Cantonese Soups

Ingredients · Chinese herbs

Glehnia root (shashen)

沙參

Pale thin sticks that moisten the lungs.

Cooling微寒

Traditionally eaten to clear heat. Best in hot, dry or "heaty" spells. Source: Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022).

Where to buy

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Soups with glehnia root (shashen)

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