SOURCE: Compendium of Materia Medica
INGREDIENTS
Pork kidney 2
Polished round-grained rice, Semen Oryzae Sativae 50g
Scallion stalk, Bulbus Allii Fistulosi right amount
The five spices (Chinese prickly ash, star aniseed, cinnamon, clove and fennel), fresh ginger and salt ( right amount each)
PROCESS: Wash the kidney clean, remove the fasciae and cut it into slices; wash the rice clean, put the rice and the pork kidney into a cooking pot to make gruel, add scallion stalk, fresh ginger, salt and the five spices to season it.
DIRECTIONS: Take it for breakfast.
EFFICACY: Replenishing the kidney and strengthening the loins.
INDICATIONS: Pain and lassitude in the loins and knees, difficulty in walking, Sudden Deafness and other symptoms caused by deficiency of the kidney-qi in old age.