The Soup Queen

I ran out of my dang gui pills recently so I decided to pop by Veng Tatt Soon in town. I usually try to eat one dang gui pill per day after my menses. I try to be as consistent with this but even so, I sometimes forget! I thought this would be a better option on days when I am too tired to double boil dried dang gui soup or even ba zhen soup. If I am to make these soups, I must first check if my freezer has chicken drumstick. I find my soups more palatable if I have at least some chicken in it. Also, I read that protein combines better with the nourishing goodness of these soups. So dang gui pills (RM25 for 100 clear capsules) will have to make do when I am not in the mood to boil any soups! Anyway, as I was about to walk out of the herbalist shop, I saw some plastic jars stacked near the counter. I'm always curious about new herbs so I asked the guy. He told me these were black wolfberry or black goji berry. Looks like black peppercorns, don't they? They'r...