Soups
Wild Watercress Soup
Traditionally used to nourish yin and clear heat in dry weather
In short: Wild Watercress Soup is a soup that Traditionally used to nourish yin and clear heat in dry weather. It is most often made for cooling & summer heat, everyday balance. Total time about 3 hr 10 min. Key ingredients: honey dates.
Why people make this soup
Wild watercress (ye ge cai) is a wild green that also doubles as a folk medicinal herb, making a clear, fragrant soup. In tradition it is associated with dispersing cold, easing the breath, settling coughs, and clearing “bone heat.” The folk dish “wild watercress and snakehead fish soup” is traditionally valued to nourish yin and clear heat; simmered simply with honey dates as a tea, it makes a pleasant autumn wellness drink for dry weather. Fresh wild watercress is available at Chinese or Asian grocers, or online.
Safety first — read before you cook
This is a traditional food, not a treatment. Please check with your doctor or pharmacist before making it a regular part of your diet if you:
- are pregnant or breastfeeding, or are cooking for a young child;
- take regular medicines — especially blood thinners, blood-pressure, diabetes or immune-suppressing drugs;
- have a kidney, liver or heart condition, or a known food allergy.
Stop eating it and seek advice if you notice an allergic reaction or feel unwell. Safety notes reviewed 8 October 2026 · How we write safety notes
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