Steamed Soft-shelled Turtle for Viral Hepatitis (Image)

INGREDIENTS
Soft-shelled turtle Trionyx Sinensis (Weighing 200 to 300 g)  1
Fresh ginger, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens  3 slices
Refined salt  right amount
Millet wine   right amount

PROCESS: Kill the soft-shelled turtle; soak it in boiling water to remove the membrane from the turtle, cut open its belly, remove its intestines and the like, retain the liver and the eggs that are still in the belly, wash it clean and drain the water out.  Put the turtle in a porcelain basin with its back downward and put the ginger slices in its belly, spread the salt and sprinkle millet wine over it.  Steam it without its contacting water over a brisk fire for 30 to 45 minutes.

DIRECTIONS: Take it as light refreshments on an empty stomach, or take it with bread (or cooked rice).  Anyway, take it hot.  Being delicious, it has a great nutritive value and is a desirable therapeutic tonic for hepatitis patients and people of weak constitution.