Chinese Medicinal Skin Clearing Pear Dessert Soup
A nourishing Traditional Chinese Medicine-inspired dessert soup, featuring skin-clearing ingredients like goji berries and peach gum
Alice Sun•Jan 2, 2024
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) emphasizes the importance of maintaining balance and harmony in the body, and this includes taking care of the skin. According to TCM, the skin is a reflection of the body's overall health, and maintaining a healthy complexion is seen as an important aspect of overall health and well-being.
To rebalance the skin, TCM recommends certain foods that have the ability to affect the balance of energy to help fight acne. It’s believed that certain foods can help to support the body's natural healing processes, which is the purpose of this Chinese medicinal pear soup that is chock full of ingredients meant to moisturize and nurture the skin. Here’s how to make it:
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Ingredients (7)
Ingredients (7)
Instructions
The night before rehydrate the peach gum (1 piece) by placing in a bowl of water
The next day, remove any black specks from the peach gum, and it’s ready to use
Before prepping, place a pan with water to boil and top with a steamer basket
After peeling and coring the pear (1), place it in a heat proof bowl
Add Chinese black sugar (1 block), the osmanthus (1 sprinkle), rose buds (4–5), peach gum (1 piece), and goji berries (4–5) to the bowl with the pear (1)
Heat up the water (½ cup) until boiling and pour into the bowl with the pear and other ingredients
