Coix Seed, Mung Bean, and Lamb Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warms and tonifies kidney yang. Suitable for infertility due to kidney yang deficiency, characterized by infertility accompanied by aversion to cold and cold extremities, pale complexion, dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, clear and copious urine, a pale tongue with a thin white coating, and a deep, fine pulse.
Coix Seed, Mung Bean, and Lamb Decoction
Herbal Tea Name: Coix Seed, Mung Bean, and Lamb Decoction
Chinese Name: 苡仁绿豆羊肉饮
Formula
50 grams of coix seeds, 100 grams of mung beans, 200 grams of lamb, and cooking wine, salt, and MSG to taste.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Wash the lamb, cut it into strips or small pieces, and mince it into a paste. Wash the coix seeds, sun-dry or oven-dry them, and grind them into a fine powder.Rinse the mung beans thoroughly, place them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until tender. Add the ground lamb; once it comes to a boil, add cooking wine and continue simmering until the lamb is tender and fragrant. Stir in the coix seed powder until well blended, then add salt and MSG. Simmer until the soup thickens, and it is ready.
Efficacy
Warms and tonifies kidney yang. Suitable for infertility due to kidney yang deficiency, characterized by infertility accompanied by aversion to cold and cold extremities, pale complexion, dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, clear and copious urine, a pale tongue with a thin white coating, and a deep, fine pulse.
Usage
Divide into two servings, one for the morning and one for the evening.
Commentary
MSG to taste assumes the leading (chief) role, providing the main thrust of the formula. Coix seeds (Yi-yi-ren) join as the supporting deputy. Sweet, bland-cool in property, it enters the Spleen, Stomach, Lung meridians and works to clear damp-heat, strengthen the spleen and relieve impediment. Mung beans (Lu-dou) add further support, working to clear heat and remove toxins. Lamb (Yang-rou) serves as a supporting (assistant) herb, acting to tonify qi and yang and warm the middle, thus refining the overall action. Cooking wine (Liao-jiu) serves as the envoy herb, harmonizing the whole, working to move qi, activate blood and remove fishy smell and unite the separate actions into one. Working as one, the formula warm and tonify kidney yang, thereby targeting the yang deficiency and yang pattern that underlies the complaint.