Ong Chwee Ting – Herbal Soups of Chinese Medicine | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. With over 30 years of practice, TCM physician Ong Chwee Ting talks about changing one’s mindset to prepare simple yet nourishing soups for the family. She shares about common herbs and ingredients to maintain our health, such as Chinese yam, astragalus, arrow root, and the Six Tastes Soup. 00:00 Introduction 04:00 Food as Therapy is Easy 05:13 Herbal Soups are Nourishing 08:59 Cooking for the Family 12:00 Chinese Yam & Black Chicken 15:17 Arrow Root & Radix Codonopsis 21:11 Six Tastes Soup 23:42 Chinese Yam 25:28 Astragalus 27:25 Lily Bulb & Lotus Seeds 28:09 Food for Cooler Months 30:29 Fruits for Monkeys 31:48 Cold Drinks & Dampness 33:27 If We are Unwell I’m Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian. I’m interested in the history of Singapore and the lives of its people. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city today. We discuss three topics: 1. People and places. 2. Change and continuity. 3. The importance of heritage. As a historian, I try to stay true to the oral history method on a video format and social media platform. I let the interviewee speak, as the ‘voice of the past’ as Paul Thompson put it. No clickbait, no BS, no posturing. The aim is to canvas a wide range of voices on various aspects of Singapore history and heritage – physical, social, cultural, economic. Do like the video, share your memories below and subscribe to the channel for future episodes. Write to lohkahseng@chroniclesresearch.com if you have any of these stories to share: • Old places or kampongs. • Communities – their way of life & culture. • Childhood & schools. • Work or business. Support Chronicles of Old Singapore on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChroniclesofOldSingapore Follow the channel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551786759344 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lks992002 Chronicles Research & Education is my research consultancy on the history of Singapore: https://www.chroniclesresearch.com/ Caveat: this is above all a podcast based on personal memory. As has been well-documented in oral history, memory is not always reliable and what is recalled here should not be taken as fact. However, as Alessandro Portelli noted, the subjectivity of oral history is also its great strength, and what is inaccurately remembered may point to how deeply meaningful the past is to people. #singaporehistory #memory #heritage #nostalgia #oralhistory #socialhistory #history #singapore