1 pc (700gm+) Old Cucumber.
1/2 pc Chicken Breast with bones - cut into smaller piece.
3 litre Water.
2 1/2 - 3 tsp Salt. (To own taste)
Herbs:
20 gm Solomon's Seal - 玉 竹 ) Top :
2 slices Licorice Root - 甘 草 ) from left to right
20 gm Wolfberry - 杞子 ) Bottom :
20 gm Codonopsis - 党参 ) from left to right
25 gm Dioscorea - 淮山 )
(Chinese Wild Yam)
20 pcs Red Dates - 红枣 )
Methods:
1. Heat a pot of 3 litre water. Add in the herbs and meat and bring
to boil.
2. Scraped/cut off cucumber's skin and seeds. Cut into smaller pieces.
Put into pot and continue to boil for 15 mins. Add in salt to own
taste.
3. Lower heat and let it simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hrs.
4. Turn off heat and served hot.
Note :
The herbs are according to own's presciption.
Anyway, the above herbs are good to replenishes blood, Qi,
strengthens and nourishes the spleen and stomach.