Wheat Grain, Black Bean, Lotus Seed and Nan Jujube Soup

Why people make this soup

Sleep trouble is one of the most common city complaints — trouble falling asleep, light sleep that wakes at the smallest sound, or waking early and not being able to drift off again. Over time it leaves you frazzled, foggy and off your food. In food-therapy terms, wheat grain is seen as a food that “settles the heart,” and Nourilo pairs it here with black soybeans, lotus seeds and sweet nan jujube. The combination is traditionally used for that restless, anxious kind of sleeplessness tied to “the heart and kidneys not communicating,” and it makes a mild, comforting bowl.