Animal kidney: Eating animal kidney has the function of tonifying kidney and replenishing essence, which is the concrete embodiment of the theory of "nourishing viscera with viscera" in traditional Chinese medicine. Because it is rich in protein, fat, vitamins and some rare trace elements, it has both nourishing and body-building functions.
Sea cucumber: it can tonify kidney and essence, nourish yin and strengthen yang. Rich in trace elements such as iodine and zinc. Can participate in regulating metabolism and reducing blood lipid. Protein and other polysaccharide components contained in it have the functions of lowering blood lipid and anticoagulation, promoting hematopoiesis, delaying aging, nourishing skin and repairing tissues.
Shrimp: skillful craftsman, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, promoting lactation and detoxifying. It is rich in protein, lipids, minerals, vitamins, especially calcium and phosphorus, and is a good bone strengthening product. Shrimp meat extract also contains immune enhancing substances.
Euryale ferox: It has the functions of tonifying kidney, solidifying essence, invigorating spleen and removing dampness. Contains starch, vitamins and minerals. You can cook porridge with medlar.
In addition, animal meat, eggs, bone marrow, black sesame, cherry, mulberry, yam and so on. It also has different degrees of kidney-tonifying effect.
The knowledge of tonifying kidney in TCM is actually very particular. Here are some basic common sense. For example, detecting whether you are kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency can simply distinguish whether you are afraid of cold or heat. Most people with yin deficiency are red, upset and hot; Yang deficiency and cold, cold limbs, pale face. For another example, yang-tonifying drugs are mostly hot drugs, such as aconite, cinnamon, velvet antler, epimedium, coix seed, Morinda officinalis and so on. Yin-tonifying drugs are mostly sweet and cold drugs, mainly Dendrobium, Polygonatum odoratum, Cornus officinalis, Lycium barbarum, Ligustrum lucidum, Taxilli, American ginseng and so on. The representative of Chinese patent medicine for tonifying yin is Liuwei Dihuang Pill, and the representative of Chinese patent medicine for tonifying yang is Jinkui Shenqi Pill. At the same time, because Chinese medicine also pays attention to "yin and yang are mutually rooted", it is necessary to "make good use of yin and seek yin from yang" in treatment; Those who are good at tonifying yang seek yang in yin. "
Look, how complicated it is to tonify the kidney! So if you are really sick, you must first find a knowledgeable doctor and take medicine or health care products under the guidance of a doctor. Because you can't get professional guidance from professionals in the market, once you eat aphrodisiac indiscriminately, it will not only outweigh the benefits, but also aggravate your illness!
Some people may ask, can a daily diet maintain the kidneys? This is possible, such as taking complementary food according to your own needs. Foods that tonify kidney-yang include dog meat, venison, shrimp, oxtail and leek; There are black-bone chicken, turtle shell, tortoise shell, medlar and other kidney-yin tonics. More importantly, we should stick to a regular life, feel comfortable, do more activities and exercise.
There are many foods that can tonify the kidney, among which Yangbeigu decoction is the simplest, feasible and economical.
Wash and cook the back bone of sheep for two hours, and add onion and ginger to make soup.
For those who are weak due to kidney deficiency, fatigue, backache, you can chop up the sheep spine, add 30g of cistanche deserticola and1-3g of silk (wrapped with cloth) and water, then take juice and rice and cook it into porridge for 2-3 hours, and add seasonings to eat.
Sheep kidney also has more therapeutic effects on lumbago, soreness of feet and knees, nocturnal emission and impotence caused by kidney deficiency.
Tremella, rock sugar, nourishing yin-kidney-nourishing food
[Ingredients] Tremella 10g, egg 1 piece, 60g rock sugar, and proper amount of lard.
【 Practice 】 Remove the pedicels of water-soaked tremella, pick out impurities, rinse, add appropriate amount of water, boil with fast fire, then cook with slow fire until tremella is crisp and rotten, add rock sugar and stir until it dissolves. Mix egg white with a little water, put it in a pot, boil it with slow fire, add a little cooked lard and take it out of the pot.
[Usage] Take it in the morning or before going to bed.
【 Function 】 Runfei Yiqi, Ziyin Bushen. It is suitable for AIDS patients with cough due to lung deficiency, hot flashes in the afternoon, night sweats and irritability, palpitation and insomnia and chronic loose stool.
[Comment] Polysaccharides contained in tremella can improve the immune function of AIDS patients. Egg white, rock sugar and lard are mixed together to adjust the taste. This medicated diet looks pure and clean, has attractive color and fragrance, tastes sweet and soft, and melts in the mouth. It is a traditional health-care medicated diet.
Yam: It is a kind of "top grade" medicinal material in Chinese medicine, which has the functions of tonifying lung and spleen, tonifying kidney and replenishing essence. People with kidney deficiency should eat it often.
Scallop: Also known as Jiang. Sweet and salty in nature, it can tonify kidney and nourish yin, and people with kidney yin deficiency should eat it regularly.
Perch: Also known as sea bass and perch. Being flat and sweet can not only nourish the spleen and stomach, but also nourish the liver and kidney and benefit the bones and muscles.
Chestnut: it is warm and sweet, and has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, as well as tonifying the kidney and strengthening the waist. Most suitable for people with kidney deficiency and low back pain.
Lycium barbarum L.: It is flat and sweet, and has the functions of tonifying kidney and liver, benefiting eyesight, strengthening bones and muscles, removing low back pain, and prolonging life after long-term use. Especially middle-aged women with kidney deficiency.
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.: It has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney and benefiting essence and blood. Physicians in past dynasties used it for people with kidney deficiency. Anyone with kidney deficiency, premature gray hair, weak waist and knees, sore bones and muscles, or nocturnal emission of men and women, is suitable for eating.
Avoid or eat less: water chestnut, persimmon, raw radish, raw cucumber, raw sweet potato, watermelon, wax gourd, onion, pepper, mustard, clove, fennel, pepper, mint, water shield, chrysanthemum, salt, sauce, white wine and cigarettes.
Chinese medicine believes that leguminous vegetables are flat in nature and have the effect of eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen, which is especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. But according to different species, its dietotherapy effect is also different.
Lentils: mostly eaten in summer and autumn. It can treat anorexia, diarrhea, vomiting, female leucorrhea and other symptoms caused by spleen and stomach weakness. Diabetic patients often feel thirsty because of weak spleen and stomach, so it is best to eat more lentils at ordinary times. Women can fry lentils into powder, 6- 12g each time, and take them with glutinous rice wine or warm water to relieve leucorrhea symptoms.
Sword bean: sweet in taste and warm in nature, it has the functions of warming the spleen and stomach, lowering qi, benefiting the kidney and replenishing vitality. It is suitable for symptoms such as qi stagnation, burping, chest tightness and discomfort, and low back pain. Tender sword beans are used for cooking or pickles, which are not only delicious, but also have the effect of warming up; Concanavalin has the best therapeutic effect on hiccups.
Cowpea: That's what we call long beans. Besides invigorating the spleen and stomach, tonifying the kidney is the most important. Li Shizhen once praised him for "regulating middle energizer, benefiting kidney and stomach, harmonizing five internal organs, regulating ying and Wei, and producing essence". The so-called "Wei Ying" refers to Wei Ying's two qi, which can fully guarantee people's sleep quality if it is adjusted. In addition, eating cowpea can also treat vomiting, burping and other discomfort. When the child has indigestion and flatulence, it can play a certain role in relieving it by using a proper amount of raw cowpea and swallowing it carefully.
Peas: Peas are sweet and flat. Regular consumption can tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi and induce diuresis. It is suitable for anorexia and abdominal distension caused by weakness of spleen and stomach. Eating it by lactating women also helps to increase the amount of milk.