Cistanche and Lamb Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warms and tonifies kidney yang. Suitable for premature ejaculation caused by kidney yang deficiency.
the whole decoction leans warm; use with caution in those with yin deficiency and internal heat or lingering excess heat; warming tonics readily stir heat and burden the spleen; caution is advised where dampness-heat or food stagnation accumulates in the middle
Commentary
With cistanche as the sovereign, nature warm, flavor sweet, salty, channeled into the Kidney, Large Intestine, it tonifies kidney yang, benefits essence and moistens the intestines, and this opening sets the main therapeutic direction. These are joined ministerially by lamb (of warm nature and sweet flavor, entering the Spleen, Kidney, Stomach, warms the middle, tonifies qi, and invigorates kidney yang), and ginger (nature warm, flavor pungent, channeled into the Lung, Spleen, Stomach, disperses cold, relieves cough and harmonizes the stomach), reinforcing the sovereign’s main effect. The formula is rounded out by scallions, harmonizing the stomach and supporting dietary nourishment, and cooking wine, acting as the envoy to harmonize the various ingredients, keeping the combination balanced and well-tempered. Together the herbs converge on this action, in accord with the yang deficiency pattern.