The efficacy and function of sheep kidney

Sheep kidney is a common type of traditional Chinese medicine. It has many different functions and can treat some diseases of the human body. Let us now learn about its specific functions.

[Other names] Sheep stones (Benshi Fang), sheep kidneys (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica).

[Source] The testicles of goats or sheep , members of the Bovidae family. When slaughtering a sheep, remove the testicles, clean the blood, and hang them in a ventilated place to dry.

【Original form】For details about the animal form, please refer to the entry for "mutton".

【Nature and flavor】 ① "Sui Xi Ju Diet": "sweet, warm."

【Meridian】 "Sichuan Chinese Medicine Annals": "enters the kidney meridian."

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the kidney, improves essence, and boosts yang. Treats kidney deficiency, low back pain, spermatorrhea, leucorrhea, impotence, diabetes, frequent urination, hernia, and swollen and painful testicles.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: Cook or make into pills.

【Note】 "Sui Xi Ju Diet" says: "People with excessive fire in the lower body should avoid this."

[Additional prescription] ① Treating nocturnal emission and nocturnal leakage: 1 liang each of fennel (fried), fenugreek, Psoralea corylifolia (fried until fragrant), and white dragon bone, 1.5 liang of costus root, 37 walnut meats (ground), and 3 pairs of sheep stones (cracked, rubbed with 1.5 liang of salt, roasted until cooked, and ground into paste). Grind the above five ingredients into powder, grind the lower two ingredients into a paste, mix with wine-soaked steamed cake, pound it until hot, and make pills as big as walnuts. Take 30 to 50 pills each time, on an empty stomach with warm wine. (Jinsuodan from Benshi Fang, also known as fennel pills)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From Compendium of Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the effects and functions of sheep kidneys. If you want to eat sheep kidneys, it is best to consult a Chinese medicine practitioner. I hope this helps you all.