Cistanche, Rehmannia and Silkie Chicken Soup

Why people make this soup

People with an underactive thyroid often show signs that food therapy reads as blood deficiency — dizziness, dull dry hair, dry rough skin, pale brittle nails, numb limbs, constipation, and for women, scant pale periods. This soup brings together blood-building and yin-nourishing ingredients in a balanced way: rich without being cloying, nourishing without feeling stagnant.

Method

1. Wash the silkie chicken and blanch it; soak and rinse the other ingredients.
2. Add everything to a pot with 2.4 L of water and simmer for about 3 hours until reduced to about 900 ml.

Nourilo’s Tips

This soup also suits anyone with various discomforts from liver-blood deficiency.