms and bamboo shoots; When the oil in the pot is hot, add ginger and onion to stir-fry until fragrant, then fry crucian carp in the pot, add water, add mushrooms, bamboo shoots, kapok petals, yellow wine and pepper, and cook; Finally, season with monosodium glutamate and salt.

Efficacy: invigorating spleen and nourishing stomach, clearing heat and promoting diuresis, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Kapok and crucian carp can clear away heat and promote diuresis, crucian carp can also strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, and mushrooms and bamboo shoots are more delicious. Polysaccharides in mushrooms also have the functions of enhancing immunity and resisting cancer.