Codonopsis, Astragalus and Partridge Soup

Why people make this soup

Flu spreads once autumn arrives, and it tends to hit harder than a common cold — chills, fatigue, cold sweats, aching joints, and often a high fever. Nourilo’s everyday advice is to eat well: vitamin A and C from fresh fruit and veg, plus zinc-rich foods like oyster, shrimp, enoki, malt and black sesame, and a little onion, garlic, spring onion and ginger in your cooking. When you want a proper restorative, this codonopsis, astragalus and partridge soup is a fine tonic, traditionally used to strengthen the body’s defenses.