The Recipe All Women Must Know: Classic Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup (Ba Zhen) 八珍汤 Confinement Food

Ba Zhen Soup can be given to mothers who are in confinement after childbirth but please only take this on the third week after childbirth. Women can take Ba Zhen Soup after menstruation to help ease irregular or painful menstruation. Patients who are recovering from surgery can also take Ba Zhen Soup. Please consult your doctor for proper medical advice.
This Chinese herbal black chicken soup recipe is brought to you by popular UA-cam cooking channel Spice N Pans as well as Senior ParentCraft Consultant Dr Wong Boh Boi to aid you in your confinement journey.
In this video, you will learn more about herbs and proper use of herbs during confinement to prepare your all-time favourite black chicken herbal soup. *Bonus recipe can be found below!
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Important Note! these soups should only be consumed on the 3rd week after childbirth.
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Ba Zhen Soup
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Ingredients
• 1 pack of Ba Zhen herbal (You can buy it from TCM shop)
• 1 Black Chicken
• 1 litre Water
If you cannot get prepacked ba zhen herbs, you can try this concoction:
八珍汤药材 Ba Zhen Soup Herbs
15g rehmannia (Shu Di Huang/ 熟地黄)
8g codonopsis root (Dang Shen/ 党参)
15g white atractylodes rhizome (Bai Zhu/ 白术)
10g Chinese angelica root (Dang Gui 当归)
10g Sichuan lovage rhizome (Chuang Xiong/ 川芎)
8g honey licorice root (Zhi Gan Cao炙甘草)
8g China root (Fu Ling/ 茯苓)
15g white peony root (Bai Shao/ 白芍)
1 piece honey date (Mi Zao 蜜枣)
10g wolfberry (Gou Qi Zi枸杞子)
*Concoction may vary slightly. Consult the Chinese medicinal hall personnel for advice.
Bonus Recipe:
Dang Gui Black Chicken Soup
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Ingredients
• Dang shen 党参
• Dong quai 当归
• 3-5 pcs black dates 黑枣
• 1 teaspoon wolfberry
• 1 black chicken
• 1 litre water
1) Remove chicken skin and cut into pieces. Blanch the black chicken.
2) Put all ingredients (except for wolfberries) in the pot.
3) Cook it over high heat until it is boiling and then turn to low heat for 1.5 hours.
4) Add wolfberries into the pot 10 minutes before it is served.
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Hi, why did you remove the skin of the chicken?

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