INGREDIENTS
Tortoise, Ghinemys Reevesii (over 500g), 1
Corn stigma, Stigma Maydis, 120g
PROCESS: Place the tortoise in a basin, pour in hot water; after the tortoise has discharged all its urine, wash it clean and cut off its head and feet, rid it of its internal organs; then put it in an earthenware pot together with the corn stigma and a right amount of water. Cook on a strong fire until the water comes to the boil and then cook on with a slow fire until the tortoise is well-done.
DIRECTIONS: The flesh of the tortoise is for eating and the soup for drinking. It is used to treat essential Hypertension manifested as the type of deficiency of both the liver-yin and the kidney-yin.