Dragon's-Tongue Leaf, Shi Huang Pi and Apple Soup

Why people make this soup

After a cold, the throat often stays uncomfortable and a cough lingers on. Whether the cough is cold-type or heat-type, Nourilo reaches for fresh dragon’s-tongue leaf and shi huang pi — folk herbs long used to ease the lingering cough that follows a cold, as well as phlegmy cough and sore throat. With apricot kernels they are traditionally said to clear dryness and moisten the lungs, and adding two apples and a carrot makes the soup sweet and easy to drink for both cold and heat cough.