Watercress, Luo Han Guo and Dried Duck-Gizzard Soup

Why people make this soup

Eating out often, with lots of spicy and oily food, easily builds up internal heat — bad breath, a sore throat, swollen gums, coughing, even nosebleeds. When that happens, something cooling helps, especially for clearing lung and stomach heat, and watercress soup is just the thing. Watercress is cooling and traditionally said to help stop bleeding, so it suits nosebleeds from lung-stomach heat. This watercress, monk fruit and dried duck-gizzard soup is one Nourilo reaches for to clear heat, cool the blood and soothe the throat.