Blood Building Muffins

Muffins for supporting blood deficiency and reducing stress and anxiety

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Teff Flour-
3 pitted dates chopped
1 cup Almond Flour
3 Organic Eggs
¼ cup Goji Berries Chopped
¼ cup Walnuts chopped
1 TBS Molasses
1 TBS Chia Seeds
½ cup Oats
2 TBS Almond Butter
3 TBS coconut oil
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt

Optional: add fresh ginger for more warmth and spleen support if patient is having digestive issues

 Beat 3 eggs until yolks fully integrate with whites. Add 1 TBS of molasses, 2 TBS of raw local honey and 2 TBS of almond butter. Mix well. Chop 3 dates fine, and ½ cup of raw walnuts to your size preference. Add all dry ingredients (except walnuts) to wet ingredients, mix well. Place batter in lightly buttered muffin tin or muffin cups.  Sprinkle walnuts on top and bake at 350 for 14 minutes. Insert toothpick in muffin to see if it comes out clean. If not, bake for 2-3 more minutes before removing from oven. Remove muffins from tin, allowing them to cool. Optional to enjoy with organic butter or ghee.

TCM Dietary Therapy Information

Gou Qi Zi (Goji Berry) Supports Blood and Yin Deficiency, tonify liver and kidney (sweet and neutral)
Da Zao: Nourish Blood and calm the spirit, tonify spleen qi (sweet and neutral)
Molasses: Nourish blood (sweet,warm)
Teff Flour: Blood Building
Eggs: Nourish Yin and Blood (sweet and neutral)
Chia Seeds: Nourish Yin, support spleens digestive function

These muffins work synergistically to nourish and build blood in the body. They assist in nourishing yin and calming the spirit. The sweetness of the muffins nourish the spleen, support deficiency and nutritional density support blood building. The muffins strengthen qi and blood, improve spleen function as well as supporting liver, heart blood. When yin and blood are nourished and the body is not deficient of blood the patient should experience restful night sleep, healthy joint function, reduced stress and balanced energy in the body.

SSX of Blood Deficiency: Fatigue, pallor, constipation, anxiety, dry skin, palpitations, dizziness.