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By Ye Jun
A warming bowl of lamb soup with ginger and Chinese angelica is a classic Chinese recipe for people who feel cold and tired in autumn and winter.
Chinese angelica is an often-used traditional herbal medicine. Its warming capacity is used to stimulate blood circulation, while ginger dispels coldness, warms up the inside of the body, and promotes perspiration. Lamb has a hot, warming property that replenishes energy for the weak.
This recipe was first drafted by Zhang Zhongjing, one of China's best-known traditional medicine doctors in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220).
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About 1,800 years later, this soup is still prescribed during the cold seasons for people with a weak constitution, especially old people and women after delivery.
"The public has a compelling desire to restore health through healthy food," says Sha Fengtong, deputy director with China Association of Health-Protecting Food. "But with that has come more problems."
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