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Rehmannia Leaf and Pork Kidney Soup

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Rehmannia Leaf and Pork Kidney Soup,Consumptive fever, alternating chills and fever, restlessness and pain in the back and shoulders, emaciation and weakness.

Formulas Name : Rehmannia Leaf and Pork Kidney Soup

Chinese Name : 地黄叶猪肾羹

Drug Formulation

4 liang of fresh Rehmannia root leaves (sliced), 2 liang of pork kidneys (fat and membrane removed, sliced), 1 he of fermented black beans, 1 fen of fresh ginger (sliced), 3 stalks of scallion whites (roots removed, sliced).

Source

*Shenghui*, Volume 97.

Benefits

Consumptive fever, alternating chills and fever, restlessness and pain in the back and shoulders, emaciation and weakness.

Instructions for Use

First, boil the fermented black beans and other ingredients in 2 large bowls of water; reduce to 1 bowl and 5 fen of liquid, strain out the solids, then add the Rehmannia leaves and other ingredients to the liquid and simmer. Add salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and rice, and serve as a soup.

Rehmannia Leaf and Pork Kidney Soup,*Shenghui*, Volume 97.,Consumptive fever, alternating chills and fever, restlessness and pain in the back and shoulders, emaciation and weakness.

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