Astragalus, Cinnamon-Twig and Spatholobus Chicken Soup

Why people make this soup

Some women run cold by constitution, with hands and feet that never quite warm up all year — especially office workers who sit in air-conditioning. Add cold drinks or too much cooling fruit in summer and the womb chills easily, which can bring uncomfortable, cramping periods and even achy joints on the stairs. This “astragalus, cinnamon-twig and spatholobus soup” is traditionally enjoyed to support qi and the body’s defences and to warm and move the blood — a kind choice for a cold constitution, irregular comfort during the cycle, and cold hands and feet.