I’ve been eating too much hot qi food lately. I ate a handful of lychee, not to mention a bunch of spicy stuff, and mango. So naturally, I got a canker sore in my mouth from all that hot qi. That’s why I bought a can of grass jelly from the Chinese market this weekend. That and it’s just a refreshing dessert to have around in the summer.
I prepare it in a simple way: a couple cubes of grass jelly, a few ice cubes, and a sprinkle of sugar. That’s the way my mom used to serve it, so it’s the way I’m used to eating it. Not a lot of people like the taste of it, but I’ve grown to like it.
definitely an acquired taste. rather medicinal but refreshing.
Does it really help canker sores? I eat soo much lychee in the summer so I get a lot of them too (I swear, it’s part genetics too).
Switching to non-SLS (sodium laurel / laureth sulfate) toothpaste can be a big help if you get them a lot.
Pomelo, bitter melon, or other cold qi stuff seems to help too.
It’s not scientific or anything, but my canker sore did get better after I ate some of the jelly and had some awful cold qi tea the night before.
I don’t eat too much hot qi food (as far as I know), but I get canker sores all the time. I’ll have to give grass jelly a try…
I assume Ai Yu jelly doesn’t count? I like the taste of that a lot better 😉
I’m not sure, but I think aiyu is cooling too, even though it’s not technically a grass jelly.
Gonna bust out my can of grass jelly too. I like to add fresh fruits to it too. Have you ever tried Phoenix Desserts (many locations in LA). They serve some great desserts. I like their herbal tea to calm my qi.
space invaders ice cubes scientifically proven to heal canker sores? i’d better write that one down 🙂
ah ha – who knew?! i remember summers of sipping grass jelly drink growing up – my mom said it’d cool me down.