moistens the lungssoothes cougheases the bowels適合燥熱咳、乾咳
The tongue-shaped dark-green leaf of Sauropus spatulifolius, a low Lingnan shrub, sold fresh in bunches or dried at herbal shops. Mild and faintly sweet, the leaves soften silkily in the pot and are classically simmered with lean pork for dry-weather soups.
Lingnan tradition simmers the leaves with lean pork for dry-season throats, crediting them with moistening the lungs, easing heat-type dry cough and smoothing the bowels.
Cautions — read first
For a cold cough, or a cough from internal injury, cooling and moistening soups make the illness worse. It suits a hot or dry cough only, and with a cold cough it makes things worse.
Preparation
Fresh or dried leaves, washed and used as they are.
moistens the lungssoothes coughresolves phlegmAutumn
百子櫃Dragon's tongue leaf· 20 g百子櫃Monk fruit· a third百子櫃Sweet apricot kernel· 40 g (1 tael) of 南杏 and 北杏 combined百子櫃Bitter apricot kernel· 40 g (1 tael) of 南杏 and 北杏 combined百子櫃Candied honey date· 2街市Lean pork· 300 g
“Heaty? Then this is the pot.”
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Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.