Tiger Milk Ganoderma, Snow Fungus, and Apricot Kernel Soup

Why people make this soup

Many parents notice that once a child starts nursery or kindergarten, they seem to catch one cold after another — barely recovered from a cough before coming home with a runny nose again. In traditional Chinese food-therapy thinking, children prone to these repeated respiratory infections are often described as having “lung qi deficiency,” meaning their lung energy is not robust enough to fend off external pathogens. This soup brings together four ingredients that Chinese food therapists have long associated with nourishing lung function and building resilience over time. Tiger milk ganoderma (a white variety of lingzhi mushroom) is considered particularly gentle, making it well accepted by children who might otherwise resist medicinal soups.