Crucian Carp and Adzuki Bean Soup

• Adzuki bean 90g
• One crucian carp (under about 500g)
• Rice vinegar and raw oil as needed

Crucian carp is neutral and sweet, strengthens the spleen and drains damp; adzuki bean promotes urination and reduces swelling. Together they strengthen the spleen and drain water, suited to edema from spleen deficiency with damp excess.

For leg swelling in older adults from declining spleen–kidney water metabolism; may also assist edema related to nephritis (syndrome differentiation required).

1. Clean the fish (remove viscera), rinse adzuki beans.
2. Place beans and fish in a clay pot with equal parts water and rice vinegar plus a little raw oil.
3. Simmer about 1 hour; drink the soup and eat fish and beans.

• One dose daily; seven days as one course.

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