About this book: Health is everyone's most important asset. People are willing to spend big bucks on steeply priced herbal tonics, but not many of them are aware of the nourishing property of some inexpensive and seemingly commonplace ingredients. Lisa Yam collected over 40 health tonic recipes from different places. None of them have expensive fancy herbs in them, but they work magic in building a good foundation for good health. Serving the right tonic in the right season cuts the medical bill. That's why it's also a frugal way to run a household.

	Contents
6	Storing herbal medicine
7	The inexpensive health boosters
	Folkloric Tonics
9	American Ginseng Milk with Tian Qi
10	Haw and Green Papaya Drink
12	Gou Teng Tea
14	Dried Longans and Ling Zhi Tea
16	Lime with Honey and Garlic
18	Braised Rice with Grated Ginger and Garlic
20	Apple and Crocodile Meat Soup
22	Pork Lung Soup with Dang Shen
24	Double-steamed Frogs in Coconut
26	Millet Congee with Sea Cucumber
	Daily Nourishment
29	Snakehead Fish Bones and Tofu Soup
30	Pueraria Root and Raw Di Huang Soup
32	Snow Frog Jelly Thick Soup with Minced Pork
34	Chicken Offal and Cloud Ear Fungus Soup
36	Jellyfish Heads in Mature Vinegar
38	Steamed Snakehead Fish Slices
40	Steamed Egg Custard with Snow Frog Jelly and White Fungus
42	Simmered Carp with Glutinous Rice Filling
44	Stir Fried Yellow Eel with Chinese Chives
46	Simmered Frogs with Ginger and Spring Onion
48	Steamed Pork Cheek and Dried Whitebaits in Fermented Baby Shrimp Paste
50	Fried Beef Liver in Steak Sauce
	Tonics for Women
53	Dang Gui Soup with Large Dates and Hard-boiled Egg
54	Dried Longans Tea with Brown Sugar and Mature Ginger
56	Poached Egg with Distillers' Rice Grains
58	Steamed Pork Potty with Pork Liver
60	White Fungus Sweet Soup with Dried Persimmon and Eggs
62	Snow Frog Jelly and Lotus Seeds Sweet Soup
64	Fish Maw Sweet Soup with White Fungus
66	Pork Liver and Qi Zi Soup
68	Tilapia and Egg Drop Soup
70	Chicken and Distillers' Rice Grains in Glutinous Rice Wine
72	Braised Yellow Eel and Rice with Sliced Pork
	Therapeutic Recipes
75	Radish Sweet Drink
76	Mature Ginger and Egg Drop Soup
78	Double-steamed Tianjin Pear with Chuan Bei and Honey
80	Jellyfish Head Soup with Water Chestnuts
82	Ji Gu Coo Tea with Candied Dates
84	Tian Ma Drink with Large Dates
86	Mature Ginger and Shen Qu Tea
88	Apple Paste
89	Double-steamed Bananas with Rock Sugar
90	Brandy and Coke Drink
92	Noodles with Dan Dou Chi and Spring Onion