Huang Shu-hui's mother learned a secret family recipe from her own mother for a special medicinal tonic made from a combination of different herbs and eaten with chicken or duck as a supplement during the Winter Solstice.
當時台灣經濟普遍不好，平時吃不起好食品。黃淑慧的母親從外婆那兒學到一種家傳秘方，以許多種藥材燉製成特殊的補品，讓一般人配合冬至時節熬煮雞鴨來補身。