How to prepare pork into a beneficial medicinal remedy.

The medicinal value of pork products

Pork is a source of protein, lipids, vitamins, and minerals that help nourish the body. Various parts of the pork are available.porkPork intestines, offal, trotters, bile, and skin, when combined with traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, can also have medicinal effects.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, lean pork (pork meat) has a sweet and salty taste, a neutral nature; it acts on the spleen, stomach, and kidneys, and has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness. It is used in cases of infection, high fever, dehydration, dry cough, constipation, diabetes, and malnutrition.

Pork fat (trư chi cao) has a sweet taste, a cooling nature, and acts on the lungs and large intestine. It has the effect of nourishing deficiency and moistening dryness. It is used for cases of dry cough, constipation, dry skin, and cracked skin.

Pork trotters (pig's feet) have a sweet and salty taste, are neutral in nature, and enter the stomach meridian. They have the effect of nourishing blood, promoting lactation, and regenerating tissue to heal wounds. They are used for cases of blood deficiency, weakness, insufficient milk production in postpartum women, and boils and itchy sores.

Pig skin balls (pig skin balls) arepork skinPork skin, processed by grilling until puffed up, is then soaked in water to soften it before being used in soups and stews, a type of light and easily digestible dish. Dishes containing pork skin are believed to nourish the skin and promote bowel movements. Pork skin is sweet and cool in nature; it enters the kidneys and lungs, and has the effect of moistening the lungs, nourishing the skin, and replenishing yin. It is used for cases of dryness, peeling skin, and sore throat.

Traditional remedies using pork

Pork stew with goji berries: 200g lean pork tenderloin, 15g goji berries, 20g Angelica sinensis, 10 jujubes. Cook into a soup, season to taste. When serving, remove the Angelica sinensis residue. This remedy nourishes yin, blood, and the liver and kidneys. It is used for headaches, dizziness, weakness, blood deficiency, anemia, and fatigue and emaciation in people who have been ill for a long time.

Pork stew: Slice 500g of pork into large pieces, add water, boil over high heat, skim off the foam and sediment, strain the broth, add salt, pepper, and other seasonings, let cool and drink. Used for patients with high fever and dehydration.

Pork trotters soup: 2 pork trotters, 21g of Akebia quinata. Boil the Akebia quinata to extract the liquid, discard the residue, and cook with the pork trotters, adding seasonings to taste. This is for postpartum women experiencing blocked milk ducts or low milk production.

Pork porridge: 200g lean pork, 1 carrot, 1 potato, 100g good quality rice. Mince the lean pork, dice the carrot and potato. Sauté the pork, potato, and carrot until fragrant, then add water, add the rice, and cook until a smooth porridge is formed. This porridge is nutritious, easy to digest, and suitable for children, postpartum women, and those recovering from illness to restore health.

Pork skin extract: Take 60g of pork skin, scrape it clean, and roast it over charcoal until cooked and puffed up. Cook it into a liquid extract, then add roasted rice flour and honey, and simmer until thickened. Consume on an empty stomach, one spoonful at a time, 3-4 times a day. This is used for dry, flaky skin, facial peeling and wrinkles, sore throat, dry lips and throat, feverishness after prolonged infections, constipation, and dysentery.

Pork skin and jujube soup: 500g fresh pork skin, 250g jujubes, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Clean and slice the pork skin lengthwise, add water and cook into a thin soup. When the pork skin is tender, add the pitted jujubes and continue cooking until soft. Add the rock sugar, stir well, and let cool. Divide and eat as a snack or light meal. Used for cases of subcutaneous bleeding, bleeding gums, etc.

Note that pork is highly nutritious, but excessive consumption, especially of fatty meat, can increase blood cholesterol levels, leading to atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, and obesity. Therefore, people with these conditions should limit their pork intake.