Life-Prolonging Soup of Pigeon Egg for Prolonging Life

SOURCE: Records of Chinese Materia Medica in Sichuan Province

INGREDIENTS
Wolfberry fruit, Fructus Lycii (Gouqizi)  10g
Longan aril, Arillus Longan   10g
Prepared Siberian solomonseal rhizome, Rhizoma Polygonati (Huangjing) 10g
Pigeon egg   4
Crystal sugar  50g

PROCESS: Have wolfberry fruit, longan aril and prepared Siberian solomonseal thizome washed clean and cut into pieces; pound crystal sugar into bits and put them in a bowl.   Put a pot on the fire, add about 750 ml of clean water into the pot; put in the three ingredients and  boil  them for about 15 minutes; beat the pigeon eggs and put them into the pot one by one; add crystal sugar bits and go on cooking until they are done.

DIRECTIONS: Take it once a day, for seven days successively.

EFFICACY: Reptenishing the liver and kidney, tonifying qi and blood, moistening the lung and strengthening constitution.

INDICATIONS: It has a relatively good curative effect upon symptoms such as cough due to dryness of' the lung, deficiency of qi and blood, and failing mentality, etc.  It can also be used as health-care food for those who suffer from pain in the loins due to deficiency of the kidney, sallow complexion, emaciation, and senile debility.