This soup is of a warming and nourishing nature. Super easy to prepare, just dump everything into the double boiler.
Angelica Root or better known as Dang Gui help tonifies the blood, improves blood flow, improve kidney & liver function, and help balance women’s hormone levels. Good for those with deficient blood and qi, pale and dizziness especially after monthly menstruation or giving birth.
Dang Gui can also be cooked with chicken, which supposedly triples the tonic’s blood-building quality while improving its flavour.
This root itself gives a bitter after-taste, so adjust the amount of red dates if you’d like it to be sweeter.
Dang gui is only meant to be consumed for three to four consecutive days after your period ends. After your period has ended, you may consume 1 to 2 times of this herbal soup over few days. If you feel digestive discomforts, or excessive heat from the soup, then reduce or stop the remedy.
On a side note, as dang gui promotes blood circulation, it may lead to more blood loss if used during that period of bleeding.
It’s important to note that you should not consume this soup remedy during menstruation or any serious bleeding, as well as during cold, flu or fever. Consult a TCM practitioner if you want to consume this soup during pregnancy.
After drinking this herbal tonic, you should avoid taking cold drinks, Chinese tea and white radish for the next 24 hours. This will void the effect of the dang gui.
Ingredients : (serves 1)
160g Black Chicken
1 pc Egg
3pcs Dang Gui slices
1 tsp Wolfberries (Goji)
4 pcs Red Dates
4 pcs Black Dates
350ml Hot Water
Step by step:
1. Boil eggs and remove shell. Set aside. 2. Rinse herbs and put all ingredients (except egg) in a soup pot with hot water.
3. Bring to a boil and lower heat to simmer for 2 hours. Turn off heat.
4. Add in peeled hard boiled egg & let it sit inside for 10 mins to reheat the egg.
5. Serve hot. Use a sieve and spoon to press out the soup from red dates & black dates. This will make the soup taste sweeter. Eat the chicken & egg, drink the soup.
(as the soup is naturally sweeten, no salt is needed)
Happy Cooking.