Vegetarian confinement recipe- English Version

Extract from Dr. Jiang Shuhui’s book & "you fu tong xiang"

First two week
Breakfast:
- “Su He” pil
- Whole wheat bread/whole wheat biscuit/(black glutinous rice + dried orange peel + old ginger + black/crystal sugar + longan)
- High protein drink (grain powder/milo/soybean flour)
- “Sheng Hua” soup (1-2 placard): Dong Quai当归3 钱，川弓2钱，桃仁2钱，炮姜炭3钱，甘草, any chinese medicine shop will have their own formula but should work the same. The main reason of taking this soup is get rid of the ----> Or replace with boiling old ginger with black sugar

Lunch/dinner:
1. Unpolished brown rice/organic noodles/mee suah/(sesame oil + ginger + grape wine fried rice)
2.a) “Tang Shen”(Codonopsis pilosula) + red dates water
b) Red dates tea (red dates + “ji zhi”(qi sub) + “tang shen” (codonopsis pilosula) + Dong quai (Chinese angelica) + black dates)
c) The unpolished rice tea (Wash and dry the unpolished brown rice, fry with ginger pieces. When it’s almost ready put in some Dong Quai pieces. You can keep this in jar. Prepare the tea by pouring hot water on some rice in hot water flask. Let it soak for a while before you drink. You can pour in more water for second or third time.)
3。Soup:
a) Black soybeans + “serai”(“chang mao”- in Hokkien)
b) Cook pure ginger soup
c) Tamarind juice
d) Old ginger juice
e) Red bean ginger soup (red bean + “pak hap” + black sugar + old ginger + rice wine)
f) longan soup
g) 冬虫草 “Tong chong chao” + red dates + “ji zhi”(qi sub) + “Tang Shen”(codonopsis pilosula)
h) black soybeans + red dates + black fungus (“hei mu er” or auricularia auricular) + “Tang Shen”(codonopsis pilosula) + wine to make soup

4. Main dish (add ginger and sesame oil):
a) lady’s finger
b) sweet bean
c) cowpea
d) corn
e) dried beancurd
f) raisin
g) steamed bean-jam bun
h) black soybean
i) potato
j) broccoli
k) shiitake mushroom
l) black fungus “hei mu er” or auricularia auricular
m) black and white sesame seed
n) “san bao fen” three treasures powder
o) carrot
p) vegetable heart
q) sweet potato leaf
r) jack bean
(Don’t take water spinach, bean sprouts, cucumber, leaf mustard, cabbage)

After latter two weeks (or menstruation few)
Breakfast:
- “Su He” pil
- Whole wheat bread/whole wheat biscuit/(black glutinous rice + dried orange peel + old ginger + black/crystal sugar + longan)
- High protein drink (grain powder/milo/soybean flour)

Lunch/Dinner:
1-3: (same as above)
3 i) Blood-tonic-relieve-sickness soup (“nan jiang” or “lengkuas” in Malay (south ginger), “serai” or “chang mao” in Hokkien (cymbopogon spp), pepper grain, vegetarian “mutton”, black soybean)
4. Main dish (add ginger and sesame oil): - as above-
5.After 3 weeks: Apple, grape, pineapple