Dayflower and Lophatherum (Bamboo Leaf) Soup

Why people make this soup

Passing a stall of wild herbs, Nourilo spotted fresh dayflower — a wild plant whose tender leaves can even be eaten as a vegetable, though it is more often used medicinally. Dayflower is traditionally used to cool the blood, drain dampness and ease urination; paired with lophatherum (a bamboo-style leaf), it is traditionally taken to bring down heat and increase urine flow. This is a folk soup associated with supporting the body during summer colds, sore throat and difficult urination.