Herbal Tonic Soups (Post-Natal)
WAI-SAN CHICKEN TONIC
(Light Herbal Tonic. Soothes nerves of Tired New Mother, improves
health)
1 Black Chicken
20g Wai San / huaishan (Dioscorea)
20g Kei Chee / qizhi (Medlar Seeds)
20g Dried Longan Flesh
Gut & Clean chicken. Scald in hot water for 3mins (or use the microwave).
Rinse herbs. Then put all ingredients in crockpot and fill pot ½
full with HOT water. Boil for 3 hrs until fragrant.
BLACK CHICKEN & BLACK BEAN SOUP
(Good for new mothers who’ve lost lots of blood during delivery.
This tonic is good for invigorating blood circulation. Take plenty of rest
after drinking this soup to help speed up recovery!)
1 Black Chicken
200g Black Beans
2 cups Chinese Rice Wine / DOM
4 slices old ginger
2 Tbs Sesame Seed Oil
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Gut & Clean Chicken.
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Heat Oil then fry ginger slices and black beans until fragrant (approx
2 to 3mins). Then also add the chicken to fry about 5mins.
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Put all the ingredients into the crockpot and fill pot with HOT water until
the level is about 1/2full. Boil for 2 to 3hrs until soup is fragrant.
TU-CHONG TONIC SOUP
(For mothers who have terrible backaches after delivery. This tonic
helps strengthen your lumbar region.)
50g black beans, pan-fried without oil 20g Tu-Chong / duzhong (Eucommia)
10g Wai-san / huaishan (Dioscorea)
10g Medlar seeds (Kei-Chee/qizhi)
5g Longan flesh
500g Meat Bones
Scald the bones in Boiling water for 3 mins. Rinse all herbs. Put all
ingredients in crockpot and fill 1/2 full with HOT water. Boil for 3 hrs
before drinking warm.
BATT-CHAN CHA ("8 Precious" Herbal Tea)
(This herbal mixture has the properties of building blood cells,
improving circulation, and specifically to strengthen the Female Reproductive
Organs)
1 packet Batt Chan Cha Herbal Mixture - from supermarkets/Chinese Medicine
Shops
1 egg
Rinse all herbs & put in crockpot with the Egg (to hard-boil) and
fill with ½ pot HOT water. Boil for 2hrs. Drink tea warm, preferably
before bedtime. Egg should be eaten.
TONG-KWAI & DATES TONIC
(Tong-Kwai is believed to build blood, improve circulation,
and strengthen the Female Reproductive Organs. This is a very easy
& palatable form of eating Tong-Kwai as the Dates lends a sweet taste
to the tonic.)
1 small handful of Tong-Kwai
1 small handful of Black Dates (red dates also can be used)
Rinse all herbs & put in a small pot. Boil, then simmer for 2hrs.
Drink tea warm - throughout the day.
CHICKEN WINE TONIC
(If you are not adverse to drinking too much wine, you can try this
tonic. By the long boiling time, the alcoholic spirit would have evaporated.
It Invigorates the blood circulation. Take before bedtime)
1 Black Chicken, approx. 300g,
3/4 cup Benedictine DOM (My confinement Nanny uses XO Cognac, and it
has a lovely taste)
50g Medlar Seeds (Kei Chee / qizhi)
Gut & Clean Chicken thoroughly. Put all ingredients into crockpot
and fill ½ full with HOT water. & boil for 3 hrs.
(Note: If you're boiling soup as well for your meals, you may
do what my confinement nanny did to save some time & space. She
put this tonic in a double-boiler container, and put it into the soup which
was boiling in the crockpot.)
TONG-KWAI / PUK-KAY CHICKEN TONIC
1 black chicken
20g sliced Tong-Kwai / dangshen (angelica)
20g Puk-Kay / beiqi (astragalus)
Gut & Clean the chicken. Rinse herbs. Put all ingredients into crockpot
and fill ½ full with HOT water. Boil for 3 hrs.