Fresh Mushroom Kernel Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warmly tonifies the spleen and kidneys. Suitable for menstrual cramps caused by deficiency-cold.
those who are robust with internal accumulated heat are not suited to this formula; with herbs that quicken the blood, caution is warranted in those with a tendency to bleed or bruise easily; containing mildly toxic herbs, the dosage must be carefully controlled; it is not for long-term use, and pregnant women and the debilitated should avoid it
Commentary
With fresh mushrooms as the sovereign, of neutral nature and sweet flavor, entering the Spleen, Stomach, it regulates qi, resolves phlegm, and harmonizes the stomach, and this opening sets the main therapeutic direction. The ministerial layer, peach kernels (nature neutral, flavor bitter, sweet, channeled into the Heart, Liver, Large Intestine, activates blood, resolves stasis and moistens the intestines), and chicken broth (with warm nature and sweet flavor, having Spleen, Stomach tropism, tonifies qi, nourishes blood, and warms the middle), lends support that reinforces the sovereign’s main effect. Completing the formula, chicken fat, rich in blood-and-flesh essence, nourishing the righteous qi, so that potency is moderated and stomach qi protected. Together the herbs converge on this action, in accord with the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern.