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What to eat to strengthen your bones? Five recommended soups to strengthen your muscles and bones

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Asked on:Apr 10, 2026 12:18 PM

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  • Charmaine Charmaine

    Apr 10, 2026

      Xiaozhuang Zidan Decoction

      Ingredients: Fresh pork tibia, soybeans, purple salvia, cinnamon, salt, etc. in appropriate amounts.

      Method: 1. First rinse the purple salvia miltiorrhiza with clean water to remove impurities, then add an appropriate amount of water and boil for an hour to remove the residue and retain the juice.

      2. Boil the juice with pork shanks and soybeans. After the soybeans are thoroughly cooked, add a little cinnamon and salt to taste and serve.

      Tip: This soup can nourish bones and generate marrow, activate blood circulation and relieve pain, and can assist in the treatment of fractures.

      Beef and red date soup

      Ingredients: Beef, 20 red dates, appropriate amounts of salt, MSG, etc.

      Method: 1. Cut the beef into small pieces and add the washed red dates to the pot.

      2. Add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat before eating.

      Tips: This soup can replenish the heart and stomach, replenish qi and blood, strengthen muscles and bones. Beef calms the body and replenishes qi, nourishes the spleen and stomach, eliminates edema, and removes moisture. Among meats, beef has the highest nutritional value. Regular consumption of this soup can nourish the body. This soup can replenish the body and qi, help muscle growth, and promote recovery from injuries.

      Angelica tibia soup

      Ingredients: Angelica sinensis, pork tibia, salt, etc. in appropriate amounts.

      Method: 1. Wash the angelica slices and pork tibia, smash them into small pieces, and put them in the pot together with a little attached muscle.

      2. Add an appropriate amount of water, put the soup on the fire and boil for about an hour. If you use a pressure cooker, it will take 15 minutes. Add salt to taste and it is ready to eat.

      Tip: This soup can replenish yin and blood, benefit the liver and kidneys, and strengthen the muscles and bones. It is suitable as a nutritional dietary formula for patients recovering from fractures.

      Angelica Pork Ribs Soup

      Ingredients: Angelica sinensis, psoralen, Sichuan cuttlefish, fresh pork chops or beef ribs, etc. in appropriate amounts.

      Method: Chop the pork ribs into pieces, put them in a pot with the three traditional Chinese medicines in the ingredients, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook until the meat is thoroughly cooked.

      Tip: This soup can activate blood circulation and remove blood clots, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It is suitable for patients in the middle stage of fracture, when the bone injury site is swollen, the pain is significantly reduced, the congestion and swelling have not completely dissipated, and the bone injury has not yet healed.

      Duhuo black bean soup

      Ingredients: Suho, black beans, rice wine, etc. in appropriate amounts.

      Method: 1. Wash the Duhuo black beans, add an appropriate amount of water, and bring to a boil over high heat.

      2. Fry over low heat until cooked, then strain out the residue and extract the juice. Pour in rice wine and drink it twice a day.

      Tips: This soup has the effect of removing internal dampness, harmonizing blood and unblocking meridians, and is used as an auxiliary treatment for wind-cold, joint pain, waist and knee pain or sequelae of stroke.(99healthy Special article on the website (www.99.com.cn). If you need to reprint, please indicate the source. )