Ginkgo Nut, Walnut, Tiger Milk Lingzhi and Dried Crocodile Meat Soup

Why people make this soup

In Cantonese food-therapy tradition, dried crocodile meat (e yu rou gan) is considered one of the finest ingredients for supporting lung strength and easing chronic respiratory weakness — it has been used in Hong Kong herbal soup shops for generations. Combined with ginkgo nuts (which have a long history of use in Chinese medicine for lung and asthma-related conditions), walnuts (associated with kidney and lung tonification), and tiger milk lingzhi mushroom (a Southeast Asian medicinal fungus associated with respiratory support), this soup is aimed at people who have a naturally weak constitution, experience recurring coughs that linger well after a cold, or have mild asthmatic tendencies. Nourilo makes this for family members who seem to catch every seasonal bug and struggle to fully recover.