What Are The Foods That Nourish Kidney Yang?

We know that kidney deficiency is divided into kidney yang deficiency and kidney yin deficiency. To treat kidney yin deficiency, it is necessary to adopt the method of tonifying kidney yang in traditional Chinese medicine. So how should we supplement kidney yang in our daily life? Here are some food and traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations that can nourish kidney yang. Let's have a look.

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What is Kidney Yang Deficiency

Kidney yang deficiency is a term in traditional Chinese medicine. A type of deficiency cold syndrome characterized by kidney yang deficiency, neglect of warm and warm functions, and loss of qi and power is called kidney yang deficiency syndrome. It is often caused by factors such as deficiency of yang in the body, kidney deficiency in old age, kidney injury due to long-term illness, and excessive sexual fatigue.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys are responsible for regulating water, and the kidney yang has a gasification and transpiration effect on water. If the kidney yang is insufficient and lacks transpiration and gasification, symptoms such as clear and long urine may occur. Therefore, the kidney yang deficiency syndrome has pathological changes in the kidneys. Kidney deficiency is often accumulated over a long period and can become a disease. It is not advisable to rush to take tonics or use kidney tonifying and yang-enhancing drugs with unknown ingredients. Instead, it should be gradually regulated. Kidney yang, also known as Yuanyang, Zhenyang, and Zhenhuo, is the root of the twelve meridians and is innate to the kidneys. The kidney and the gate of destiny are originally the same, serving as the hub of the growth and decline of yin and yang in the human body. Kidney yang is the main body's yang qi, and the decline of fire is due to the repeated occurrence of yang deficiency.

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Clinical manifestations of kidney yang deficiency

The clinical manifestations of kidney yang deficiency can be summarized into ten aspects:

1. The soreness and pain in the waist and knees are due to kidney yang deficiency and inability to warm and nourish the waist and bones;

2. Male impotence and premature ejaculation, and female uterine cold infertility are caused by insufficient kidney yang, weakened vital energy, and decreased reproductive function;

3. Long-term diarrhea, complete grain without melting, and five shifts of diarrhea are caused by the decline of fire in the gate of life, where fire does not produce soil and the spleen loses its health;

4. Frequent urination, clear and long urination, and frequent nocturia are caused by kidney obstruction, insufficient kidney yang, and bladder gasification disorders;

5. Swelling, especially below the waist, is caused by water retention and spills on the skin;

6. The complexion is dark and dull due to extreme deficiency of kidney yang, with cloudy yin permeating the skin;

7. Cold limbs can cause chills, and even lower limbs cannot warm the skin due to yang deficiency;

8. Mental lethargy refers to a lack of yang energy and an inability to uplift the mind;

9. White complexion, dizziness of the leader due to weak circulation of qi and blood, unable to ascend to the clear orifice;

10. A pale, plump tongue with a white coating and a weak and delayed pulse are all signs of Yang deficiency.

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What are the foods that nourish kidney yang?

1. People with kidney yang deficiency are suitable to eat warm foods, which have the effects of nourishing kidney yang, and warming the spleen and stomach, such as indica rice, cinnamon, etc.

2. People with kidney yang deficiency are suitable for taking traditional Chinese medicine with high melanin content and warming properties, such as Cistanche deserticola, black rice, black beans, black sesame, etc.

3. People with kidney yang deficiency are suitable for eating foods that are warm, nourishing, and promote bowel movements, such as walnut kernels, Xiebai, sea cucumber, and shrimp.

What fruits and vegetables should be eaten to nourish kidney yang

Kidney yang deficiency can be treated by eating more fruits and vegetables such as longan, lychee, lotus seeds, mustard seeds, carrots, coriander, garlic, ginger, chives, walnuts, peanuts, chestnuts, black plums, bayberries, cherries, pomegranates, papayas, olives, plums, oranges, peaches, etc.

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Recommended recipes for kidney yang deficiency

1. Stir fried fresh shrimp with chives

Take 250 grams of chives, 400 grams of fresh shrimp (shell removed), and an appropriate amount of scallions, ginger, salt, and yellow wine. Wash the chives thoroughly and cut them into sections; Wash fresh shrimp thoroughly; Cut scallions into sections and ginger into small pieces. Put aside the pot, add vegetable oil, add scallions when the oil boils, stir fry until fragrant, then add shrimp and chives, cook in yellow wine, stir fry continuously until the shrimp are fully cooked, and then serve. 2-3 meals per week for 2-3 consecutive weeks.

2. Braised Duck with Cistanche deserticola

Take 200 grams of Cistanche deserticola, 1 old duck, and appropriate amounts of seasonings such as ginger, scallions, salt, and monosodium glutamate. After slaughtering the old duck, remove its internal organs and select clean blood water; Put the water chestnuts into the belly of the old duck. Put the pot aside, add water, add the old duck, bring to a boil, simmer over low heat until fully cooked, and add seasonings to serve. Eat meat and drink soup, pair with meals, 1-2 meals per week.

3. Cistanche and jujube Congee

Take 60 grams of Cistanche deserticola, 100 grams of japonica rice, 3-5 jujubes, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Put the pan, add some water, first boil the cistanche, remove the residue, add japonica rice, jujube, rock sugar, and cook it into Congee on a slow fire. Eat it in the morning and evening, 3-4 times a week.

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What are traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations for tonifying kidney yang

1. Right Return Pill

You Gui Wan has a long history of clinical application in traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of warming and tonifying kidney yang, filling essence, and stopping nocturnal emissions. It has good therapeutic effects on diseases such as waist and knee soreness and coldness caused by kidney yang deficiency, impotence, and nocturnal emissions. The warming and tonifying effects of Yougui Wan on kidney yang are stronger than those of Jinkui Shenqi Wan, making it more suitable for elderly or long-term patients to take. The usage of this medicine is the same as that of Jin Kui Shen Qi Wan. It should be noted that hypertensive patients should use Yougui Pill with caution.

2. Guifu Dihuang Pill

Gifu Dihuang Wan is composed of cinnamon and aconite based on Liuwei Dihuang Wan. It is more suitable for conditions such as cold limbs, abdominal pain, long and clear urine, loose stools, erectile dysfunction, slippery sperm, or female infertility caused by kidney yang deficiency. It should be noted that Cinnamomum cassia is a warm drug in the formula, and it is not suitable for the treatment of diabetes, chronic nephritis, hypertension, and heart disease patients with dry mouth, irritability, and dry urine.

3. Qi Wei Du Qi Wan

Liuwei Dihuang Pill is made by adding Schisandra chinensis to it. Schisandra chinensis has the function of tonifying and solidifying astringency, so Qiwei Duqi Wan is suitable for treating cough, asthma, nocturnal emissions, etc. caused by insufficient kidney yang.

4. Jisheng Shenqi Pill

Jisheng Shenqi Pill has the effects of warming the kidneys, transforming qi, promoting diuresis, and reducing swelling. It is suitable for patients with kidney yang deficiency and edema syndrome who have symptoms such as severe waist and knee soreness, poor urination, phlegm, and wheezing cough. Its usage is the same as Jin Kui Shen Qi Wan.

After reading the above introduction, I believe everyone should have a general understanding of how to tonify kidney yang. These foods that nourish kidney yang are very common in our daily lives and have almost no side effects on our bodies, so everyone can eat them with confidence. Once you notice symptoms of kidney yang deficiency, it is important to seek timely treatment.