Chuan Bei, Lingzhi, Cordyceps and Gecko Soup

Why people make this soup

Nourilo tells of an old friend he hadn’t seen in years, now glowing and full of energy — utterly different from before, when asthma kept her up whole nights, unable even to lie down without wheezing. Someone suggested she gently double-boil a little cordyceps daily; she did so for the better part of a year and stopped having attacks. So, where budget allows, those with a weak, wheezy chronic cough sometimes turn to richer tonic ingredients like cordyceps, lingzhi and these. This soup is traditionally used to warm the kidney, support the lungs, and settle a chronic cough and wheeze.