What is Zhang Zhongjing’s recipe for angelica and mutton soup?

Zhang Zhongjing’s recipe for angelica and mutton soup is 500g of mutton, 20g of angelica, 20g of red dates, 10g of longan meat, 10g of wolfberry, and an appropriate amount of ginger. Angelica mutton soup is a very traditional medicinal diet. It has the effect of warming the body, dispelling cold, warming and nourishing the body, so it is also welcomed by people with cold body in daily life. However, there are many ways to make angelica mutton soup now.

Get all the materials ready. Wash the lamb chops and cut into pieces. Blanch it in boiling water, skim off the foam, and set aside. Peel the ginger, remove the cores of the red dates, and wash the angelica root, longan meat, and wolfberry with water. Put all the processed ingredients into a soup pot, pour in appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium to low heat and simmer for 1.5-2 hours.

The effects of Angelica sinensis and mutton soup

Angelica sinensis, with its pungent and sweet taste, can activate blood circulation, stimulate menstruation, activate collaterals and relieve pain, and is often used to regulate menstruation and activate blood circulation; mutton is warm, dispels cold and relieves pain. In addition, angelica mutton soup Ginger is added to the soup. Ginger is warm in nature and can help mutton dispel cold and warm the stomach. Angelica mutton soup plays its respective roles very well. It can be used to regulate menstruation, dispel cold and treat cold pain in the abdomen.

Angelica sinensis has been known as the "blood-tonifying holy medicine" since ancient times. It has a sweet but heavy taste and is specially designed to nourish blood. Angelica sinensis and mutton soup is warm in nature. It can relieve pain and warm liver blood. It is especially suitable for women with postpartum hemorrhage. Deficiency, abdominal pain caused by yang deficiency and hypothermia.

Mutton is rich in protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other ingredients; its nature and flavor are sweet and warm; it can nourish the liver and replenish deficiency, and Angelica sinensis can activate blood circulation and promote stagnation, thereby enhancing the power of mutton to replenish deficiency and warm the liver. , so Angelica mutton soup can be used to treat fatigue and deficiency. From the above content, we can see that Angelica mutton soup is a medicinal diet with a strong nourishing effect. It is warm in nature, so it is more suitable for people with cold constitutions.