Monkey Head Mushroom and Straw Mushroom Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Helps eliminate phlegm, promote weight loss, and combat fatty liver. Suitable for all types of fatty liver, particularly effective for obesity-related fatty liver.
the formula is gentle and balancing; still, it should be matched to the individual pattern and stopped once the aim is met, without overuse
Commentary
Monkey head mushroom occupies the sovereign position; neutral in nature and sweet in flavor, with Spleen, Stomach tropism, it strengthens the spleen and stomach, tonifies deficiency, and aids digestion and becomes the guiding principle of the whole formula. The ministerial support — fresh straw mushrooms (cold in nature and sweet in flavor, with Spleen, Stomach tropism, clears heat and relieves summer-heat) — reinforces the sovereign’s main effect and coordinates the drug strength. Together the herbs converge on this action, in accord with the spleen deficiency with dampness pattern.