Corn and Tofu Soup

Category: Medicinal Soup

Herbal Tea Name: Corn and Tofu Soup

Chinese Name: 玉米豆腐汤

Formula

250 grams of tofu, 100 grams of tender corn, 10 grams of dried shrimp, and appropriate amounts of salt, MSG, Shaoxing wine, minced ginger, sesame oil, and clear broth.

Main Ingredients

Efficacy

Nourishes yin, moistens dryness, tonifies the kidneys, and lowers blood sugar. Suitable for all types of diabetes.

Usage

Serve as a side dish with meals; consume in moderation.

Commentary

The sovereign is corn kernels, nature neutral, flavor sweet, channeled into the Spleen, Stomach; it tonifies the spleen and harmonizes the middle, anchoring the central strategy of the formula. The ministerial support — tofu (cool in nature and sweet in flavor, with Spleen, Stomach, Large Intestine tropism, tonifies qi, harmonizes the stomach, generates fluid, and clears heat), and dried shrimp (with warm nature and sweet flavor, having Liver, Kidney tropism, tonifies kidney yang, supplements essence, and promotes lactation) — reinforces the sovereign’s main effect and coordinates the drug strength. Finished with fresh clear broth, rich in blood-and-flesh essence, nourishing the righteous qi, and ginger, acting as the envoy to harmonize the various ingredients, the formula attains a regulated, neither-excess nor-deficient balance. Together the herbs converge on this action, in accord with the yin deficiency with dryness-heat pattern.

Corn and Tofu Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes yin, moistens dryness, tonifies the kidneys, and lowers blood sugar. Suitable for all types of diabetes.

the warming-tonic nature is inadvisable during damp-heat, yin deficiency with fire, or episodes of exterior-heat

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