【Medicinal Recipe Name】
Tian Dong Fu Ling Geng
【Ingredients】
20g of Tian Dong, 30g of rock sugar, 50g of Fu Ling, 30ml of honey
【Instructions】
1. Soak Tian Dong in clear water overnight, slice it thinly, and soak it in honey for 2 hours.
2. Remove the black skin of Fu Ling, cut it into small pieces, dry it, and grind it into fine powder.
3. Crush the rock sugar into crumbs, put it in a pot, add about 500ml of water, bring it to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 25 minutes, and add egg white.
4. Mix the Fu Ling powder with clear water, add the sliced Tian Dong, bring it to a boil over medium heat, then simmer for 8 minutes, and stir in the rock sugar solution.
【Usage】
Consume it regularly.
【Efficacy】
Tian Dong is cold in nature, with a sweet and bitter taste, and it belongs to the lung and kidney meridians.
Tian Dong Fu Ling Geng has the effects of nourishing yin and clearing heat, moistening the lungs and generating fluid, promoting diuresis and relieving edema, strengthening the spleen and stomach, calming the mind and calming the spirit.
【Suitable Population】
Tian Dong Fu Ling Geng is suitable for symptoms such as fever due to yin deficiency, coughing up blood, impotence, polydipsia, swollen and painful throat, dry cough due to lung dryness, hot and dry intestines, difficult urination, edema, vomiting, diarrhea, nocturnal emission, cloudy urine, palpitations, and deficiency of vitality. It can be used as an adjuvant treatment for diseases such as pulmonary tuberculosis, pharyngitis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchiectasis, constipation, nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis, habitual diarrhea, urinary tract infection, menopausal syndrome, and neurosis.
It should be used with caution in people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, poor appetite, and loose stools.
【Combination and Taboo】
Tian Dong Fu Ling Geng should not be taken with vinegar, carp, crucian carp, or Chinese chives.
【Efficacy and Function of Fu Ling】
Fu Ling mainly treats dampness and promotes diuresis, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and calms the mind. It is used to treat difficulty in urination, edema, phlegm with coughing, belching, diarrhea, nocturnal emission, cloudy urine, palpitations, and forgetfulness.
① "Compendium of Materia Medica": It treats rebellious qi in the chest and hypochondria, agitation, fear, palpitations, pain in the lower chest, hot and cold, restlessness, coughing, dry mouth, and promotes urination.
② "Supplement to the Materia Medica": It stops thirst, promotes sleep, treats abdominal distension, urinary problems, phlegm-water coughing, vomiting, and diarrhea. It opens the chest organs, regulates the visceral qi, eliminates kidney evils, nourishes yin, strengthens the qi, and protects the spirit.
③ "Discussion on the Nature of Medicines": It improves appetite, stops vomiting and belching, and calms the mind. It treats lung weakness and phlegm stagnation. It treats convulsions in children, abdominal distension in women, and heat urinary problems.
④ "Ri Hua Zi Ben Cao": It nourishes the five labors and seven injuries, warms the waist and knees, improves memory and intelligence, and stops forgetfulness.
⑤ "Theory of Pathogenesis of Shang Han Lun": It promotes water permeation and soothes the spleen.
⑥ "Medical Origins": It removes dampness, promotes blood circulation in the waist and navel, and strengthens the middle burner and replenishes qi. It treats yellow or red urinary problems that are not smooth. "The Secret of Treating Diseases" says that it stops diarrhea, eliminates deficiency heat, opens the skin pores, and generates body fluids.
⑦ Wang Haogu: It promotes urination and strengthens the spleen and stomach. It treats kidney accumulation and distress.
⑧ "Medicinal Signs": It treats palpitations, muscle spasms, and restlessness in the flesh and tendons.
