Seaweed and Radish Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and disperses nodules. Suitable for simple goiter.
given its cold nature, caution is warranted in the constitutionally deficient and cold with weak transportation; the cold, heat-clearing herbs suggest caution in those with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold or loose stools
Commentary
Nori occupies the sovereign position; cold in nature and sweet, salty in flavor, with Lung tropism, it resolves phlegm, softens hardness, clears heat, and promotes diuresis and becomes the guiding principle of the whole formula. These are joined ministerially by dried tangerine peel (with warm nature and pungent, bitter flavor, having Spleen, Lung tropism, regulates qi, strengthens the spleen, dries dampness and dissolves phlegm), and daikon radish (of cool nature and pungent, sweet flavor, entering the Lung, Stomach, promotes digestion, resolves phlegm, and descends counter-flow qi), reinforcing the sovereign’s main effect. The combined effect is tailored to the qi stagnation with phlegm pattern.