Dandelion and Tofu Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,It tonifies the spleen and stomach, nourishes yin and blood, and replenishes deficiencies while lowering lipids. Suitable for all types of fatty liver.
the cool-cold character of the formula suggests restraint in those with yang deficiency or habitual loose stools; the cold, heat-clearing herbs suggest caution in those with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold or loose stools
Commentary
At the head stands Fresh dandelion greens, the sovereign, with cold nature and bitter, sweet flavor, having Liver, Stomach tropism; it clears heat, resolves toxicity, disperses nodules, and promotes diuresis, underpinning the principal thrust of the decoction. The ministerial layer, tofu (of cool nature and sweet flavor, entering the Spleen, Stomach, Large Intestine, tonifies qi, harmonizes the stomach, generates fluid, and clears heat), and ginger (with warm nature and pungent flavor, having Lung, Spleen, Stomach tropism, disperses cold, relieves cough and harmonizes the stomach), lends support that reinforces the sovereign’s main effect. Completing the formula, cooking wine, acting as the envoy to harmonize the various ingredients, so that potency is moderated and stomach qi protected. Viewed as a whole, the formula addresses the spleen deficiency with dampness presentation, treating both root and branch.