Nutritious Congee Recipes

Porridge Therapy for Children's Summer Fever
Summer fever is a unique disease of infancy, mainly in children under 3, concentrated in June-August. Symptoms: persistent fever with rising temperature, thirst, polydipsia, polyuria, anhidrosis or scant sweating. TCM considers it due to delicate infant organs, immature yin-yang, incomplete regulation, plus congenital insufficiency or post-illness weakness, inability to tolerate summer heat invasion. Long course can lower resistance, cause complications, affect growth. Parents must take seriously. Several porridge formulas:
Lotus Leaf Porridge: 2 large fresh lotus leaves, wash, simmer in 500ml water, strain. Cook with japonica rice 30g to thin porridge, add sugar. Morning and evening. Clears summer heat. For persistent summer fever.
Pueraria Porridge: Pueraria powder 20g, cook with japonica rice 50g to porridge. Morning and evening. Disperses summer heat, generates fluids, quenches thirst. For persistent fever with dry mouth and thirst.
Lotus Leaf & Mung Bean Porridge: Fresh lotus leaf 1 large, fresh bamboo leaves 20, wash, simmer for juice. Cook mung bean 20g until blooming, add japonica rice 30g to thin porridge. Morning and evening. Disperses summer heat, harmonizes middle, nourishes stomach. For fever with thirst, poor appetite.
Summer Heat-Clearing Qi-Benefiting Porridge: American ginseng 1g, ophiopogon 6g, dendrobium 6g, anemarrhena 6g, japonica rice 30g, rock sugar to taste. Wrap ophiopogon, dendrobium, anemarrhena in cloth, simmer 30 minutes, remove residue. Add American ginseng powder and rice to thin porridge, add rock sugar. Morning and evening. Clears summer heat, benefits qi, generates fluids. For persistent fever without or with scant sweating.
Lotus Leaf & Lotus Root Porridge: Fresh lotus leaf 1 large, fresh lotus root 1 small section, japonica rice 30g, sugar to taste. Simmer lotus leaf in 500ml water, strain. Dice lotus root, cook with rice in lotus juice to thin porridge.