mugwort donkey hide gelatin keel porridge

Ingredients

• Glutinous rice: 60 grams
• Dragon bone powder (fossilized bone): 0.3 grams
• Mugwort powder: 3 grams
• E’jiao (Donkey-hide gelatin): 15 grams

Preparation Method

1. Rinse the glutinous rice thoroughly. Combine it with dragon bone powder and mugwort powder in a pot, and add water to cook into a porridge.
2. When the porridge is nearly ready, add the E’jiao and continue cooking until it melts. Consume twice daily.

Health Benefits

• Mugwort warms the meridians, dispels cold, stops bleeding, and stabilizes the fetus.
• Dragon bone has calming effects on the mind, astringent properties, and helps prevent leakage of fluids.
• E’jiao nourishes yin and replenishes blood.
• This recipe can be used for dietary therapy in cases of restless fetus syndrome during pregnancy, abdominal pain and diarrhea, bleeding during pregnancy, and postpartum diarrhea.

Note: Dragon bone in traditional Chinese medicine refers to fossilized bone, which is used for its calming and stabilizing properties. This translation is intended to provide clarity and understanding for a Western audience, although some traditional Chinese medicine concepts may not have direct Western equivalents.