Long cooked soups are often cooked for 6 hours or more, extracting key minerals and nourishment in the liquid of long cooked or slow cooked broths, which simmer between 2 hours for congees and hours for bone broths, affords easy digestibility and requires little action by the body to break down and absorb nourishment.
Key ingredients can include vegetables, sea vegetables, meat and meat bones, as well as specific herbs, to add flavor and healing potential. These long cooked soups will benefit Qi and Blood, Yin and Yang, depending on the combination of food ingredient used, herbs and spices.
*Sea Vegetables - Arame / Dulse / Wakame / Nori / Kelp / Agar
Benefits those who are
1 Tired
2 Cold
3 Have low appetite and poor digestion
4 Qi, Blood or yang deficient.
Benefits of Congee
Congee is light and easy to digest, so is it great for anyone who is recovering from an illness or has digestive issues. Chinese Yam is especially useful for building Qi or vitality. Often seen beneficial for people suffering from low appetite, fatigue or loose stools.
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