Ingredients:
One fresh abalone or frozen green edge abalone (may be substituted by fresh small abalone);
pork or pig scapula bone 3 to 4 liang or 30 grams,
winter mushrooms 6 to 8 pieces,
jin-hua ham (Chinese ham) a small piece,
You may add:
Cordyceps (Dongchongziacao) 4 qian or 12 grams, or
poria (Fuling), semen euryales, rhizome dioscoreae, semen nelumbinis), each in 4 qian or 12 grams,
Radix astragali (Huangqi) 3 to 4 slices.
ginger 2-3 pieces,
Pericarpium citri reticulatae (Chenpi) a small piece.
Method of cooking:
One fresh abalone or several small fresh abalone, shelled. Remove viscera and the viscous parts. Clean with water. If frozen green edge abalone is used, clean it with water and remove viscera. Put it in boiling water and use quick fire to remove the refrigerator odor.
Add the other materials and put all materials into a stewing pot. Add adequate boiled water. Stew it for 3 to 4 hours. Add some salt when eating.
Effect:
Abalone contains much protein and many minerals; it nourishes yin, supplements kidney, nourishes liver and promotes elimination of wetness toxin.
Suitableness :
suitable for patient who had too much liver fire but insufficient of kidney yin