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: Tiredness and strength
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsPoached egg with mushrooms in clear brothChicken broth with pine nuts, shiitake and a poached egg.Tiredness and strengthPine · Shiitake5 people · Preparation 20 min (plus 30 min soaking), cooking 1 h 20 min
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsLingzhi soup with lean porkLong-simmered soup with lingzhi, Chinese yam, jujubes and goji.Health and long lifeTiredness and strengthLingzhi (reishi) · Chinese yam (shan yao) · Jujube (red date)4–6 people · Preparation 5 min, cooking 2 h 45 min
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsPigeon stew with Chinese yam and gojiOne of the classic strengthening dishes of Chinese herbal cooking.Tiredness and strengthImmunityChinese yam (shan yao) · Goji (Chinese wolfberry)4 people · Preparation 10 min, cooking 2 h 5 min
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsPork soup with water chestnuts and jujubesSweetish soup with carrot, water chestnut and red jujubes.Tiredness and strengthCough and lungsJujube (red date) · Water chestnut · Carrot4 people · Preparation 30 min, cooking 2 h 30 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 traditionsPork soup with cordyceps and fish mawRich, strengthening soup with cordyceps, Chinese yam and fish maw.Tiredness and strengthImmunityCaterpillar fungus (cordyceps) · Chinese yam (shan yao)4–6 people · Preparation 10 min (plus 3 hours soaking), cooking 2 h 30 min
Asia · Chinese medical traditionsFour-herb tonic soupWarming soup with fox nut, Chinese yam, lotus seed, fu ling and Job's tears.Tiredness and strengthRest and sleepFeeling coldFox nut (qian shi) · Chinese yam (shan yao) · Sacred lotus4–6 people · Preparation 10 min (plus overnight soaking), cooking 1 h 10 min- Asia · Chinese medical traditionsSteamed egg with shiitake and fox nutSoft egg custard with prawns and mushrooms on a fox nut broth.Health and long lifeTiredness and strengthFox nut (qian shi) · Shiitake4 people · Preparation 15 min, cooking 1 hour
Kembangraps · CC BY-SA 4.0Asia · Chinese medical traditionsCongee with Job's tears and brown riceRice porridge for breakfast, savoury or sweet.Joints and musclesDigestionTiredness and strengthJob's tears (coix seed)4 people · Preparation 5 min (plus overnight soaking), cooking 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
가을들녁 · CC BY 2.0 KRAsia · Korean hanbang and the DonguibogamDaechu-cha, jujube teaA sweet, dark tea of dried jujubes, simmered until almost syrupy.Rest and sleepTiredness and strengthJujube (red date) · Ginger4 cups · 1 hour
Mallory Cessair · CC BY-SA 4.0Asia · Jamu in IndonesiaBeras kencurA creamy jamu of soaked rice and kencur, the Javanese pick-me-up.Tiredness and strengthAppetiteRice · Kencur (aromatic ginger) · GingerAbout 1 litre · 30 minutes, plus 3 hours soaking
DMTrott · CC BY-SA 4.0South America · Herbal knowledge of the AmazonGuayusa, the tea before sunriseA strong, invigorating tea from the leaves of an Amazonian holly.Tiredness and strengthGuayusa4 cups · 15 minutes