Soups after a birth › Around the first week
Five reds soup, red-skin peanut, red date, adzuki bean, goji and brown sugar (also 五紅粥)
五紅湯
“No rush to build you up. Slowly does it.”
What the tradition says
The tradition holds that this is 補氣血、改善貧血, that it supplements qi and blood and improves anaemia. The corpus records that the red-foods-build-blood logic is doctrine of signatures, colour-based rather than mechanistic.
Ingredientsone pot, serves 4
Peanut1 handful
Red jujube date1 handful
Adzuki bean1 handful
Goji berry / wolfberry1 handful
Brown/raw sugar15 g
Method
- Soak the peanuts and adzuki beans.
- Simmer all the solids with the goji and dates until soft.
- Add 紅糖 at the end.
Also cooked then
Information only. This page records a food tradition and is not medical advice. Recovery differs for everyone. If you are breastfeeding, recovering from a caesarean, taking medication, or feeling unwell, speak to your doctor, midwife or a registered practitioner first. Full statement