What are the effects of Chinese medicine in tonifying the kidney?

The kidney is one of the most important organs in the body. Protecting the kidney health can make the skin beautiful and smooth. Kidney deficiency can cause back pain and headaches, and endocrine disorders can cause acne and freckles. The key to protecting the kidneys lies in what you usually eat, your personal habits in life, and your personal precautions. What is the effect of Chinese medicine to nourish the kidneys? How can kidney nourishment be effective?

Kidney deficiency refers to the deficiency of kidney essence, qi, yin and yang. Kidney deficiency is mainly divided into kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. Kidney Yin deficiency: The main symptoms are soreness in the waist and knees, fever in the five parts of the body, and the following symptoms: dizziness and tinnitus.

Emaciation, insomnia, frequent dreams, red cheeks, hot flashes, night sweats, dry throat, impotence in men, spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation, oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia, infertility, and short, reddish and yellow urine in women. Most of the medicines for replenishing kidney yin deficiency are sweet and cold medicines, such as Dendrobium, Polygonatum, Cornus officinalis, Lycium barbarum, American ginseng, etc. The representative Chinese patent medicine is Liuwei Dihuang Pills.

Kidney Yang deficiency is manifested by pale or dark complexion, sore waist and knees, lack of energy, cold hands and feet, fear of chills and wind, diarrhea, and body edema.

In addition, women may experience symptoms such as infertility, enuresis, edema, and decreased libido. Drugs for tonifying kidney yang deficiency are mostly hot-natured drugs, such as aconite, cinnamon, deer antler, etc. The representative Chinese patent medicine is Jinkui Shenqi Pills.

Good results can be achieved by dietary adjustment for kidney deficiency.

1. Eucommia Kidney: Take 15 grams each of Eucommia and Chuanduan, a pair of pork kidneys, 25 ml of white wine, and appropriate amounts of green onion, MSG, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, salt and sugar. Preparation method: First wash the pork kidney, cut it into kidney pieces and put it in a bowl, add sugar, salt and wine; separately, fry Eucommia ulmoides and Chuanduan to get the thick juice and add it to the kidney pieces.

Heat the pan over high heat, pour in the kidney and stir-fry quickly, then add seasonings and serve. Once a day.

2. Fennel stewed kidney: Take 20 grams of fennel, a pair of pork kidneys, and appropriate amounts of green onion, ginger, salt and wine. Preparation method: First wash the pork kidney (i.e. pig kidney), make a cut in the concave part, and put fennel and salt into the cut of the pork kidney.

After sewing the incision with white thread, put it in a pot, add appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, wine and water, simmer it over low heat and then eat. This method is suitable for kidney deficiency with a focus on kidney yang deficiency.

3. Qidi Yam Porridge: Take 20 grams of raw Rehmannia, 50 grams each of yam and wolfberry, and 100 grams of rice.

Preparation method: Chop the raw Rehmannia root, mash the yam, put them together with wolfberry and rice in a pot, add appropriate amount of water and cook porridge, and eat it instead of breakfast. Once a day. This method is suitable for kidney deficiency with a focus on kidney yin deficiency.

Foods suitable for kidney deficiency

People with kidney deficiency should eat the following foods.

Sesame

It is sweet and mild in nature, and has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, and moisturizing the five internal organs. For example, it is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Sesame has a mild flavor, is neither cold nor hot, and is a good grain for nourishing the liver and kidneys.

"It is especially suitable for people with kidney deficiency, sore waist and weak legs, dizziness and tinnitus, dry and falling hair, premature gray hair, and dry and hard stool.

Corn

Also known as millet and barley. Can replenish kidney qi. "Ming Yi Bie Lu" and "Dian Nan Ben Cao" both say that "millet nourishes kidney qi."

cowpea

Also known as rice beans and long beans. It is mild in nature, sweet in taste, and can nourish the kidney and strengthen the spleen. It is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and kidney deficiency. It is most suitable for people with kidney deficiency, thirst, spermatorrhea, leucorrhea, frequent urination, and leucorrhea in women.

The Compendium of Materia Medica once recorded: "Cowpea can nourish the middle qi, invigorate the kidney and strengthen the stomach, and produce essence." The Sichuan Chinese Medicine Annals also said that it can "nourish yin and kidney, strengthen the spleen and stomach, treat leucorrhea, leucorrhea and spermatorrhea due to kidney deficiency."

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Most of the symptoms of kidney deficiency come from carelessness in life. The reason why we choose Chinese medicine to nourish the kidney is because Chinese medicine is very important for kidney care, and it can eradicate the disease and prevent it from recurring, and there is no need to worry.