Deer Meat Soup with Two Herbs，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and promotes conception. Suitable for infertility due to kidney deficiency.
given the warm nature, caution is advised if the tongue is red with scant coating or there is tidal fever and night sweats; those who are robust with internal accumulated heat are not suited to this formula; the tonifying-warming action may aggravate internal heat; avoid during feverish or inflammatory episodes
Commentary
With farmed venison as the sovereign, warm in nature and sweet in flavor, with Spleen, Kidney tropism, it tonifies the five viscera, regulates blood, and invigorates kidney yang, and this opening sets the main therapeutic direction. The ministerial support — dodder seeds (neutral in nature and pungent, sweet in flavor, with Liver, Kidney, Spleen tropism, tonifies the liver and kidneys, secures essence, and calms the fetus), and goji berries (with neutral nature and sweet flavor, having Liver, Kidney tropism, nourishes the liver and kidney, and brightens the eyes) — reinforces the sovereign’s main effect and coordinates the drug strength. Finished with scallions, harmonizing the stomach and supporting dietary nourishment, and ginger, acting as the envoy to harmonize the various ingredients, the formula attains a regulated, neither-excess nor-deficient balance. Viewed as a whole, the formula addresses the kidney deficiency presentation, treating both root and branch.