- 4-5 slices首烏 (Shou Wu)
- 1/2 - 1 cup 青仁黑豆 (green black beans)
- 1/4 cup 桑寄生 (mulberry mistletoe)
- 2 pieces 南棗 (southern jujube)
- 1/2 slice 片糖 (slice brown sugar), optional
1. Rinse the green black beans several times and soak them in the water overnight.
2. Put Shou Wu and mulberry mistletoe in soup sieve.
3. Rinse Shou Wu, mulberry mistletoe with the soup sieve and southern jujube several times, and soak them in the water for 2 - 5 mins. Rinse again.
4. Put the soup sieve and southern jujube into the green black beans and water. Add more water until about 3 cups. Boil for 20 mins. with lid on.
5. Turn off the heat, keep the lid close, and keep it on the stove top for another 20 - 30 mins.
6. Remove the soup sieve, save the green black beans and southern jujube to eat separately.
7. The soup can keep in the refrigerator, for few weeks. Drink 1/4 - 1/2 cup daily or once on a next day.
