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Five-Finger Root, Gorgon Seed and Pig Tail Soup
Traditionally taken to replenish qi and blood and strengthen the waist and knees
In short: Five-Finger Root, Gorgon Seed and Pig Tail Soup is a soup that Traditionally taken to replenish qi and blood and strengthen the waist and knees. It is most often made for energy & vitality, bone & joint wellness, everyday balance. Total time about 2 hr 15 min. Key ingredients: peanuts, longan flesh, goji berries.
Why people make this soup
Recently, quite a few farm-direct shops from mainland China have opened in local markets, selling not only all kinds of vegetables and fruit but also a variety of fresh herbs and soup ingredients, such as plantain herb, perilla leaves, fish mint, motherwort, mugwort and various aromatic leaves.
Today Nourilo even came across fresh five-finger root. This Chinese herb has a faint coconut-like aroma and is readily available dried from Chinese herbal shops, though the fresh root is less commonly seen. Nourilo pairs it with gorgon seeds, goji berries and peanuts in a pig tail soup, traditionally turned to by people with weak, sore waist and knees or difficulty bending and stretching their limbs.
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