Oyster and Pork Stomach Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and consolidates essence. Suitable for nocturnal emissions caused by unstable kidney essence.
as the formula is predominantly warm, avoid prolonged use in those with yin deficiency, dry mouth, or restlessness with heat in the palms and soles; those who are robust with internal accumulated heat are not suited to this formula; 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
Commentary
Calcined oysters occupies the sovereign position; nature cool, flavor salty, astringent, channeled into the Liver, Gallbladder, Kidney, it secures and astringes, calms the spirit, and regulates acid and becomes the guiding principle of the whole formula. The ministerial layer, atractylodes macrocephala (with warm nature and bitter, sweet flavor, having Spleen, Stomach tropism, tonifies the spleen, dries dampness, promotes urination and secures the exterior), and pork stomach (nature warm, flavor sweet, channeled into the Spleen, Stomach, tonifies the spleen and harmonizes the stomach), lends support that reinforces the sovereign’s main effect. Completing the formula, scallions, harmonizing the stomach and supporting dietary nourishment, and ginger, acting as the envoy to harmonize the various ingredients, so that potency is moderated and stomach qi protected. The combined effect is tailored to the kidney qi insecurity pattern.