Lotus Seed and Pork Stomach Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Strengthens the spleen and promotes weight gain. Suitable for simple emaciation.
the astringent action may seal pathogens inside; exercise caution while exterior pathogens or dampness-stagnation have not yet cleared
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Commentary
At the head stands Lotus seeds, the sovereign, neutral in nature and sweet, astringent in flavor, with Spleen, Kidney, Heart tropism; it tonifies the spleen, astringes the kidney and calms the spirit, underpinning the principal thrust of the decoction. The ministerial layer, pork stomach (warm in nature and sweet in flavor, with Spleen, Stomach tropism, tonifies the spleen and harmonizes the stomach), lends support that reinforces the sovereign’s main effect. Together the herbs converge on this action, in accord with the spleen-stomach weakness pattern.