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Source: Lǎo Lǎo Héng Yán 老老恒言

Ingredients

• Zhǐ jù zǐ (枳椇子 Hoveniae Fructus seu Semen, honey tree fruit) 10–15g
• Jīng mǐ (粳米 Oryzae Semen, non-glutinous rice) 30–60g

Actions: Eliminates vexation and thirst; resolves alcohol toxin.

Indications: Drunkenness, heat vexation, and thirst.

Method: Boil the rice to a thin gruel in a strained decoction of the honey tree fruit.

Rationale: Zhǐ jù zǐ is sweet and sour, warm, and nontoxic. Its flavor is largely explained by its glucose and malic acid content. The Chinese discovered its liquor-resolving and thirst-allying qualities long ago, and have widely used it for inebriation and for dispersion-thirst.

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