Rock Sugar Yellow Croaker and Snail Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Tonifies qi, consolidates blood, and increases platelet count. Suitable for thrombocytopenic purpura of the “qi fails to consolidate blood” type, characterized by recurrent purpura, chronic and intractable condition, pale-purple ecchymoses, frequent nosebleeds, bleeding gums, pale complexion, fatigue and weakness, loss of appetite, a swollen tongue, and a fine, weak pulse.
Rock Sugar Yellow Croaker and Snail Decoction
Herbal Tea Name: Rock Sugar Yellow Croaker and Snail Decoction
Chinese Name: 冰糖黄鱼螺饮
Formula
150 grams of yellow-spotted conch, 20 grams of longan flesh, 30 grams of rock sugar.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Wash and chop the yellow-spotted conch, then place it in a clay pot with the longan flesh. Add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer until the conch and longan flesh are tender. Add the rock sugar and continue simmering until it is completely dissolved. Stir well to combine.
Efficacy
Tonifies qi, consolidates blood, and increases platelet count. Suitable for thrombocytopenic purpura of the “qi fails to consolidate blood” type, characterized by recurrent purpura, chronic and intractable condition, pale-purple ecchymoses, frequent nosebleeds, bleeding gums, pale complexion, fatigue and weakness, loss of appetite, a swollen tongue, and a fine, weak pulse.
Usage
Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.
Commentary
Yellow-spotted conch functions as the chief herb, anchoring the herbal tea formula overall action. Longan flesh (Long-yan-rou) fills the deputy position; warm and sweet in character, it travels through the Heart, Spleen meridians to tonify the heart and spleen, nourish blood and calm the spirit. Rock sugar (Bing-tang) rounds out the formula as the harmonizing herb, working to moisten the lung and harmonize the formula and moderate the overall properties. United, the ingredients tonify qi, consolidates blood, increases platelet count, addressing the root disturbance of the blood and qi pattern.