Nutritious Congee Recipes

Lower Back & Leg Pain Porridge Therapy
Cold-dampness or liver-kidney deficiency often causes lumbar and knee weakness, joint stiffness, skin numbness. TCM advocates dietary tonification. Several porridges that tonify liver-kidney, strengthen waist and knees, eliminate damp-heat:
1. Coix Seed & Dioscorea Porridge: Coix seed 30g, dioscorea 6-10g, japonica rice 100g, rock sugar. Simmer dioscorea for juice, cook with rice and coix seed to porridge, add rock sugar.
2. Cistanche & Mutton Porridge: Cistanche 30g, mutton 200g, rice as needed. Slice cistanche and mutton, cook with rice to porridge, season with salt and MSG.
3. Walnut Kernel Porridge: Walnut kernel 100g, rice and sugar as needed. Cook walnut with rice to porridge, add sugar.
4. Wolfberry & Sheep Kidney Porridge: Sheep kidney 2 pairs, scallion 5g, mutton 50g, wolfberry 250g, japonica rice 150g, cloth bag. Clean kidney, remove glands, dice. Slice scallion. Put wolfberry in bag. Cook with mutton and rice on low heat until done.
5. Coix Seed Porridge: Coix seed powder 30-60g, japonica rice 100g. Wash fresh coix seed, dry, grind to powder. Cook rice to porridge with appropriate amount of powder. Breakfast and dinner, warm.
6. Sichuan Aconite Porridge: Raw Sichuan aconite root 3-5g, ginger juice about 10 drops, japonica rice 30g, honey to taste. Grind aconite to fine powder. Cook rice to boil, add aconite powder, simmer on low. When rice is soft, add ginger juice and honey, stir, boil 1-2 minutes.