Radish Seed, Fritillaria and Partridge Soup

Why people make this soup

For phlegmy children, Nourilo often points parents to perilla seed and radish seed cooked into congee. Radish seed is simply the seed of the white radish, traditionally associated with easing food stagnation and settling phlegm and wheeze. Here he pairs it with fritillaria for hot, dry, phlegmy coughs, and adds partridge — a mild bird traditionally thought to support the organs without being heating — because children who cough easily are often a little weak in the lungs.