Dodder Seed and Quail Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and promotes conception. Suitable for infertility due to kidney deficiency.
the warming-tonic nature is inadvisable during damp-heat, yin deficiency with fire, or episodes of exterior-heat
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Commentary
The formula is led by dodder seeds as the sovereign herb; with neutral nature and pungent, sweet flavor, having Liver, Kidney, Spleen tropism, it chiefly tonifies the liver and kidneys, secures essence, and calms the fetus, striking at the root of the condition. The ministerial layer, quails (neutral in nature and sweet in flavor, with Spleen, Stomach, Large Intestine tropism, tonifies the middle, boosts qi, and clears damp-heat), 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. The combined effect is tailored to the kidney deficiency pattern.