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What to eat during the Jingzhe solar term for health preservation? Four medicinal meals to remove dampness and strengthen the spleen.

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Asked on:Apr 15, 2026 09:37 PM

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  • Emma Emma

    Apr 15, 2026

      ●Fresh Smilax Poria and Braised Pig Monthly Exhibition

      Efficacy: Remove dampness and strengthen the spleen. Ingredients: 250 grams of fresh smilax, 500 grams of pork belly, 3 slices of ginger.

      Dried Smilax smilax in a pot with turtles is already known. Fresh Smilax smilax in a pot with pigs and moon cakes has a more delicious and mellow smell. Fresh Smilax cocos is neutral in nature, sweet and light in taste, and has the effect of diluting water and dampness, strengthening the spleen and regulating the heart. For example, "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it can "strengthen the spleen and stomach, strengthen muscles and bones, remove rheumatism, benefit joints, and stop diarrhea."

      Cooking: Wash fresh Smilax cocos. Slice; wash the pork belly and cut into pieces. Put the ginger and ginger into a pot together, add 2500 ml of water (10 bowls), simmer over high heat for 2 hours, then add salt. For 3-4 people.

      ●Kapok Stewed Water Snake

      Efficacy: Remove dampness and toxin, dredge meridians.

      Ingredients: 18 grams of kapok, 15 grams of round meat, 400 grams of water snake, 150 grams of lean pork, and 3 slices of ginger.

      Kapok is a medicine for dispelling dampness. It is cool in nature, sweet and light in taste. It can clear away heat, diuresis, detoxify and stop bleeding. Water snake can replenish qi and blood, strengthen muscles and bones, dredge meridians, expel wind and phlegm, and nourish and moisturize skin. Combined with candied dates that nourish qi, promote fluid production, moisten the lungs and strengthen the spleen, and lean pork that nourish yin and marrow, the soup tastes more mellow and delicious.

      Cooking: Soak kapok and round meat and wash them; wash and cut water snake and lean pork into sections and pieces, boil them in boiling water for a while, then wash them. Put the ginger and ginger into a pot together, add 2500 ml of water (10 bowls), boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat for 2 hours. Add salt when drinking. For 3-4 people.

      ●Stewed crucian carp with sweetgrass and sweetgrass

      Efficacy: Clear liver heat, remove dampness and sleepiness.

      Ingredients: 20 grams of wormwood, 20 grams of Hedyotis, 1 crucian carp (about 400-500 grams), 100 grams of lean pork, 2 candied dates, and 3 slices of ginger.

      Yin Yin Chen is neutral in nature, slightly cold, and bitter in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, removing jaundice, lowering blood lipids and lowering blood pressure. Bryophyllum diffusa is cool in nature, sweet and light in taste, and has the effects of clearing away heat and dissipating blood stasis, eliminating carbuncle and detoxifying. Crucian carp can harmonize the gastrointestinal tract, clear yin and diuresis, and warm the middle and lower the qi. Combined with candied dates that are appetizing and beneficial to the spleen, it is not cold or harsh but also removes dampness and strengthens the spleen.

      Cooking: Soak and wash each medicine and remove the core of candied dates; wash and clean crucian carp and fry until slightly yellow. Put the ginger and ginger into a pot together, add 2500 ml of water (10 bowls), simmer over high heat for 2 hours, then add salt and oil. For 3-4 people.

      ●Sichuan Fritillaria Jellyfish Lean Pork Soup

      Efficacy: Remove phlegm and dampness, stop snoring, eliminate phlegm and saliva. Ingredients: 12 grams Fritillaria fritillary, 80 grams jellyfish skin, 200 grams lean pork, 3 slices of ginger.

      When spring dampness is severe, people who usually have heavy snoring will have more severe snoring at this time; people who usually have less snoring will also have it at this time. Snoring is often caused by excessive phlegm or obesity. Sichuan Fritillaria is a well-known phlegm-reducing and cough-relieving medicine. It can clear dryness and resolve phlegm, dissipate stagnation and heat, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. Its combination with jellyfish skin and lean pork meat can reduce phlegm and saliva, smooth lung qi, and relieve snoring.

      Cooking: Wash Sichuan clams and jellyfish skins separately, soak slightly and dry; wash lean pork. Put the ginger and ginger into a pot together, add 1750 ml of water (7 bowls), bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat for 1 and a half hours, then add salt. For 2-3 people.

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