Oolong Tea and Tofu Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Strengthens the spleen and stomach; promotes diuresis and weight loss. Suitable for simple obesity.
as the formula is predominantly cold-cool, use with caution in those with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold, loose stools, or aversion to cold with cold limbs
Commentary
With tofu as the sovereign, cool in nature and sweet in flavor, with Spleen, Stomach, Large Intestine tropism, it tonifies qi, harmonizes the stomach, generates fluid, and clears heat, and this opening sets the main therapeutic direction. The ministerial layer, oolong tea (cool in nature and sweet, bitter in flavor, with Heart, Spleen tropism, clears heat, resolves dampness, and helps reduce fat), and shiitake mushrooms (with neutral nature and sweet flavor, having Spleen, Stomach tropism, supports the upright, tonifies deficiency, strengthens the spleen, and opens the appetite), lends support that reinforces the sovereign’s main effect. The combined effect is tailored to the spleen deficiency with dampness pattern.