Soft-Shelled Turtle Soup with Two Herbs，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the liver and kidneys. Suitable for post-stroke sequelae caused by liver and kidney deficiency.
in the absence of frank deficiency, or where an excess or heat pattern prevails, indiscriminate warming tonic use is inadvisable; the tonifying-warming action may aggravate internal heat; avoid during feverish or inflammatory episodes; the astringent action may seal pathogens inside; exercise caution while exterior pathogens or dampness-stagnation have not yet cleared; the rich, cloying ingredients may obstruct the stomach; caution is advised in those with poor appetite or internal dampness
Commentary
With soft-shelled turtle as the sovereign, nature neutral, flavor sweet, channeled into the Liver, Kidney, it nourishes yin, cools blood, and softens hard masses, and this opening sets the main therapeutic direction. The ministerial support — goji berries (with neutral nature and sweet flavor, having Liver, Kidney tropism, nourishes the liver and kidney, and brightens the eyes), and sandwort seeds (of warm nature and sweet flavor, entering the Liver, Kidney, tonifies the kidney and secures essence) — reinforces the sovereign’s main effect and coordinates the drug strength. Viewed as a whole, the formula addresses the kidney deficiency presentation, treating both root and branch.