How should Tongcao be eaten?

Tongcao is a traditional Chinese medicine that can prevent and treat diseases. It can also be eaten in diet. Tongcao has the effect of promoting lactation and can be eaten in many ways. For women, you can cook tongcao and pig's trotters together into soup, which is also good for the body of the mother. It not only promotes lactation but also has nourishing effect.

1. Take a bowl and add water and salt in a 3% concentration ratio to make brine for later use. Wash all the ingredients; take a tea bag, put in astragalus and angelica and set aside. Soak the soaked peanuts in the salt water in step 1 until soft. Wash the pig's feet and blanch them in boiling water to remove the blood. Then take them out and rinse them in cold water. Take a soup pot, add water, pig's feet, and peanut tea bags, bring to a boil and then turn to low heat, simmer until the pig's feet and peanuts are fully cooked and soft. Add safflower and wine into the pot, stir until boiling and serve in a bowl. Add basil to the bowl for decoration and add salt to taste according to personal preference when eating.

2. Wash the pig's trotters and cut them in half. Remove the stems of the mushrooms and cut them in half for later use. Add ginger slices to boiling water, quickly blanch the pig's trotters, and set aside. Rinse the tongcao quickly with clean water, drain and put it into a cotton bag. Put all the above ingredients and roasted licorice into a stew pot, stew with five or six bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for one hour. When the hoof meat is cooked through, add salt to taste and turn off the heat. Pick up and discard the tongcao, drink the soup and eat the pig's feet.

3. First, boil the Tongcao and Lulutong in water to extract the juice. Kill the crucian carp, remove the scales and internal organs, wash it, add salt and water, boil it, and remove the bones. Add the fish meat, Tongcao and Lulutong juice, rice, and brown sugar to make porridge. Take 1 to 2 times a day, warm.