Nutritious Congee Recipes

Autumn Dryness Yin-Nourishing Porridges
Autumn is dry, people easily develop lung yin damage: dry nose, mouth, throat, skin, eyes; thirst, dry cough with scant yellow sticky phlegm, chest pain, yellow urine, constipation. Nourish yin, generate fluids, moisten lungs. Porridge is ideal as it combines nourishing rice with medicinal effects.
Lily Bulb & Silver Ear Porridge: Lily bulb 30g, silver ear 10g, rice 50g, rock sugar. Cook all to porridge. Nourishes yin, moistens lungs, strengthens spleen, benefits qi.
Pork Lung & Lotus Seed Porridge: Pork lung 150g, lotus seed 15g, rice 50g. Cook lung, skim foam, add rice and lotus seed. Benefits lungs, generates fluids, nourishes yin, stops cough.
Cordyceps & Bird's Nest Porridge: Cordyceps 3g, bird's nest 5g, rice 50g, rock sugar. Soak bird's nest, cook all to porridge. Benefits qi, nourishes yin, moistens lungs, generates fluids, resolves phlegm.
Glehnia & Ophiopogon Porridge: Glehnia 15g, ophiopogon 15g, rice 50g, rock sugar. Simmer herbs for juice, cook rice to porridge. Benefits qi, nourishes yin, moistens lungs, generates fluids.
Fresh Rehmannia & Dendrobium Porridge: Fresh rehmannia 15g, dendrobium 30g, rice 50g, rock sugar. Simmer herbs, cook rice to porridge. Clears heat, cools blood, nourishes yin, generates fluids, moistens lungs.
American Ginseng & Milk Porridge: American ginseng 2g, milk 150ml, rice 50g, rock sugar. Grind ginseng to powder. Cook rice to boiling, add ginseng and milk. Benefits qi, nourishes yin, generates fluids, quenches thirst.