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What causes the dark circles under eyes? And what can we do to get rid of them? The body tells us we are tired by producing two "panda eyes" on our face. Working overtime and lack of sleep are the primary culprits responsible for the dark circles formation. In this article, let us show you the top 4 Chinese soup recipes to prevent or remove dark circles under your eyes.
Apple and Fresh Fish Soup
Ingredients : 3 apples (500 grams), 1 fish, 2 slices of ginger, 10 red dates and salt.
Cooking Steps : Wash up all the ingredients. Wash fish in water to remove scales and impurities. Then rinse fish thoroughly with fresh water and pat dry with paper towels. Peel and core the apples and cut into pieces. Peel the skin of ginger and cut into slices. Fry ginger in an oil pan and then fry fish until light brown. Put apple pieces, 2 slices of ginger and 10 red dates in a pot. Fill pot with clean water and cook with high heat until done. Then add in the fried fish and salt. Switch into low heat and continue to cook for 2 hours. Take this soup twice a day in the morning and evening. Apple and fresh fish soup can help prevent dark circles and eye bags by improving spleen deficiency, blood deficiency, edema, dizziness and sleep loss.
Chinese Matrimony-Vine and Pork Liver Soup
Ingredients : 50 grams of Chinese matrimony-vine, 400 grams of pork liver, 2 slices of ginger and salt.
Cooking Steps : Wash up all the ingredients. Cut pork liver into slices. Put Chinese matrimony-vine and 2 slices of ginger in a pot. Fill some clean water and cook with high heat for 30 minutes. Then switch into low heat and continue to cook for 45 minutes. Add in pork liver and salt. Cook until done. Take it twice a day in the morning and evening. This soup can help recuperate the deficiency of liver and kidney and clear heat from human body that is good for blood and the eyes to prevent dark circles.
Chinese Angelica and Chicken Porridge
Ingredients : 10 grams of Chinese Angelica, 3 grams of ligusticum wallichii, 5 grams of Huang Qi, 2 grams of safflower, 1000 grams of chicken soup and 100 grams of rice.
Cooking Steps : Wash up the first 3 ingredients with rice wine. Cut them into thin slices and wrap the slices in a bag. Pour chicken soup in a pot together with the bag. Add some clean water and cook until medicine juice appears. Take the bag out of the soup. Add in rice and cook with high heat. Then switch into low heat. Take this porridge several times a day can help remove dark circles due to blood deficiency.
American Ginseng and Pig Blood Soup
Ingredients : 15 grams of American Ginseng, 250 grams of fresh pig blood, 250 grams of big bean sprout without roots and petals, 200 grams of lean pork meat, 2 slices of ginger and salt.
Cooking Steps : Wash up all the ingredients. Cut the American Ginseng and lean pork meat into slices. Peel the skin of ginger and cut into slices. Fill a pot with clean water. Add all the ingredients when the water is boiled. Switch into low heat and cook for 1 hour. Take this soup once a day can help maintain mental tranquility and remove dark circles under eyes. American Ginseng and pig blood soup has been taken as a blood tonic now.
What’s more, whole-wheat bread contains not only protein, cellulose, potassium and minerals, but is rich in Vitamin B1 that is also able to help diminish eye circles and maintain the body vitality, leaving smooth skin and healthy, bright eyes.