How to make winter melon, red dates and pork ribs soup

Winter melon is a very good food for weight loss. After ingestion, it can break down some fat accumulated in the body. However, winter melon does not taste so good, so you can make it into a dish called winter melon, red dates and pork ribs soup. This way, it will taste more delicious and more acceptable to people. However, it is best to cook it with the skin so that nutrients will not be lost.

1. Jujube peels are rich in nutrients and should be cooked with the skin when stewing soup;

2. Boiling red dates and fresh celery roots together has a certain effect on lowering blood lipids and cholesterol.

People with weak spleen and stomach, diarrhea, fatigue and weakness can eat seven red dates every day, or use them together with Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala. It can replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, increase appetite and stop diarrhea. Red dates, ginger and Pinellia ternata can be used together to treat gastritis caused by careless diet, such as bloating, vomiting and other symptoms.

Replenishing Qi and Blood

Red dates are an excellent tonic and are often added to dietary therapy and medicinal foods to nourish the body and moisturize qi and blood. Dr. Andy Sun of the National Taiwan University School of Immunology strongly advocates eating more red dates, astragalus, and wolfberries to enhance the body's vitality and strengthen immunity.

Nourishes blood and calms the mind

For women with bipolar disorder, crying, restlessness, etc., use red dates, licorice and wheat together in the "Ganmai Dazao Decoction", which can nourish blood, calm the mind, soothe the liver and relieve depression.

Mitigating drug properties

Red dates are often used in prescriptions with strong medicinal properties to reduce the side effects of strong drugs and protect the body's vital energy. For example, in the "Ten Dates Soup", red dates are used to alleviate the toxicity of laxatives such as Ginseng, Euphorbia, and Wuhua, and protect the spleen and stomach from harm. Red dates are a holy product for replenishing qi and nourishing blood, and they are also inexpensive. People do not need to buy expensive supplements on the market, and can achieve the effect of health care by making good use of red dates.

Enhance human immunity

Jujubes contain a large amount of carbohydrates, mainly glucose, but also fructose, sucrose, oligosaccharides composed of glucose and fructose, arabinan and galactaldoses, etc.; they also contain a large amount of vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamine, carotene, niacin and other vitamins. They have a strong nourishing effect, can improve the body's immune function and enhance disease resistance.

Increase muscle strength and weight

[1] Experimental mice were given a decoction of jujubes daily for three weeks. Their weight gain was significantly higher than that of the control group. In the swimming test, their swimming time was significantly longer than that of the control group. This suggests that jujubes have the effect of enhancing muscle strength and increasing body weight.

Protects the liver

Experiments have confirmed that when rabbits with liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride were fed a decoction of jujube every day for one week, the total protein and albumin in their serum increased significantly compared with the control group, indicating that jujube has a liver-protecting effect.