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Cooling Soups for Hot Weather

Soups

Night-Blooming Cereus, Carrot and Dried Duck Gizzard Soup

Traditionally used to moisten the lungs and ease autumn dryness

⏱ 3 hr 20 min 3–4 bowls

Soups

Honeysuckle and Polygonum Chinense Soup

Traditionally used to clear heat and damp and ease damp-heat diarrhea

⏱ 25 min 1 serving

Soups

Yacon, Fig and Apricot Kernel Sweet Soup

Traditionally used to clear heat, moisten the lungs and ease the bowels

⏱ 1 hr 15 min 4 servings

Soups

Red Bean, Hyacinth Bean and Old Cucumber Soup

Traditionally used to clear summer heat and damp and support clearer skin

⏱ 2 hr 15 min 4–5 bowls

Soups

Damp-Clearing Winter Melon Soup

Traditionally used to clear heat and damp and support children's defenses in HFMD season

⏱ 1 hr 45 min 2 bowls

Soups

Fresh Smilax (Tu Fu Ling) and Grass Turtle Soup

Traditionally used to clear heat and damp and support skin troubled by itchiness

⏱ 3 hr 20 min 3–4 bowls

Herbal & Flower Teas

Tender Mulberry Shoot, Ophiopogon and Apricot Kernel Tea

Traditionally used to nourish yin, moisten the lungs and soothe dryness

⏱ 30 min 1 pot for the family

Soups

Kelp, Rehmannia and Mung Bean Soup

Traditionally used to clear heat, cool the blood and ease summer-damp

⏱ 1 hr 15 min 3–4 bowls

Soups

Papaya, Snow Fungus and Lean Pork Soup

Traditionally used to nourish yin, moisten dryness and support the skin

⏱ 1 hr 20 min about 4 bowls

Tonic Drinks & Waters

Watercress and Monk Fruit Water

Traditionally clears heat and moistens dryness

⏱ 2 hr 10 min 3–4 bowls

Soups

Fresh Smilax, Mung Bean, and Coix Seed Soup

Traditionally helps clear damp heat and relieve skin itching, associated with supporting skin comfort

⏱ 2 hr 15 min 3–4 bowls

Herbal & Flower Teas

Isatis Leaf, Forsythia & Honeysuckle Detox Tea

traditionally used to clear heat, support the body against viral pathogens, and help prevent flu

⏱ 50 min 2–3 bowls (2–3 servings)

Soups

Dried Ginger, Poria, Atractylodes and Licorice Soup

Traditionally warms the spleen and dispels cold-damp

⏱ 50 min 1 small bowl (single serving)

Herbal & Flower Teas

Glehnia, Ophiopogon and Fig Tea

traditionally used to nourish yin, moisten dryness, and support oral comfort

⏱ 35 min 2 bowls

Soups

Chayote, Corn and Dried Whelk Soup

traditionally associated with clearing mild internal heat, nourishing yin, and moistening the lungs

⏱ 1 hr 50 min 4 bowls

Soups

Five-Finger Fig Lean Pork Soup

traditionally associated with strengthening the spleen, clearing dampness from the body, and gently nourishing lung qi

⏱ 2 hr 15 min 4 bowls / 1 pot

Soups

Glehnia Root, Ophiopogon, Snow Fungus, Almond and Pig Lung Soup

Traditionally associated with nourishing the lungs, moistening dryness, calming chronic cough, and supporting recovery from respiratory illness

⏱ 140 min 4 bowls (suitable for the whole family)

Soups

Winter Melon Dampness-Clearing Soup

traditionally used to clear summer heat, drain dampness, and support energy during hot weather

⏱ 2 hr 15 min 4 bowls

Tonic Drinks & Waters

Cherry Infused Wine

Traditionally used to support joint health and ease wind-damp pain

approximately 1 litre of infused wine (multiple servings)

Soups

Bottle Gourd, Adzuki Bean and Barley Soup

traditionally used to support urinary comfort and reduce summer dampness

⏱ 2 hr 15 min 4 bowls

Soups

Snow Ear, Goji Berry, and Fig Sweet Soup

traditionally used to nourish yin, moisten dryness, and support eye comfort

⏱ 75 min 2–3 bowls

Soups

Two-Ginseng, Solomon's Seal, and Fresh Lily Bulb Soup (Er Can Yu Zhu Xian Bai He Tang)

traditionally associated with boosting qi, generating fluids, and moistening dryness in the throat and lungs

⏱ 80 min 3 bowls

Soups

Dried Vegetable, Almond, Soybean, and Carrot Soup

traditionally associated with moistening the lungs, clearing heat, and protecting the respiratory tract during dry weather

⏱ 140 min 4 bowls

Soups

Qingbuliang Pork Rib Soup

Traditionally used to moisten internal dryness, calm internal heat, and nourish the organs in dry seasons

⏱ 140 min 4 bowls