SC - OT Modern Chicken Soup Recipe / another one

[Laura C. Minnick]

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
 

> The soup I made would be seen by Chinese doctors as having a moderately
> cooling effect, good for mild fevers and for clearing the lungs of crud.
> Your spicy soup would presumably be seen as having a heating effect,
> which in extreme cases could still be useful for a cold in people with
> cold, moist constitutions (what medieval Europeans would have classified
> as phegmatic in nature), in the same way an expectorant cough syrup
> generates phlegm in order to clear the lungs.

Interesting. When I have a cold or allergy problems, I tend to go for
szechwan, curry, or good mexican food. With lots of hot tea and fruit
juice. (And since Autumn has suddenly hit my corner of Oregon, guess
what I've been eating for the past few days?...)

'Lainie
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