From the kitchen
Recipes
Soups, teas and dishes in which herbs play the leading role, with ingredients, steps and points of attention. Each recipe links to the herbs it contains.
These are traditional dishes, not treatments. Also read the safety information for each herb, especially during pregnancy, when taking medication, or for children.
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Recipes for: Blood and circulation
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsShellfish soup with chuanxiongWarming winter soup with clams, ginger and chuanxiong.Menstruation and fertilityRecovery after illness or childbirthBlood and circulationSzechuan lovage (chuan xiong)4–6 people · Preparation 30 min, cooking 1 h 10 min
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsChicken soup with tian qiClear chicken soup with notoginseng and ginger.Blood and circulationTiredness and strengthNotoginseng (san qi)4–6 people · Preparation 10 min, cooking 2 h 30 min
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsLongan chicken soup with three seedsSweet broth with privet fruit, Chinese raspberry, goji and longan.Menstruation and fertilityBlood and circulationGlossy privet (nu zhen zi) · Chinese raspberry (fu pen zi) · Goji (Chinese wolfberry)4–6 people · Preparation 5 min, cooking 2 hours
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsSteamed black chicken with jujubes and longanThe traditional recovery dish after childbirth.Recovery after illness or childbirthBlood and circulationJujube (red date) · Longan · Sesame4 people · Preparation 20 min (plus 30 min marinating), steaming 1 hour
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsSweet soup with white fungus, lotus root and jujubesStrengthening dessert soup with rock sugar.Tiredness and strengthBlood and circulationSnow fungus (bai mu er) · Sacred lotus · Jujube (red date)4–6 people · Preparation 15 min (plus 15 min soaking), cooking 1 h 5 min
2225Group8 · CC BY-SA 3.0Asia · Chinese medical traditionsBlack sesame drinkA warm drink in five minutes.Blood and circulationHair and scalpSkin careSesame1 glass · 5 minutes