Recipe Analysis of White Fungus and Pear Soup

White Fungus and Pear Soup

recipe: Soup

Cooking Instructions: Soak a large piece of dried white fungus in warm water for about an hour, until it becomes soft and expands. Trim away the tough center and tear the fungus into smaller pieces. Peel and core one Asian pear and cut it into chunks. In a medium pot, add about five cups of water, the white fungus, a handful of lily bulb, two tablespoons of goji berries, and the pieces of diced pear. Bring everything to a gentle boil, then reduce to a low simmer and cook for forty to fifty minutes, until the soup becomes slightly thick and translucent. Towards the end add your goji berries and your preferred sweetener. Cook for five to ten more minutes, and adjust sweetness to your liking. Serve the soup warm — not hot — in the evening, when Yin energy is at its peak and the body benefits most from nourishment.

Treats Eastern: Tonifies lung yin and strongly moistens dryness, especially in the lung and large intestine. Also tonifies kidney yin a strengthen lung qi. A good seasonal recipe to combat dryness in the fall. This recipe also soothes the spirit and enters the metal element - lung and large intestine - which are primarily associated with the emotion of grief.

Treats Western: Dry skin, dry throat, dry cough.

Recipe ID: 334
Special Category: Vegetarian
Special Tags: Soup,
Submitted by: Justin hays from Dallas, Texas
Date Submitted: 10/13/2025
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Ingredients:

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Note: Temperature is determined by assigning a value from -2 to 2, where -2 is cold, -1 is cool, 0 is neutral, 1 is warm, and 2 is hot. The final temperature analysis / breakdown reflects the average temperature of all ingredients that affect the channel, multplied by the percentage of ingredients that affect the channel.

# Ingredients: 12

Temperature:

COLD x3
COOL x2
NEUTRAL x7

Flavors:

AROMATIC x4
SWEET x11
SALTY x1
SOUR x2

Tonifies:

QI x5
BLOOD x2
YIN x9
JING x4

Regulates:

ESSENCE x2
BLOOD x1
HEAT x3
WATER x4
TOXINS x4
PHLEGM x2
DRYNESS x11
SPIRIT x8
DEFICENT HEAT x4

Tai Yin Channels:

White Fungus (Snow Fungus)(4), Bai He(2), Gou Qi Zi(2), Honey(1), Asian Pear (Pear Apple)(2), Lung: 91.7% (11/12)
Slightly Cool (-0.50) COLD x2 COOL x2 NEUTRAL x7 TONIFY QI x5 TONIFY BLOOD x2 TONIFY YIN x9 TONIFY JING x4	REGULATE ESSENCE x2 REGULATE BLOOD x1 REGULATE HEAT x2 WATER x4 TOXINS x3 PHLEGM x2 DRYNESS x11 SPIRIT x8 DEFICENT HEAT x4

Honey(1), Salt(1), Spleen: 16.7% (2/12)
Slightly Cool (-0.17) COLD x1 NEUTRAL x1 TONIFY QI x1 TONIFY YIN x1	REGULATE BLOOD x1 REGULATE HEAT x1 TOXINS x2 DRYNESS x1

Yang Ming Channels:

White Fungus (Snow Fungus)(4), Honey(1), Salt(1), Large Intestine: 50.0% (6/12)
Slightly Cool (-0.17) COLD x1 NEUTRAL x5 TONIFY QI x5 TONIFY YIN x5 TONIFY JING x4	REGULATE BLOOD x1 REGULATE HEAT x1 WATER x4 TOXINS x2 DRYNESS x5 SPIRIT x4 DEFICENT HEAT x4

Salt(1), Stomach: 8.3% (1/12)
Slightly Cool (-0.17) COLD x1	REGULATE HEAT x1 TOXINS x1

Shao Yin Channels:

Bai He(2), Heart: 16.7% (2/12)
Slightly Cool (-0.17) COOL x2 TONIFY YIN x2	DRYNESS x2 SPIRIT x2

White Fungus (Snow Fungus)(4), Gou Qi Zi(2), Salt(1), Asian Pear (Pear Apple)(2), Kidney: 75.0% (9/12)
Slightly Cool (-0.50) COLD x3 NEUTRAL x6 TONIFY QI x4 TONIFY BLOOD x2 TONIFY YIN x6 TONIFY JING x4	REGULATE ESSENCE x2 REGULATE HEAT x3 WATER x4 TOXINS x3 PHLEGM x2 DRYNESS x8 SPIRIT x6 DEFICENT HEAT x4

Tai Yang Channels:

Salt(1), Small Intestine: 8.3% (1/12)
Slightly Cool (-0.17) COLD x1	REGULATE HEAT x1 TOXINS x1

Asian Pear (Pear Apple)(2), Bladder: 16.7% (2/12)
Slightly Cool (-0.33) COLD x2	REGULATE HEAT x2 TOXINS x2 PHLEGM x2 DRYNESS x2 SPIRIT x2

Jue Yin Channels:

Pericardium: 0% (0/12)
NOT AFFECTED

San Jiao: 0% (0/12)
NOT AFFECTED

Shao Yang Channels:

Gou Qi Zi(2), Liver: 16.7% (2/12)
Neutral (0.00) NEUTRAL x2 TONIFY BLOOD x2 TONIFY YIN x2	REGULATE ESSENCE x2 DRYNESS x2

Gallbladder: 0% (0/12)
NOT AFFECTED

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White Fungus and Pear Soup

recipe: Soup

Ingredients:

# Ingredients: 12

Channels Entered:

Temperature:

Flavors:

Tonifies:

Regulates:

Tai Yin Channels:

Lung: 91.7% (11/12)

Spleen: 16.7% (2/12)

Yang Ming Channels:

Large Intestine: 50.0% (6/12)

Stomach: 8.3% (1/12)

Shao Yin Channels:

Heart: 16.7% (2/12)

Kidney: 75.0% (9/12)

Tai Yang Channels:

Small Intestine: 8.3% (1/12)

Bladder: 16.7% (2/12)

Jue Yin Channels:

Pericardium: 0% (0/12)

San Jiao: 0% (0/12)

Shao Yang Channels:

Liver: 16.7% (2/12)

Gallbladder: 0% (0/12)