Hypertension Health Soup Series (Part 4): Blood Pressure Lowering and Nourishing Recipes from Jasmine and Tremella Soup to Prunella Vulgaris and Black Bean Soup

Jasmine and Tremella Soup [Ingredients]25g tremella, 20 jasmine flowers, cooking wine, salt, and MSG to taste. [Instructions]Add clear broth to a pot, add tremella, cooking wine, and salt. Bring to a boil, add a little MSG, and finally sprinkle with jasmine flowers before serving. [Efficacy]Used for summer heat cough, dry cough due to lung dryness, constipation with bleeding, dizziness and tinnitus, chronic pharyngitis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, tuberculosis, cancer, etc.

Three Delicacies Blood Pressure Lowering Soup [Ingredients]200g kelp, 200g seaweed, 100g dried scallops. [Instructions]Wash all ingredients with warm water. Boil two bowls of water in a pot, then add all ingredients and cook until done. Season to taste. [Benefits]Lowers blood pressure, aids weight loss, and moisturizes.

Five-Flavor Soup for Lowering Blood Pressure [Ingredients]1 sheet of seaweed, 2 stalks of celery, 1 tomato, 10 water chestnuts, 1/2 onion. [Instructions]Cut the celery into sections, slice the tomato, dice the water chestnuts, and shred the onion. Place all ingredients in a pot, add water, cook until tender, and season to taste. [Benefits]Suitable for hypertension.

Cherry and Tremella Soup [Ingredients]100g cherries, 1 soaked tremella mushroom, 25g osmanthus sugar, 50g rock sugar, appropriate amount of water. [Instructions] ① Remove the stem from the soaked tremella mushroom, wash it, and tear it into small pieces. ② Add an appropriate amount of water to a clean pot, add cherries, tremella mushroom, and rock sugar, bring to a boil over high heat, add osmanthus sugar, and simmer over low heat until the tremella mushroom is tender. [Benefits]Invigorates the spleen and stomach, nourishes yin and blood, strengthens the body.

Oyster Mushroom and Egg Drop Soup [Ingredients]3 eggs, 250g fresh oyster mushrooms, 50g bok choy hearts, 1 tsp Shaoxing wine, salt, soy sauce, and chicken powder to taste. [Instructions] ① Wash the fresh oyster mushrooms, tear them into thin slices, blanch them briefly in boiling water, and remove. Crack the eggs into a bowl, add Shaoxing wine and a little salt, and mix well. Wash the bok choy hearts and cut them into sections. ② Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok over high heat, stir-fry the bok choy hearts, add the oyster mushrooms, pour in enough water and chicken powder to cover, bring to a boil, add salt and soy sauce, pour in the eggs, and bring to a boil again. [Benefits]Suitable for hypertension.

Tomato and Winter Melon Soup [Ingredients]Tomatoes, winter melon, king oyster mushrooms, eggs, scallions, ginger, salt, cornstarch, chicken bouillon, sesame oil (all in appropriate amounts). [Instructions] ① Wash and dice the tomatoes, winter melon, and king oyster mushrooms. ② Heat oil in a wok and sauté the scallions and ginger until fragrant. Add the tomatoes, winter melon, and king oyster mushrooms and stir-fry briefly. ③ Transfer the stir-fried ingredients to a soup pot, add enough water to cover, and simmer for about 10 minutes. Season with salt, thicken with cornstarch slurry and stir well. Add the beaten egg, and finally add chicken bouillon and a drizzle of sesame oil. [Benefits]Suitable for those with hypertension.

Peanut and Broad Bean Soup [Ingredients]125g peanuts, 250g raw broad beans. [Instructions]Shell the broad beans, wash them together with the peanuts, and place them in a clay pot. Add boiling water and simmer until the broad bean skins crack. [Benefits]Tonifies the spleen and replenishes qi, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. Effective for nutritional edema, chronic nephritis, and anemia.