Astragalus and Angelica

Astragalus, angelica and donkey-hide gelatin are three of our more common medicinal materials. They are generally used for making soups and have different medicinal values. Let us learn about their medicinal value and production methods. Astragalus and Angelica can replenish blood, and are very good for regulating spleen and stomach weakness and fatigue. Donkey-hide gelatin generally replenishes qi and produces blood, and is a medicinal material suitable for female friends to take during menstruation.

Astragalus and Angelica together make up Angelica Blood-Replenishing Soup, but the proportion of Astragalus is higher. Donkey-hide gelatin is a blood tonic, and its blood-tonic effect is quite good. This recipe is Angelica Blood-Replenishing Decoction plus donkey-hide gelatin, which enhances the blood-replenishing effect. This prescription is a blood tonic.

What is the best thing to stew with donkey-hide gelatin?

Chicken stewed with donkey hide gelatin

Nourishes blood and yin

Ingredients: 120g chicken, 30g donkey-hide gelatin, 15g longan meat, 5 red dates.

Method: Peel the fresh chicken, wash it, cut it into cubes, wash the longan pulp and red dates, remove the core of the red dates, put them into a stewing pot together with the chicken and donkey-hide gelatin, add appropriate amount of boiling water, and simmer for 1 hour on low heat.

Efficacy: It replenishes blood and stops bleeding, moistens the lungs and nourishes yin. It is suitable for regulating dizziness and palpitations caused by blood deficiency, or metrorrhagia, menorrhagia, bleeding during pregnancy, or cough and asthma due to deficiency of yin, and dry cough due to yin deficiency.

Donkey hide gelatin stewed with astragalus

Replenishing Qi and Producing Blood

Ingredients: 10 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, 20 grams of astragalus, and 20 grams of red dates.

Preparation method: Wash the astragalus and red dates, put them in a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, soak for 2 hours, put the pot on the fire, boil over high heat, then simmer for 1 hour over low heat, take the juice, put the donkey-hide gelatin into the juice, boil it, and take it after the donkey-hide gelatin melts.

Efficacy: It replenishes Qi and generates blood, and is suitable for regulating Qi and blood deficiency syndrome, improving symptoms such as pale complexion, fatigue and shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, loss of appetite, weight loss, and haggard appearance. It can be taken by people with malnutrition, late stage of chronic diseases, and anemia.

Stewed lean meat with donkey hide gelatin

Nourishing blood

Ingredients: 100 grams of lean pork, 10 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, a little salt.

Preparation method: First wash the lean pork, cut into pieces and put into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat, then add donkey-hide gelatin to dissolve, add salt to taste and drink the soup and eat the meat.

Efficacy: Donkey-hide gelatin nourishes blood and yin, while lean pork nourishes yin and strengthens the kidneys. This recipe is suitable for nourishing blood for expectant mothers.