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Borscht

recipe: Soup
Cooking Instructions: You will need 1 small onion, half pound beet root, 2 small potatoes, 1 small carrot, 2 pints vegetables stock, 1 teaspoon dill, 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar, and some yogurt

Treats Eastern: The beets in this recipe strongly nourish blood, and the yogurt makes it deeply tonifying to the yin. The onion adds warmth and the dill stimulates the digestion. This recipe uplifts the heart and nourishes qi and blood.

Treats Western: Depression, poor memory, low energy 		Recipe ID: 269
Special Category: Vegetarian
Special Tags: Soup,
Submitted by: Justin hays from Dallas, Texas
Date Submitted: 4/26/2024
Public? True

Ingredients:

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Note: Temperature is determined by assigning a value from -2 to 2, where -2 is cold, -1 is cool, 0 is neutral, 1 is warm, and 2 is hot. The final temperature analysis / breakdown reflects the average temperature of all ingredients that affect the channel, multplied by the percentage of ingredients that affect the channel.

# Ingredients: 9

Channels Entered:

LUNG x3 (3/9)
LARGE INTESTINE x5 (5/9)
STOMACH x5 (5/9)
SPLEEN x3 (3/9)
KIDNEY x2 (2/9)
LIVER x7 (7/9)
HEART x3 (3/9)
SMALL INTESTINE x3 (3/9)


Temperature:

COLD x1
NEUTRAL x6
WARM x2


Flavors:

SWEET x7
BITTER x1
SOUR x2
PUNGENT x1


Tonifies:

QI x4
BLOOD x4
YIN x3


Regulates:

QI x6
BLOOD x2
COLD x5
HEAT x3
DAMP x2
TOXINS x2
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x1

Tai Yin Channels:

Onion(1), Carrot(1), Yogurt(1),

Lung: 33.3% (3/9)

Slightly Cool (-0.11)
COLD x1
NEUTRAL x1
WARM x1

TONIFY QI x2
TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x1
REGULATE QI x2
REGULATE BLOOD x1
REGULATE COLD x1
REGULATE HEAT x1
DAMP x2
TOXINS x1
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x1
Potato(2), Carrot(1),

Spleen: 33.3% (3/9)

Neutral (0.00)
NEUTRAL x3

TONIFY QI x3
TONIFY YIN x2
REGULATE QI x1
REGULATE HEAT x3
DAMP x1
TOXINS x1

Yang Ming Channels:

Onion(1), Beets, root(3), Yogurt(1),

Large Intestine: 55.6% (5/9)

Slightly Cool (-0.11)
COLD x1
NEUTRAL x3
WARM x1

TONIFY QI x1
TONIFY BLOOD x4
TONIFY YIN x1
REGULATE QI x4
REGULATE BLOOD x1
REGULATE COLD x4
DAMP x1
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x1
Onion(1), Potato(2), Vinegar(1), Yogurt(1),

Stomach: 55.6% (5/9)

Neutral (0.00)
COLD x1
NEUTRAL x2
WARM x2

TONIFY QI x3
TONIFY BLOOD x1
TONIFY YIN x3
REGULATE QI x2
REGULATE BLOOD x2
REGULATE COLD x2
REGULATE HEAT x2
DAMP x1
TOXINS x1
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x1

Shao Yin Channels:

Beets, root(3),

Heart: 33.3% (3/9)

Neutral (0.00)
NEUTRAL x3

TONIFY BLOOD x3
REGULATE QI x3
REGULATE COLD x3
Potato(2),

Kidney: 22.2% (2/9)

Neutral (0.00)
NEUTRAL x2

TONIFY QI x2
TONIFY YIN x2
REGULATE HEAT x2

Tai Yang Channels:

Beets, root(3),

Small Intestine: 33.3% (3/9)

Neutral (0.00)
NEUTRAL x3

TONIFY BLOOD x3
REGULATE QI x3
REGULATE COLD x3

Bladder: 0% (0/9)

NOT AFFECTED

Jue Yin Channels:

Pericardium: 0% (0/9)

NOT AFFECTED

San Jiao: 0% (0/9)

NOT AFFECTED

Shao Yang Channels:

Onion(1), Beets, root(3), Carrot(1), Vinegar(1), Yogurt(1),

Liver: 77.8% (7/9)

Neutral (0.00)
COLD x1
NEUTRAL x4
WARM x2

TONIFY QI x2
TONIFY BLOOD x4
TONIFY YIN x1
REGULATE QI x6
REGULATE BLOOD x2
REGULATE COLD x5
REGULATE HEAT x1
DAMP x2
TOXINS x2
PHLEGM x1
DRYNESS x1

Gallbladder: 0% (0/9)

NOT AFFECTED
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