White Ginseng Soy Milk

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: White Ginseng Soy Milk

Chinese Name: 白参豆浆

Formula

3 grams of white ginseng, 300 grams of soy milk.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Wash the white ginseng, sun-dry or oven-dry it, grind it into a very fine powder, and set aside. Bring the soy milk to a boil in a pot, then stir in the white ginseng powder, mix well, and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.

Efficacy

It tonifies qi and strengthens the spleen, while nourishing yin and the stomach. Suitable for gastric ptosis caused by prolonged illness and physical weakness, with both qi and yin deficiency.

Usage

Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.

Commentary

White ginseng (Bai-shen) acts as the chief herb; warm and sweet, slightly bitter in character, it travels through the Spleen, Lung, Heart, Kidney meridians, working chiefly to greatly tonifies yuan qi, restore collapse and generate fluids. Soy milk (Dou-jiang) joins as the supporting deputy. Sweet-neutral in property, it enters the Spleen, Stomach meridians and works to nourish yin and generate fluids. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. The overall effect is to tonify qi and strengthen the spleen, while nourishing yin and the stomach, restoring balance within the yin deficiency and qi framework.

White Ginseng Soy Milk，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,It tonifies qi and strengthens the spleen, while nourishing yin and the stomach. Suitable for gastric ptosis caused by prolonged illness and physical weakness, with both qi and yin deficiency.

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