What are the benefits and taboos of eating conch slices

In fact, conch slices have many functions, but in daily life, people usually like to use it as a medicine and pair it with some ingredients. Moreover, the functions vary when paired with different ingredients. For example, Huaiqi chicken feet conch soup can play a good role in clearing the liver and improving eyesight, while loofah and lotus conch soup can help with beauty and freckle removal, and improve loss of appetite, dry mouth and thirst, etc.

1. Huaiqi Chicken Feet and Conch Soup:

The Chinese medicinal herbs yam, wolfberry, chicken feet and conch soup are fragrant and delicious, and have the effects of nourishing yin and strengthening bones. It is not only a delicious family soup, but also nourishes yin and maintains health. The conch slices in the soup are well-known seafood for nourishing yin; chicken feet are poultry and livestock products for replenishing foot strength; Chinese yam has the effect of nourishing the spleen and lungs and strengthening the stomach and intestines; and wolfberry has the power to moisturize the liver, clear the liver, and improve eyesight.

Ingredients: 20g each of yam and wolfberry, 10 chicken feet, 60g dried conch slices, 500g spare ribs, and 2 slices of ginger.

Preparation: Wash and soak all medicinal materials; soak conches in clean water for 2 hours; remove the shells and skin of chicken feet and wash; wash and chop the ribs. Put conches, chicken feet and spareribs into the pot, add a little green onion, ginger and water, cook for 5 minutes and remove from the pot. Put them together with ginger into a clay pot, add 3000 ml of water (about 12 bowls of water), boil over high heat then simmer for 3 hours, add appropriate amount of salt and cooking oil.

2. Loofah, Lotus and Conch Soup:

Ingredients: one pound of loofah, three fresh lotus flowers, one or two ounces of dried conch slices, a slice of ginger, two red dates, and a little salt.

Features: This product nourishes yin, clears away heat, beautifies and removes freckles. This product can be used as a dietary therapy for damp-heat accumulation, scanty urination, fatigue, loss of appetite, itchy skin, feeling hot, dry mouth and thirst.

① Soak the dried conch slices and wash them clean. Wash the loofah, peel it, cut it in half and cut it into pieces. Wash the lotus, ginger and red dates. Remove the lotus petals; peel the ginger and cut it into slices; remove the pits from the red dates.

②Pour clean water into a clay pot, boil it over high heat until the water boils, then add the loofah, conch slices, ginger and red dates; continue to boil over medium heat for three hours, then add the lotus petals, boil it for a while, add a little salt to taste, and it is ready to drink.

3. Cook quail with conch slices:

Ingredients: 30g dried conch slices, 1 quail, 30g ham, 20g mushrooms, 5g ginger, 10g green onion, some chicken soup, 5g salt, 5g MSG, a pinch of pepper, 2g rice wine

1. Soak the dried conch slices in warm water until soft, cut into small pieces, chop the quail into pieces, cut the ham into slices, wash the mushrooms, slice the ginger, and cut the green onions into sections.

2. Boil water in a pot, put the quail in immediately, blanch over medium heat for 4 minutes, remove from the pot and rinse with cold water.

3. Put the conch slices, quail, ham, mushrooms, ginger and green onions into a clay pot, add chicken broth and rice wine, simmer over low heat for 2 hours, add salt, MSG and pepper, remove the green onions, and simmer for another 15 minutes.

It is mild in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of nourishing blood and essence, assisting yang and replenishing deficiency, and relaxing muscles and activating collaterals.