Boggess In fact, there is no "best health soup" for everyone. The core of choosing soup is never to look at the expensive ingredients recommended by Internet celebrities, but to match your current physical condition.
Not long ago, I met a little girl in the library. She stayed up late for more than ten days in a row while working on a project at the end of the year. She had blisters on the corners of her mouth and had dry stools that she couldn't get rid of. I heard the elders in the family said that she needed to take care of herself in the winter. She drank angelica, ginger and mutton soup every day. As a result, she had nosebleeds after drinking it twice, and her tongue was so red that it looked like it was about to bleed. I told her not to make up for it when she went back. Instead, she boiled water with Imperata root, bamboo cane, two candied dates, and a small piece of carrot and drank it as soup. Just drink it warmly without adding extra sugar. After three days of drinking it, she told me that her mouth no longer felt bitter and her bowel movements became smoother.
Speaking of which, many people's misunderstanding about health-preserving soup is that it must be sufficient and the ingredients are expensive to be useful. I have seen many people hoarding a bunch of cordyceps and fish maw at home. They just put it in the soup regardless of whether they can eat it or not. On the contrary, it will make the spleen and stomach become blocked and they can't even eat. If you usually have no serious health problems, rarely have headaches or brain fever, and are not particularly afraid of cold or heat, in fact, drinking ordinary home-cooked soup according to the season is enough to nourish you. Make an egg soup with young shepherd’s purse that just fell in spring. It is so fresh that your tongue will fall off, and it can also relieve the depression of spring. ； In summer, boil some winter melon with the skin and add a few fresh lotus leaves. Drink it refreshingly, and the heat will disappear. ； In autumn, buy some fresh lilies and pear and make a clear soup to moisten your throat and feel comfortable all day long. ； In the winter, make a radish and beef brisket stew. Drinking it will keep you warm, but it won't relieve the internal heat.
Of course, there are a lot of controversies now. For example, the Laohuo Jing soup that southerners love to drink, some people say that it needs to be simmered for more than 3 hours before the nutrients are released. There are also many opinions from traditional Chinese medicine and nutrition circles that the purine and fat content in the soup that has been simmered for a long time is too high. People with high uric acid, poor metabolism, or weak spleen and stomach will put a burden on the body if they drink it. I had an old patient from Guangdong who drank Laohuo soup all his life. Last year, his uric acid level soared to 620 during a physical examination, and his joints hurt so much that he couldn't walk. I asked him to switch from Laohuo soup to boiling soup that could be boiled within 10 minutes, such as tomato and egg soup, green vegetable and tofu soup, and fresh meat soup. After half a year of drinking, the uric acid level dropped to over 400. He even lamented that the soup he had been drinking all his life was wrong.
In fact, I have to say that the simplest criterion for choosing a health-preserving soup is that it is comfortable to drink. After drinking it, you will not have bloated stomach, acid reflux, dry mouth, acne or irritation, and you will not have cold hands and feet or diarrhea after drinking it. Then this soup is suitable for you. After all, health care is a very personal matter, and there is no standard answer that is universally applicable.
