What are the methods for making turtle soup?

The turtle is also called the golden turtle, mud turtle and mountain turtle. Turtles belong to the class of reptiles and the order of testudinata. Turtles have many benefits to the human body, such as removing dampness and arthritis, nourishing the kidneys, stopping bleeding, and improving coughs and waking up at night. The method of making turtle soup is relatively simple and you can learn it in no time. What are the methods of making turtle soup? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. The efficacy of turtle

Remove dampness and arthralgia, replenish yin deficiency, nourish kidney water, stop bleeding, and detoxify. Indications: Turtle meat is used to treat dampness, rheumatism, pain in the tendons and bones, long-term cold cough, frequent urination at night, enuresis in children, bleeding from hemorrhoids, bloody diarrhea, and uterine prolapse; turtle shell is used to treat yin deficiency, bone steaming and fatigue fever, pain in the tendons and bones, malclosure of the fontanelle and head sores in children, antenatal and postpartum dysentery in women, red and white vaginal discharge in women, and vaginal itching.

2. Turtle Role

(1) Nourishing Yin and suppressing Yang: It is used to treat dizziness, hot flashes, night sweats caused by Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of Yang, as well as dry throat and thirst caused by lack of body fluid after fever. Combined with Rehmannia glutinosa, Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Phellodendron chinense, it is used to treat hot flashes and night sweats.

(2) Nourishes the kidneys and strengthens the bones: It is used to treat weakness in the waist and knees due to kidney yin deficiency and malclosure of the fontanelles in children.

3. Medicinal value of turtle

Li Shizhen said: "There are 360 ​​shelled insects, and the turtle is the leader among them. The turtle is the most intelligent of all shelled insects." Tortoise shell and tortoise plate are traditional precious medicinal materials. They are rich in collagen, protein, calcium, phosphorus, lipids, peptides and various enzymes. According to clinical research in traditional Chinese medicine, turtle shell has a fishy smell, salty taste and is cold in nature. It has the effects of nourishing yin and reducing fire, suppressing yang and relieving steam, and nourishing the kidneys and strengthening bones. It is said that turtle blood has the special effect of inhibiting cancer cells.

3. Turtle prescription reference and medicinal diet

1. Boil turtle meat and wild yam into a paste and drink it to relieve the toxicity of bayberry sores and treat all boils, swellings and eczema.

2. Add appropriate amount of water to the turtle meat and cook it until it is soft. Season with salt and eat it twice a day to treat enuresis in children.

3. Stew 500 grams of turtle meat and an appropriate amount of young rooster meat together and eat it to treat frequent urination in the elderly.

4. Roast the tortoise shell and tortoise shell until they are charred, grind them into fine powder, take 3 grams twice a day for two months as a course of treatment to treat bone tuberculosis.

5. Take five turtle heads and 10 grams of Acorus calamus, decocted in water; or use one turtle head, dry and grind into powder, take twice a day with rice wine to treat sequelae of concussion, headache and dizziness.

6. Take 10 grams each of tortoise shell, bone-healing herb and codonopsis pilosula, decocted in water and taken orally to treat rickets and non-closure of fontanelles in children.

7. Cook 250 grams of turtle meat, 30 grams of walnut kernels, and 10 grams of Eucommia ulmoides together into a soup and drink it to treat neurasthenia and kidney deficiency and low back pain.

8. Add 250 grams each of turtle meat and dog meat into water and stew until soft. Treat enuresis in children.

9. Cook 250 grams of turtle meat, 30 grams of lily and 10 dates together into soup for consumption. It can cure irritability, palpitations and insomnia.

10. 250 grams of turtle meat and one placenta (wash and cut into pieces), cook them together into soup and eat. It is suitable for symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, hot palms and soles, shortness of breath, and fatigue due to yin deficiency.

11. Corn silk and turtle soup: 1-2 turtles (scald to remove skin and intestines), 100-200 grams of corn silk (50-100 grams of dried corn silk), cook together into soup and eat. It has the effects of nourishing yin, promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and quenching thirst. Suitable for mental fatigue, diabetes, thirst and other symptoms.

12. Cordyceps and Golden Turtle Soup: Boil 1000 grams of golden coin turtle in boiling water for two minutes, remove the head, claws, shell and internal organs, scrape off the yellow skin and cut into large pieces; wash 100 grams of lean pork with warm water; stir-fry ginger slices and green onions, then pour in the turtle meat and stir-fry for a while, add cooking wine, pour in boiling water, and remove from the heat after boiling; first put 6 grams of Northern Adenophora at the bottom, add turtle meat, 5 grams of Cordyceps, 25 grams of ham, lean pork, chicken broth, salt, ginger, and green onions, steam them together, and season with pepper and MSG before serving. It has the effect of nourishing yin and replenishing blood. It is suitable for long-term illness, physical weakness, long-term cough and hemoptysis, lung deficiency and dry cough, lung cancer and other symptoms.

13. Braised turtle meat: 250-500 grams of turtle meat, first stir-fry with vegetable oil, add ginger, onion, pepper, rock sugar, soy sauce, and water, simmer on low heat and eat. It has the effect of nourishing yin and blood. Suitable for low fever, hemoptysis, bloody stool and other symptoms.

14. Adenophora, Cordyceps and Turtle Meat Soup: appropriate amount of turtle meat, 60 grams of Adenophora adenophora and 10 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, cook them together and season with oil and salt before serving. It has the effects of nourishing yin and blood, tonifying the lungs and kidneys. It is suitable for symptoms such as vomiting blood due to pulmonary tuberculosis, coughing with blood in sputum, hot flashes due to yin deficiency, night sweats, and spermatorrhea due to kidney deficiency.

15. Turtle meat and pork tripe soup: Cook 200 grams of turtle meat and 200 grams of pork tripe together, season with salt and serve. It has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and nourishing yin. Suitable for gastric and duodenal bulb ulcers.

16. Turtle blood stewed with rock sugar: Take the blood of three turtles, add appropriate amount of water and rock sugar, steam and eat it. It has the effect of nourishing blood and dredge meridians. It is suitable for old injuries of the waist and spine, hemiplegia after stroke, limb paralysis and other symptoms.