Lotus Seed and Black-Bone Chicken Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the spleen and strengthens the kidneys. Suitable for chronic prostatitis caused by deficiency of both the spleen and kidneys.
warming tonics readily stir heat and burden the spleen; caution is advised where dampness-heat or food stagnation accumulates in the middle; the astringent action may seal pathogens inside; exercise caution while exterior pathogens or dampness-stagnation have not yet cleared
Commentary
The sovereign is lotus seeds, neutral in nature and sweet, astringent in flavor, with Spleen, Kidney, Heart tropism; it tonifies the spleen, astringes the kidney and calms the spirit, anchoring the central strategy of the formula. The ministerial layer, euryale seeds (neutral in nature and sweet, astringent in flavor, with Spleen, Kidney tropism, astringes, tonifies the kidney and checks diarrhea), and black-boned chicken (of neutral nature and sweet flavor, entering the Liver, Kidney, nourishes the liver and kidneys and supplements qi and blood), lends support that reinforces the sovereign’s main effect. The combined effect is tailored to the damp-heat in the lower jiao pattern.