Basic Chinese Chicken Soup Stock (Soup Base)

It started with a cold.  My whole family had it, being passed from one person to the other.  My symptoms were light though, feeling primarily fatigue throughout a two week period, until the end.  I developed this mildly itchy (but highly irritating) cough that just wouldn’t go away, even with cough syrup.  So I went to find my Chinese doctor and herbalist who asked me a few questions, asked me to show him my tongue and recommended this mild tea designed to squash that pesky cough.

A majority of the ingredients are cough attacking ingredients and readily found at your wet marts, herbalist, or dried food stalls.  They are primarily leafy and stem based, and not a cooling tea at all, but does address heatiness in the body.  Normally, anything cooling actually stimulates coughing more, so these are warm ingredients that are paired perfectly for anyone who wants to try an alternative solution to the drowsy cough medicine.  This tea is mild enough for kids, mild enough to drink back to back, slightly warming, but not heaty, and perfect for vegetarians.  On top of the dried herbs, chuck in a slice of ginger for good measure!

This tea is already slightly sweet (due to the sugared dried kumquat) and quite soothing to drink.  No sugar needed!

Cough Reduction Team (From Colds)

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 5 mins

 

Author: LadyTong

Recipe type: Chinese Tea

Cuisine: Chinese Tea

Serves: 2 cups

Ingredients

• ½ cup of dragon's tongue leaves
• 2 cups of dried loquat leaves
• 1 whole sugared and dried kumquat
• 1 tablespoon of dried coltsflower leaves
• 1 thick slice of fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon of apricot kernals
• 2-3 slices of dried snow pears
• 2 cups of water

Instructions

1. Boil your tea water
2. Once boiling, add in all the ingredients together
3. Boil on medium high (covered) for an hour
4. Strain the ingredients
5. Serve and enjoy

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