Many of us have heard of many famous Chinese soups such as bird's nest soup and hot and sour soup as well as the intriguing that Buddha jumps over the wall. You know that the Chinese are using medicines like soup for food purposes? The Chinese believe in balancing yin and yang or hot and cold forces of nature and this is the basis of ingredients used in Chinese soups.
Aside from the nutritional value of food itself, the Chinese use medicinal properties of the ingredients in the soup to maintain good health or to the long recovery of sick individuals with these ingredients. Ideally, fresh ingredients are used and where possible, the best quality is also used. An example of Cortona, appreciated for its healing properties is bird's nest soup. In Mandarin, this is called yan wo or literally swallow's nest.
These are edible swallow nests or swift. When mixed with water, becoming whitish jelly as nests and believes to have many health benefits. Among the benefits include the improvement of the immune system and accelerate the rebirth of cells. The nest of the bird could cost hundreds of dollars, but when consumed regularly, it is believed that improve resistance to diseases in children by stimulating the immune system, strengthen the lungs and kidneys of men, as well as improve women's skin. Others believe that can help people who suffer from asthma.
Meanwhile there are soups that are believed to relieve colds and fevers. When one has a fever, the Chinese believe that drinking soup that has more yin will bring down the fever and when one has a cold, he will be given soup that yang had more to balance the lack of forces yang in the body. Examples of these soups the winter melon soup, which is used to cool the body and usually accompanied during the hot summer months. The Chrysanthemum is also incorporated into the foods to achieve the same purpose. For the cold months, ginseng and Ginger can be used to heat the body that may be devoid of yang energy. Hot and sour soup is also said to be good for colds.
Many Chinese soups using herbs and plants with medicinal properties as ingredients. These ingredients, as well as the balance of nutrients and other ingredients that bring us a lot of benefits. It's all in the balance of the various elements in nature as the Chinese believe. And if you're feeling kind, why not take some Chinese soup to balance what bothers you?
Keiko Mendoza loves to travel around the world in search of Asian cuisines that satisfies both his palate that his inquisitive mind. If you check out the Philippines Mack Restaurant, an authentic Chinese restaurant in the heart of Calamba, Laguna Philippines.
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