Kudzu Root & Job's Tears Soup

Why people make this soup

Nourilo couldn’t resist picking up two very fresh kudzu roots fresh off the truck. Kudzu root is a wonderful soup ingredient — sweet in taste, cooling in nature — and is traditionally associated with quenching thirst, easing restlessness, and relieving headache, fever, and a tight, stiff neck and upper back. In dry autumn weather, when the body feels parched and the mind restless, kudzu soup is traditionally used as a gentle support. This “kudzu and Job’s tears soup” is traditionally valued to clear heat, promote urination, and support healthy blood pressure.