Sea Cucumber Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warms and tonifies kidney yang. Suitable for various types of infertility.
those who are robust with internal accumulated heat are not suited to this formula; as a warming-tonic formula, it is not for those with excess heat, damp-heat, or unresolved exterior patterns; the rich, cloying ingredients may obstruct the stomach; caution is advised in those with poor appetite or internal dampness
Commentary
At the head stands Sea cucumber, the sovereign, nature warm, flavor salty, channeled into the Kidney, Heart; it tonifies the kidney, enriches essence and moistens dryness, underpinning the principal thrust of the decoction. The ministerial layer, ginger (warm in nature and pungent in flavor, with Lung, Spleen, Stomach tropism, disperses cold, relieves cough and harmonizes the stomach), lends support that reinforces the sovereign’s main effect. Completing the formula, granulated sugar, acting as the envoy to harmonize the various ingredients, so that potency is moderated and stomach qi protected. The combined effect is tailored to the kidney deficiency pattern.