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Caldo Verde Soup

recipe: Soup

Cooking Instructions: You will need 4 potatoes, 1 onion, 4 ounces kale, 12 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, 2.5 pints water, 1 teaspoon olive oil, black pepper, 1 lemon, and some grated carrots for garnish. Chop all vegetable coarsely. Boil the garlic, kale, potatoes, and onion in salted water for about an hour. Blend the soup until smooth. Add olive oil and black pepper before serving. Add lemon and salt to taste. Garnish with grated carrots.

Treats Eastern: Potatoes and greens in this recipe work together to nourish qi and blood. This recipe is made pungent and warm by including plentiful garlic.

Treats Western: Slow digestion, feeling cold, fatigue

Recipe ID: 270
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: 15

Temperature:

COLD x2
COOL x4
NEUTRAL x1
WARM x3
HOT x5

Flavors:

SWEET x12
BITTER x2
SALTY x5
SOUR x1
PUNGENT x6

Tonifies:

QI x4
BLOOD x2
YIN x4
YANG x4

Regulates:

QI x7
BLOOD x6
COLD x2
HEAT x6
DAMP x6
TOXINS x7
WIND x4
PARASITES x4
PHLEGM x7
DRYNESS x5
FOOD x4
SWELLING x4

Tai Yin Channels:

Onion(1), Kale(2), Garlic(4), Lemon(1), Lung: 53.3% (8/15)
Warm (0.60) COLD x1 WARM x3 HOT x4 TONIFY BLOOD x2 TONIFY YANG x4	REGULATE QI x6 REGULATE BLOOD x6 REGULATE COLD x1 REGULATE HEAT x1 DAMP x5 TOXINS x5 WIND x4 PARASITES x4 PHLEGM x6 DRYNESS x1 FOOD x4 SWELLING x4

Potato(4), Garlic(4), Salt(1), Olive Oil(1), Lemon(1), Spleen: 73.3% (11/15)
Neutral (0.00) COLD x2 COOL x4 NEUTRAL x1 HOT x4 TONIFY QI x4 TONIFY YIN x4 TONIFY YANG x4	REGULATE QI x5 REGULATE BLOOD x5 REGULATE HEAT x6 DAMP x4 TOXINS x6 WIND x4 PARASITES x4 PHLEGM x5 DRYNESS x5 FOOD x4 SWELLING x4

Yang Ming Channels:

Onion(1), Salt(1), Pepper, black(1), Large Intestine: 20.0% (3/15)
Slightly Warm (0.07) COLD x1 WARM x1 HOT x1	REGULATE QI x2 REGULATE BLOOD x1 REGULATE COLD x2 REGULATE HEAT x1 DAMP x2 TOXINS x2 PHLEGM x2

Potato(4), Onion(1), Kale(2), Garlic(4), Salt(1), Pepper, black(1), Stomach: 86.7% (13/15)
Slightly Warm (0.47) COLD x1 COOL x4 WARM x3 HOT x5 TONIFY QI x4 TONIFY BLOOD x2 TONIFY YIN x4 TONIFY YANG x4	REGULATE QI x6 REGULATE BLOOD x5 REGULATE COLD x2 REGULATE HEAT x5 DAMP x6 TOXINS x6 WIND x4 PARASITES x4 PHLEGM x6 DRYNESS x4 FOOD x4 SWELLING x4

Shao Yin Channels:

Garlic(4), Pepper, black(1), Heart: 33.3% (5/15)
Warm (0.67) HOT x5 TONIFY YANG x4	REGULATE QI x5 REGULATE BLOOD x4 REGULATE COLD x1 DAMP x5 TOXINS x5 WIND x4 PARASITES x4 PHLEGM x5 FOOD x4 SWELLING x4

Potato(4), Salt(1), Lemon(1), Pepper, black(1), Kidney: 46.7% (7/15)
Slightly Cool (-0.40) COLD x2 COOL x4 HOT x1 TONIFY QI x4 TONIFY YIN x4	REGULATE QI x2 REGULATE BLOOD x1 REGULATE COLD x1 REGULATE HEAT x6 DAMP x1 TOXINS x3 PHLEGM x2 DRYNESS x5

Tai Yang Channels:

Salt(1), Small Intestine: 6.7% (1/15)
Slightly Cool (-0.13) COLD x1	REGULATE HEAT x1 TOXINS x1

Bladder: 0% (0/15)
NOT AFFECTED

Jue Yin Channels:

Pericardium: 0% (0/15)
NOT AFFECTED

San Jiao: 0% (0/15)
NOT AFFECTED

Shao Yang Channels:

Onion(1), Garlic(4), Olive Oil(1), Lemon(1), Liver: 46.7% (7/15)
Slightly Warm (0.47) COLD x1 NEUTRAL x1 WARM x1 HOT x4 TONIFY YANG x4	REGULATE QI x6 REGULATE BLOOD x6 REGULATE COLD x1 REGULATE HEAT x1 DAMP x5 TOXINS x5 WIND x4 PARASITES x4 PHLEGM x6 DRYNESS x1 FOOD x4 SWELLING x4

Lemon(1), Gallbladder: 6.7% (1/15)
Slightly Cool (-0.13) COLD x1	REGULATE QI x1 REGULATE BLOOD x1 REGULATE HEAT x1 TOXINS x1 PHLEGM x1 DRYNESS x1

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This Recipe contains elements of the following Recipes:

Caldo Verde Soup

recipe: Soup

Ingredients:

# Ingredients: 15

Channels Entered:

Temperature:

Flavors:

Tonifies:

Regulates:

Tai Yin Channels:

Lung: 53.3% (8/15)

Spleen: 73.3% (11/15)

Yang Ming Channels:

Large Intestine: 20.0% (3/15)

Stomach: 86.7% (13/15)

Shao Yin Channels:

Heart: 33.3% (5/15)

Kidney: 46.7% (7/15)

Tai Yang Channels:

Small Intestine: 6.7% (1/15)

Bladder: 0% (0/15)

Jue Yin Channels:

Pericardium: 0% (0/15)

San Jiao: 0% (0/15)

Shao Yang Channels:

Liver: 46.7% (7/15)

Gallbladder: 6.7% (1/15)