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Soups

Soup is the gentlest form of healing. From Qi-nourishing chicken soup with Astragalus, to lung-soothing pear soup with Fritillaria, to spleen-strengthening Four-Herb Soup — every bowl embodies the art of slow-simmered wellness. Find your perfect healing soup.

42 recipes total

Kelp and Soybean Soup
Kelp and soybean soup is a light, savoury, and nourishing home-style soup. Kelp is rich in iodine and dietary fibre, helping to soften hardness, dissipate nodul…
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- promote diuresis to reduce edema
- Promotes qi circulation and disperses nodules.
- lower blood lipids
- lower blood pressure / antihypertensive
- Women's Wellness
- Recovery Meals
- Office Wellness
- Gathering & Sharing
- Bedtime Nourishment
Tomato, Enoki Mushroom and Tofu Soup
Tomato, enoki mushroom and tofu soup is a quick, comforting, and nutritious home-style soup with a bright red colour and a sweet-tangy flavour. The natural acid…
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- Supplements calcium and strengthens bones
- fortify the Spleen and stimulate appetite
- promote fluid production and quench thirst
- moisten the Intestines and unblock the bowels
- Recovery Meals
- Gathering & Sharing
- Office Wellness
Winter Melon, Poria Cocos, Coix Seed and Lean Pork Soup
Winter melon, Poria cocos, coix seed and lean pork soup is a classic Cantonese nourishing soup designed to strengthen the spleen, drain dampness, and reduce ede…
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- Fortify the spleen and eliminate dampness
- promote diuresis to reduce edema
- Clears heat and releases the exterior.
- promote fluid production and quench thirst
- Promote digestion and lower blood lipids
- Women's Wellness
- Recovery Meals
- Office Wellness
- Gathering & Sharing
- Bedtime Nourishment
Dried Tangerine Peel, Black-Eyed Bean, Peanut and Pork Bone Soup
Dried tangerine peel, black-eyed bean, peanut and pork bone soup is a classic Cantonese home-style double-boiled soup. Black-eyed beans strengthen the spleen an…
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- Fortify the spleen and eliminate dampness
- promote diuresis to reduce edema
- Moisten the lung
- Nourish the complexion and moisten the skin
- tonify
- regulate Qi and harmonize the Stomach
- move qi to promote digestion
- Supplements calcium and strengthens bones
- Women's Wellness
- Recovery Meals
- Office Wellness
- Gathering & Sharing
- Bedtime Nourishment
Stir-Fried Coix Seed, Small Red Bean, Poria Cocos and Chicken Soup
Stir-fried coix seed, small red bean, Poria cocos and chicken soup is a classic Cantonese medicinal soup that perfectly combines "spleen-strengthening and dampn…
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- Fortify the spleen and eliminate dampness
- promote diuresis to reduce edema
- calm the heart
- Warms the middle jiao and regulates qi.
- Women's Wellness
- Recovery Meals
- Office Wellness
- Gathering & Sharing
- Bedtime Nourishment
Spinach and Pork Liver Soup
Spinach and pork liver soup is a classic home-style soup known for nourishing the blood and supporting liver health. Pork liver tonifies the liver, nourishes th…
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- Tonify the Blood
- Brighten the eyes and nourish the liver
- Improves anemia
- brighten the eyes
- nourish Yin
- moisten dryness
- Moistens the intestines and relieves constipation.
- Harmonizes the stomach.
- Women's Wellness
- Recovery Meals
- Gathering & Sharing
- Bedtime Nourishment
- Morning Nourishment
Winter Melon, Kelp and Dried Shrimp Soup
Winter melon, kelp and dried shrimp soup is a traditional home-style soup perfect for summer. The winter melon is sweet and refreshing, the kelp brings a savory…
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- Clears heat and releases the exterior.
- promote diuresis to reduce edema
- Supplements calcium and strengthens bones
- lower blood pressure / antihypertensive
- lower blood lipids
- moisten the Intestines and unblock the bowels
- Recovery Meals
- Gathering & Sharing
- Bedtime Nourishment
- Morning Nourishment
White Radish and Pork Rib Soup
White radish and pork rib soup is a classic, beloved Chinese home-style soup. The mild sweetness of white radish perfectly complements the rich savoriness of po…
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- regulate qi and relieve stuffiness in the middle (chest and diaphragm)
- clear the lung and moisten dryness
- Supplements calcium and strengthens bones
- Office Wellness
- Gathering & Sharing
- Morning Nourishment
- Bedtime Nourishment
Poria Cocos, Euryale Ferox and Lean Pork Soup (Spleen-Strengthening Dampness-Relief Soup)
Poria cocos, Euryale ferox and lean pork soup is a classic Cantonese medicinal soup that strengthens the spleen, drains dampness, and consolidates kidney qi. Po…
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- Fortify the spleen and eliminate dampness
- promote diuresis to reduce edema
- tonify the kidney and calm the heart.
- Evening Wind-Down
- Gathering & Sharing
- Morning Nourishment
Chinese Yam, Millet and Lean Pork Soup
Chinese yam, millet and lean pork soup is a nourishing soup that combines the health benefits of yam, millet, and pork. Yam strengthens the spleen and tonifies…
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- Fortify the spleen and benefit the stomach
- promote fluid production and quench thirst
- nourish Yin
- moisten dryness
- Warms the kidney and assists yang.
- Bedtime Nourishment
- Gathering & Sharing
- Women's Wellness
- Morning Nourishment

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