Cordyceps, Sichuan Fritillary Bulb, and Lean Pork Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the lungs and kidneys; relieves coughing and wheezing. Suitable for chronic pulmonary heart disease caused by lung and kidney qi deficiency, characterized by aversion to cold, fatigue, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, wheezing and coughing that worsen with physical activity, copious thin and clear phlegm, soreness in the lower back and weakness in the legs, a swollen tongue with a pale or dark purple color, and a deep, fine pulse.
as a warming-tonic formula, it is not for those with excess heat, damp-heat, or unresolved exterior patterns
Commentary
Cordyceps occupies the sovereign position; of neutral nature and sweet flavor, entering the Lung, Kidney, it tonifies the kidneys and lung, stops bleeding, and resolves phlegm and becomes the guiding principle of the whole formula. The ministerial support — sichuan fritillary bulb powder (with cool nature and bitter, sweet flavor, having Lung, Heart tropism, clears heat, moistens the lung, resolves phlegm, and disperses nodules), and lean pork (with neutral nature and sweet, salty flavor, having Spleen, Stomach, Kidney tropism, nourishes yin, moistens dryness, and tonifies the kidneys) — reinforces the sovereign’s main effect and coordinates the drug strength. Together the herbs converge on this action, in accord with the qi deficiency pattern.