Professor Yu also said that Chinese medicine often says that "medicine is better than food", and all the foods we often eat have the function of tonifying kidney, such as pork loin, oysters and walnuts. Pig kidney flower and oyster contain a lot of zinc, which is good for tonifying kidney. Walnuts also have the function of moistening the lungs. Eating raw or soaking one or two walnuts in a catty of white wine for a month and drinking a small amount every night can also achieve the effect of tonifying kidney. There is also a folk saying that "ginseng in the northeast, seahorse in the south of the Yangtze River". In other words, the nourishing effects of hippocampus and ginseng are equally famous. Chinese medicine uses hippocampus to make soup to tonify kidney. Of course, if you doubt your kidney deficiency, you need an expert's final diagnosis before you can start taking medicine. This is the safest way.
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.
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 eating water chestnuts, persimmons, raw radishes, raw cucumbers, raw sweet potatoes, watermelons, white gourd, onions, peppers, mustard, cloves, fennel, pepper, mint, water shield, chrysanthemum, salt, sauce, liquor and cigarettes, and eat more tomatoes.