Walnut Kernel and Eucommia Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and enriches essence. Suitable for various types of infertility.
the whole decoction leans warm; use with caution in those with yin deficiency and internal heat or lingering excess heat; those who are robust with internal accumulated heat are not suited to this formula; warming tonics readily stir heat and burden the spleen; caution is advised where dampness-heat or food stagnation accumulates in the middle; the astringent action may seal pathogens inside; exercise caution while exterior pathogens or dampness-stagnation have not yet cleared
Commentary
With walnut kernels as the sovereign, warm in nature and sweet in flavor, with Kidney, Lung, Large Intestine tropism, it tonifies the kidney, warms the lung and moistens the intestines, and this opening sets the main therapeutic direction. These are joined ministerially by eucommia bark (warm in nature and sweet in flavor, with Liver, Kidney tropism, tonifies the liver and kidneys, strengthens the sinews and bones, and calms the fetus), and psoralea (nature warm, flavor bitter, pungent, channeled into the Kidney, Spleen, tonifies kidney yang, secures essence, warms the spleen and stops diarrhea), reinforcing the sovereign’s main effect. The combined effect is tailored to the kidney deficiency pattern.