Bouillon De Poulet Pour Les Maux De Poitrine

Ingredients

• 1 young chicken, well-fleshed
• 6 cups water
• 12 jujubes
• 12 sebestes
• 1 small leaf of pulmonaria
• 1 small leaf of scolo-pendre
• 1 small leaf of borage
• 1 small leaf of bugloss
• 1 small handful of pas-d'âne flowers
• 20 grains of sulfur salt (coarse sea salt)

Directions

1. Remove the skin and bones from the chicken and place it in a pot with 6 cups of water.

2. Bring to a boil and reduce the broth by one-third.

3. Add the jujubes and sebestes, and boil for 10 minutes.

4. Stir in the pulmonaria, scolo-pendre, borage, bugloss, and pas-d'âne flowers.

5. Remove from heat and let infuse for 10 minutes.

6. Strain the broth through a fine cloth, pressing to extract all liquid.

7. Serve the broth warm in the morning on an empty stomach.

8. Just before serving, add 20 grains of sulfur salt.