Walnut Kernel and Silkworm Pupae Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Walnut Kernel and Silkworm Pupae Decoction

Chinese Name: 核桃仁蚕蛹饮

Formula

100 grams of walnut kernels, 60 grams of silkworm pupae.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Wash the silkworm pupae, place them in a pan, and stir-fry briefly over low heat. Remove from heat as soon as they become fragrant. Add them to the pan with the washed walnut kernels, add an appropriate amount of water, mix well, and steam over water for 30 minutes.

Efficacy

Warms and tonifies kidney yang. Suitable for benign prostatic hyperplasia caused by kidney yang deficiency.

Usage

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

Commentary

Taking silkworm pupae (Can-yong) as the leading herb, the formula draws on its sweet flavor and neutral property: its action follows the Spleen, Lung meridians and works to tonify qi and nourish the body. Walnut kernels (He-tao-ren) serve as the deputy herb, sweet-warm in property, acting through the Kidney, Lung, Large Intestine meridians to tonify the kidney, warm the lung and moisten the intestines. No dedicated envoy herb appears in this recipe, the actions being balanced among the active ingredients themselves. Working as one, the formula warm and tonify kidney yang, thereby targeting the yang deficiency and yang pattern that underlies the complaint.

Walnut Kernel and Silkworm Pupae Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warms and tonifies kidney yang. Suitable for benign prostatic hyperplasia caused by kidney yang deficiency.

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