Goat Kidney, Eucommia, and Schisandra Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warms yang and tonifies the kidneys. Suitable for menopausal syndrome characterized by kidney yang deficiency.
the whole decoction leans warm; use with caution in those with yin deficiency and internal heat or lingering excess heat; the warming-tonic nature is inadvisable during damp-heat, yin deficiency with fire, or episodes of exterior-heat; the astringent action may seal pathogens inside; exercise caution while exterior pathogens or dampness-stagnation have not yet cleared
Commentary
With sheep kidneys as the sovereign, warm in nature and sweet in flavor, with Kidney tropism, it tonifies kidney qi and benefits essence and marrow, and this opening sets the main therapeutic direction. These are joined ministerially by eucommia bark (nature warm, flavor sweet, channeled into the Liver, Kidney, tonifies the liver and kidneys, strengthens the sinews and bones, and calms the fetus), and schisandra berries (nature warm, flavor sour, sweet, channeled into the Lung, Heart, Kidney, astringes, tonifies the kidney, generates fluids and calms the spirit), reinforcing the sovereign’s main effect. 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. The combined effect is tailored to the yang deficiency pattern.