Figs ( Wu Hua Guo ) Chinese Herbs Articles
Figs ( Wu Hua Guo ) Chinese Herbs Articles. This soup helps to strengthen the lungs, thereby preventing common cold and reduces allergic symptoms such as asthma and nasal inflammation. It can be served as a delicious dessert for all.
Figs ( Wu Hua Guo ) Usage:
750 ml (3 cups) water
12 gm Astragalas (huang qi)
8 gm Atractylodes (bai zhu)
4 gm Ledebouriella Root (fang feng)
12 gm Chinese Wolfberry (gou qizi)
5 pitted red dates (hong zao), rinsed
2 small chunks margarine
1 tablespoon diced onion
One 418-gm can sweet corn
250 ml (1 cup) chicken stock
2 tablespoons chestnut flour or corn flour, mixed with 2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Figs ( Wu Hua Guo ) Other Use:
1. Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan. Add all the herbs and cook over high heat for 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered until the broth reduces to about 250 ml (1 cup). Strain and reserve the broth. Discard the dregs.
2. Heat the margarine over medium heat in a saucepan. Stir-fry the onion until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes, then pour in the broth, sweet corn and chicken stock. Bring the mixture to a boil and stir in the chestnut and corn flour mixture to thicken the soup. Season with the salt and remove from the heat. Serve immediately.