Here's a quick, delicious, and hydrating recipe: perfect for quenching your thirst and perking up when it's hot and you don't know what to eat!
Accessible and easy to prepare: judge for yourself:
These four fruits and this seed together will help the body soothe after a day spent outside in the sun and in the heat. Replenishing fluids and energy… the perfect program to end a hot day.
250 ml of strawberry juice (or coulis)
1 heaped teaspoon of agar agar
1 apricot per person
1/2 peach per person
1 box of natural lotus seeds (or homemade cooked)
Coconut milk
Strawberry jelly is easy to make in advance.
Mix the juice with the agar agar, boil for 3 minutes and leave to cool in a dish.
When it is no longer hot, place it in the fridge and after a while (overnight for me), cut it into the shape that suits you.
Sauté the previously chopped apricots and peaches for 30 seconds, add the lotus seeds, then the coconut milk to the switched-off pan.
Place everything in a bowl, with the strawberry jelly pieces on top and drizzle with coconut milk.
STRAWBERRY is naturally fresh, with a sweet and sour flavor, and is beneficial for the lungs, spleen, stomach, and bladder. It refreshes and moisturizes the lungs and intestines. It is ideal for cases of heat, dryness with thirst, constipation, and infrequent urination.
APRICOT is warm in nature, sour & sweet in flavor, with a tropism Stomach, Large Intestine & Lung. It nourishes the fluids of the Lung and Stomach and is ideal in case of Yin deficiency of the Lung and Stomach.
PEACH is warm in nature, sour & sweet in flavor with a Stomach, Large Intestine tropism. It nourishes the fluids of the Stomach and Large Intestines and is great for Yin deficiency of the Stomach and Large Intestines with thirst, dry mouth and constipation.
COCONUT is warm in nature, mild in flavor, with a tropism Heart, Spleen, Stomach & Large Intestines. It invigorates Qi, nourishes Blood, Yin, and Jing and produces fluids, especially milk. Coconut milk is perfect in cases of extreme fatigue with internal dryness.
LOTUS SEED is neutral in nature, sweet in flavor, with a Heart, Spleen & Kidney tropism. It soothes the Mind, nourishes the Heart, strengthens the Spleen and Kidneys, calms anxiety and insomnia. Magical therefore in case of deficiency of Blood of the Heart with agitation, anxiety, insomnia...
[ Note : at Nuence-MTC we also appreciate lotus seeds: we use them in our soothing facial fluid (FIRE Element) because they are known to promote calm and relaxation].
Passionate about the magic of Traditional Chinese Medicine, I practice Acupuncture, Chinese Herbalism and especially Chinese Energy Dietetics.
TCM helps you regain your personal balance and live life to the fullest. It reduces the effects of stress on digestion, sleep, and vitality. It soothes pain, restores energy if exhaustion threatens, and helps you return to a sense of calm if things are moving too fast.
Changing our relationship with food and considering it as allies, observing Nature manifesting itself in dishes, rediscovering a simple connection between ourselves and what nourishes us, feeling comfort in digestion and welcoming the Energy that rises...
This is what Chinese Energy Dietetics helps us to experience on a daily basis.
This practice is the first one I learned over 20 years ago. Today, I have the immense opportunity to teach this Dietetics to the general public and to TCM professionals.
