Diced Ginkgo Nut Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Diced Ginkgo Nut Decoction

Chinese Name: 白果肉丁饮

Formula

25 grams of ginkgo nuts, 100 grams of lean pork, 30 grams of egg white, and salt and sesame oil to taste.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Remove the hard shells from the ginkgo nuts, place them in a pot, add water, and boil until they are about 60% cooked; then remove them, peel off the thin outer layer, wash thoroughly, and set aside. Cut the lean pork into cubes of about 1.5 cm on each side, add the egg white and salt, and simmer in a pot for 40 minutes; drizzle with sesame oil to serve.

Efficacy

Tonifies qi and stops sweating. Suitable for spontaneous hyperhidrosis caused by qi deficiency.

Usage

Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.

Commentary

Salt and sesame oil to taste stands as the primary (chief) herb, anchoring the herbal tea formula overall action. Ginkgo nuts (Bai-guo) serve as the deputy herb, sweet, bitter, astringent-neutral in property, acting through the Lung, Kidney meridians to astringe the lung, stop cough and check leukorrhea and enuresis. Lean pork (Zhu-rou) reinforces this deputy action, working to nourish yin, moisten dryness and tonify the kidney. Egg white (Ji-dan-bai) takes an assisting (adjuvant) role, acting to clear heat, nourish yin and moisten the lung, thus refining the overall action. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. Taken together these herbs tonify qi and stop sweating, in keeping with the qi deficiency and qi pattern.

Diced Ginkgo Nut Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Tonifies qi and stops sweating. Suitable for spontaneous hyperhidrosis caused by qi deficiency.

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