Rain Water · Breakfast · Blood Stasis
Poached eggs in ginger, red date and brown sugar soup
A ginger and red date brown sugar soup with eggs poached in it: a warming bowl that is easy to eat first thing.
- 18 min
- Serves 2
- Poach
- Easy
WarmingWarms and moves bloodNourishes blood
Why it suits you: Blood Stasis shows as a dull complexion, cold hands and feet and period pain, and the damp chill of Rain Water slows the blood further. Brown sugar moves blood and dispels cold, ginger and red dates warm the middle and egg nourishes blood.
Method
Prep 3 min · Cook 15 min- 1Bring the water, ginger and red dates to the boil and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- 2Stir in the sugar until dissolved, turn the heat right down, crack in the eggs without stirring and leave for 3 minutes until the whites set.
Cautions
- People with diabetes should cut the sugar right down; drink less during heavy periods.
The TCM view
Brown sugar is sweet and warm, easing the middle and moving blood. Fresh ginger is pungent and warm and warms the channels; red dates nourish blood; egg is sweet and neutral and nourishes blood and yin. It warms the channels and moves blood without drying.
