Daylily, Celery and Lean Pork Soup

Why people make this soup

Celery has a long track record in both Western nutrition science and Chinese food therapy as a vegetable that may support healthy blood pressure. The variety used here is Chinese celery (also called Tang celery or fragrant celery), which is thinner and more aromatic than Western celery but carries similar — and in traditional thinking, more potent — benefits. Combined with dried daylily buds (a vegetable-herb used in Chinese cooking for centuries) and sweet red dates, this soup is satisfying, easy to prepare on a weeknight, and gentle enough for the whole family including elderly members. Nourilo particularly recommends it for older adults dealing with fatigue, mild dizziness, or tinnitus.