Lactation Soup  催乳食譜

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

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Use any one of the following recipe.

Recipe 1

Salmon chowder soup (do not use farm raised fishes)

Ingredients:

• Salmon chowder 1 lb, (or tilapia, or crucian carp)

• luffa gourds (Chinese okra, si gua )  1/2 lb (or soy bean sprouts)

• 3 slices of fresh ginger

• a few green onions.

• 3 spoons of cooking wine

Rinse the luffa gourds or soy bean sprouts.

Peel of the ridges of luffa gourds (leave some green skin) and cut into bite sizes.

Add about 2 quarts of water (about 2 liters) to the fish chowder, ginger, green onion and cooking wine,  Simmer for 30 minutes. Then add luffa gourd pieces or soy bean sprouts. Cook for another 3 minutes. Season to taste.

Recipe 2

Papaya Soup

Ingredients:

fresh papaya 250 grams

pig feet or low mercury fresh fish like salmon, tilapia or crucian carp (about 250 grams)

Add about 2  ^1/2 quarts of water and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes.

Note: cooking wine is for neutralizing the fishy smell. The alcohol content will be evaporated after cooking.

Recipe 3

Papaya and jiu cai (Chinese leek) soup

papaya 250 g
jiu cai (Chinese leek) about 100 ~150 g, cut into bite sizes

Make into soup.

處方一﹕

鮭魚湯
具益氣健脾﹐清熱解毒﹐通調乳汁之功。
原料：
鮭魚500克﹐(或吳郭魚﹐ 或鯽魚)
絲瓜200克或大豆芽200 克。
制作：將魚洗淨﹐加清水﹐薑 ﹐蔥等，小火煮30分鐘。絲 瓜洗淨切片，投入魚湯，旺火煮3分鐘後即成。

處方二﹕《全國中草藥匯編》

番木瓜猪蹄湯
原料：
鮮番 木瓜250克，
豬蹄1個(或鮮魚250克)，
熬湯服。

處方三﹕《全國中草藥匯編》

番木瓜韭菜湯
原料：
鮮番 木瓜250克
韭菜適量，
煮服。

處方四﹕

清燉烏骨雞
主治產後虛弱，乳汁不足。
原料：
烏骨雞大約1000克﹐
黨參15克﹐
黃芪25克﹐
枸杞子15克﹐
黃酒3湯匙。
制作：烏骨雞洗淨切碎，加冷水與蔥﹐薑 ﹐鹽﹐酒等拌勻，上鋪黨參﹐黃芪﹐枸杞子，隔水用慢火燉8小時即可。