Drinking Five Red Soup during menstruation can replenish qi, nourish blood, nourish the heart and calm the mind, promote rapid recovery and replenish needed nutrients.
Five Red Soup is made by simmering together five red-colored foods: red-coated peanuts, red dates, brown sugar, wolfberries and red beans.
Wolfberries are sweet in taste and flat in nature, belonging to the liver and kidney meridians, and are good for refining the eyes and nourishing the liver and kidney; brown sugar and red peanuts have the effect of tonifying the blood; red jujubes are sweet in taste and warm in nature, belonging to the heart, stomach, and spleen meridians, and have the effect of nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind and tonifying the middle and benefiting the vital energy (treating deficiency of vital energy by tonifying the spleen); red beans are flat in nature and bitter in taste, with a small toxicity, which can regulate the vital energy and promote blood circulation, and remove heat and detoxify the toxin.
Five Red Soup is made by simmering these five ingredients together. It has the effect of tonifying qi and nourishing blood, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, and beautifying the face.
Women will be anemic and weak after giving birth, five red soup can replenish qi and nourish blood to help women recover, but it should be taken in moderation, and if discomfort occurs, consult a doctor for advice in a timely manner.