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Coix Seed and Water Chestnut Pork Nourishing Soup

薏仁马蹄猪肉汤

 

Pork, Water Chestnut, and Coix Seed Soup is a traditional Chinese slow-cooked soup made with pork, water chestnuts, and coix seeds (Job’s tears) as the main ingredients, supplemented with red dates, salt, and MSG.

The ingredient ratio is: 25g coix seeds, 150g water chestnuts, and 80g lean pork. During preparation, peel and cut the water chestnuts, blanch the pork briefly in boiling water, then place them together with coix seeds (soaked for 2 hours) and pitted red dates into a clay pot. Add water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about 2 hours. Finally, season to taste before serving.

 

This soup has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, strengthening the spleen and improving appetite, and dispelling dampness. Among the ingredients, water chestnuts help clear heat and quench thirst, while coix seeds promote urination and eliminate dampness. Due to the properties of these ingredients, the soup is not suitable for those with weak digestion, spleen and stomach deficiency with cold constitution, or blood stasis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Efficacy

• Clears heat and removes toxins
• Strengthens the spleen and stomach, stimulates appetite
• Eliminates dampness and alleviates edema
• Softens skin keratin, promotes metabolism, and supports skin health
• Provides anti-inflammatory benefits and boosts immunity

 

Coix Seed (Coix lacryma-jobi)

Coix seed is a medicinal food with functions such as draining excess moisture, improving digestion, and enhancing skin health. It mainly eliminates dampness, reduces edema, supports intestinal health with its rich dietary fiber, and promotes metabolism.

• Promotes diuresis and reduces swelling: Helps expel excess fluids from the body and improves lower limb edema.
• Improves digestive function: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, relieves indigestion and abdominal bloating.
• Skin health: Rich in vitamin B1, protein, and fat, it softens skin keratin, promotes metabolism, and benefits skin health.
• Enhances immunity: Contains coix polysaccharides with anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting effects.
• Anti-cancer effect: Some studies suggest potential anti-cancer properties.

 

Precautions:

• Pregnant and breastfeeding women should limit intake.
• People with weak digestive function should avoid excessive consumption.
• Since it has a cold nature, people with cold body constitution should consume with caution.

 

Water Chestnut ( / Bí qí)馬蹄

Water chestnut helps replenish energy, soothe the stomach, relieve thirst, promote digestion, and resolve phlegm.