Wei Xiang

Wei Xiang,

Formulas Name : Wei Xiang

Chinese Name : 围像

Drug Formulation

1 leg of mutton (boiled and finely chopped), 2 sheep tails (cooked and finely chopped), 2 lotus roots, 2 jin of cattail shoots, 5 cucumbers, half a jin of ginger, 2 pieces of milk curd, 4 liang of pickled ginger, half a jin of pickled cucumber, 10 eggs (fried into cakes), 1 jin of mushrooms,turnip greens and Chinese chives (each cut into strips).

Source

*Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 1.

Instructions for Use

Combine the above ingredients with good meat broth, mix in 2 jin of ground sesame paste and half a jin of minced ginger, and stir-fry together. Season with scallions, salt, and vinegar, and serve with flatbread.

Wei Xiang,*Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 1.,

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