Chicken Soup with Chestnuts，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes qi and blood. Suitable for all types of low libido.
with a distinctly warm cast, the formula may aggravate dryness-heat; those prone to oral ulcers or constipation should be cautious; in the absence of frank deficiency, or where an excess or heat pattern prevails, indiscriminate warming tonic use is inadvisable; the tonifying-warming action may aggravate internal heat; avoid during feverish or inflammatory episodes
Commentary
The sovereign is chestnuts, warm in nature and sweet in flavor, with Spleen, Stomach, Kidney tropism; it nourishes the stomach and spleen, tonifies the kidneys, and strengthens the sinews and bones, anchoring the central strategy of the formula. The ministerial layer, young chicken (of warm nature and sweet flavor, entering the Spleen, Stomach, tonifies qi and warms the middle), and ginger (nature warm, flavor pungent, channeled into the Lung, Spleen, Stomach, disperses cold, relieves cough and harmonizes the stomach), lends support that reinforces the sovereign’s main effect. Completing the formula, scallions, 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 yang deficiency pattern.