Recipe for champignon and chicken soup

Ingredients: 12 dried champignons, a chicken and two slices of ginger

Method: 1. Wash and chop the chicken into big pieces and soak the champignons until soft.

2. Cook the ingredients in water on a high heat for 20 minutes, then simmer for another 30 minutes.

3. Add salt to season.

Function: Reinforce blood and qi, improve skin and immune system. Golden mushrooms

(jinzhengu)

TCM believes "cold" golden mushrooms can help benefit the liver, stomach and intestine and prevent ulcers and cancer.

They are suitable for everyone except those with a weak spleen due to pathogenic cold.

They are recommended to older people or children with insufficient energy, patients with cancer, liver or stomach problems, intestine ulcers, hardened arteries or high blood pressure.

Recipe for golden mushrooms and celery

Ingredients: Golden mushrooms (50g) and celery (200g)

Method: 1. Slice the celery and soak in salt water until it is soft before filtering.

2. Quickly boil the golden mushrooms in water, then filter.

3. Mix the golden mushrooms and celery, and add salt, sesame oil and vinegar to season.

Function: Helps benefit spleen, improve metabolism and prevent liver problems and ulcers in the stomachor intestine. Oyster mushrooms

(pinggu)

TCM believes "warm" oyster mushrooms can help dispel pathogenic cold and soothe channels.

They can help relieve aches in the lower back or legs and numbness in the limbs due to blocked qi channels.