Ginseng and White Fungus Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes qi and yin. Suitable for spontaneous excessive sweating caused by deficiency of both qi and yin.
the whole decoction leans warm; use with caution in those with yin deficiency and internal heat or lingering excess heat; 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 white ginseng as the sovereign, of warm nature and sweet, slightly bitter flavor, entering the Spleen, Lung, Heart, Kidney, it greatly tonifies yuan qi, restores collapse and generates fluids, and this opening sets the main therapeutic direction. The ministerial layer, ham (with warm nature and sweet, salty flavor, having Spleen, Stomach, Kidney tropism, tonifies qi and blood and invigorates the spleen), and fresh clear broth (of neutral nature and sweet flavor, entering the Spleen, Stomach, nourishes the stomach, generates fluid, and harmonizes), lends support that reinforces the sovereign’s main effect. Completing the formula, chicken fat, rich in blood-and-flesh essence, nourishing the righteous qi, and quail eggs, 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-yin pattern.