Nori and Egg Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the liver and kidneys. Suitable for iron-deficiency anemia caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency.
given its cold nature, caution is warranted in the constitutionally deficient and cold with weak transportation; because it clears heat with cold-natured herbs, overuse can impair the middle; restraint is advised for the spleen-deficient
Commentary
At the head stands Nori, the sovereign, of cold nature and sweet, salty flavor, entering the Lung; it resolves phlegm, softens hardness, clears heat, and promotes diuresis, underpinning the principal thrust of the decoction. These are joined ministerially by egg (with neutral nature and sweet flavor, having Lung, Spleen, Stomach tropism, nourishes yin, moistens dryness, calms the fetus, and tonifies deficiency), and winter bamboo shoots (nature cold, flavor sweet, channeled into the Stomach, Large Intestine, clears heat, resolves phlegm, and harmonizes the stomach), reinforcing the sovereign’s main effect. Completing the formula, lean pork, 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 yin deficiency pattern.