Cordyceps Flower, Lingzhi and Almond Soup

Why people make this soup

Cordyceps flower contains cordyceps polysaccharides traditionally associated with building constitution and supporting the lungs. Simmered with tiger-milk lingzhi, lily bulb and apricot kernels, it makes a soup many families turn to in order to help keep recurrent coughs and wheeze at bay.

Method

1. Blanch the lean pork (or partridge) to clean it. Soak and rinse all the other ingredients.
2. Put everything in a pot with 1.8 L of water.
3. Simmer for about 2 hours, reducing to about 1.2 L. Drink the soup and eat the ingredients.

Nourilo’s Tips

This soup is helpful for children with weak lungs and a lingering cough and can be taken regularly — but do not take it while an acute cold is still present; let the cold clear first.