Heart & Circulation — 15 Ancient Chinese Recipes

Fifteen ancient Chinese recipes for circulation and blood pressure. Not fifteen versions of one thing.

Barley and winter melon soup. Black fungus and cucumber salad. Oat congee with walnut and flaxseed. Hawthorn and red date tea. Hawthorn braised beef with daikon. Black fungus, tofu and shiitake. Sardines with ginger and scallion. Beetroot and carrot soup. Steamed fish with black fungus. Hibiscus and hawthorn tea. Green tea brewed properly. Celery, walnut and vinegar. The salt jar that replaces the cellar. Garlic, crushed and waited for. And the pot that does the week.

Twelve ingredients, all ordinary, most of them cheap.