Paste of Chinese Yam and Sesame for Prolonging Life

SOURCE: Folk Dietetic Recipe

INGREDIENTS
Chinese yam, Rhizoma Dioscoreae (Shanyao)  15g
Black sesame seed, Semen Sesami Nigrum  120g
Rose paste, Pasta Rosae Rugosae   6g
Fresh milk, Lac Bovis  200g
Crystal sugar  120g
Polished round-grained rice, Semen Oryzae Sativae   60g

PROCESS: Have the rice washed clean, soaked in clean water for an hour, take it out and filter the water out; cut the Chinese yam into small pellets and roast the black sesame seeds until they send out fragrance. Put the Chinese yam and black sesame seeds into a basin; add water and fresh milk, have them mixed thoroughly and ground into a mash, then, filter out the fine extract for later use.  Put clean water and crystal sugar into a pot; after the crystal sugar has dissolved and been filtered, heat it until it boils; pour the extract of the sesame slowly into the pot, put in the rose paste; stir constantly to make it a paste.  Ladle it out from the pot after it's done.

DIRECTIONS: Take it as much as you like.

EFFICACY: Tonifying yin, replenishing the kidney, nourishing the spleen and moistening the intestines.

INDICATIONS: Symptoms due to deficiency of the liver and the kidney or asthenia after an illness, such as Constipatoin, early greying of hair, etc.  For middle-aged and old people, it can strengthen the constitution and prolong life if they take it often and frequently.