Huangdi Neijing said: "The kidney governs the sting, and the essence is more abundant than the bone."
Kidney is the foundation of hiding, and the viscera to be maintained in winter should be kidney, and the essence in kidney should be stored sufficiently to ensure good health. Winter belongs to water corresponding to kidney, and the physiological function of kidney is "storing sperm". "If you don't store sperm in winter, you will suffer from plague in spring". On the other hand, why worry about your health when you have a good kidney?
? Tonifying kidney in winter and tonifying kidney in golden season?
1? Cordyceps sinensis "Materia Medica" records "Ganping, protecting lung and benefiting kidney, stopping bleeding and resolving phlegm, stopping fatigue and relieving cough."
2? Dendrobium "Compendium of Materia Medica" records Dendrobium: "Eliminate arthralgia, reduce qi, tonify five internal organs to lose weight, nourish yin and replenish essence. ..... Yiqi in addition to heat, Yang, wind arthralgia by skin, bone cold for a long time, kidney ... "
3? Ginseng "New Edition of Materia Medica" records ginseng: "Sweet, warm, slightly cold, odorous, ascending or descending, yin in yang, non-toxic. It is a holy medicine for invigorating qi and a spiritual seedling for the living. It can enter five internal organs, spleen, lung and heart, but not liver and kidney. Among the five internal organs, especially the lungs and spleen. Eight out of ten people enter the heart, five out of ten people enter the liver and three out of ten people enter the kidney. "
4? Bird's Nest "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" records bird's nest: "Its qi is in the lungs, nourishing water in the kidneys and nourishing the stomach, so that it is not dry and moist."
5? Pilose antler tastes sweet and salty, but it is warm, and it belongs to kidney meridian and liver meridian. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records velvet antler: "Sweet and warm and pure yang. Nourishing essence and marrow, nourishing blood and strengthening yang, strengthening tendons and bones. Treat waist, kidney deficiency and cold ... "
6? Lycium barbarum "Compendium of Materia Medica" records Lycium barbarum: "Tonifying kidney, producing essence and nourishing liver. Seeing the eyes calms the nerves and makes people live longer. "
? Recommended food for tonifying kidney in winter and golden season?
Kidney should eat more black food. These foods correspond to kidneys and bones. Regular consumption can help the metabolism closely related to kidneys, bladder and bones to be normal, so that excess water in the body will not accumulate and cause edema on the body surface, and it has the function of strengthening bones.
Recommended food: black beans, black sesame seeds, blueberries, mushrooms, black dates, longan and ebony.
? Recommended good habit of tonifying kidney in winter golden season?
Eating too much will damage the kidneys, and the kidneys are our most concerned organs. The chef's cooking is characterized by big oil and salt, which makes the food more fragrant. However, salty taste belongs to water and kidney, which is beneficial in moderate amount and harmful in excessive amount.
Related health care in daily life is good for nourishing kidney. Cold noodles, warm teeth and scalding feet are three wonderful ways to tonify the kidney.
Cold noodles means washing your face with cold water. Cold water refers to water with a temperature of about 20℃.
Warming your teeth means brushing your teeth and gargling with warm water. Warm water refers to water with a temperature of about 35℃.
Scalding your feet means washing your feet with hot water before going to bed. Hot water refers to water with a water temperature of 45-50℃. ?
? These are my main views on nourishing and protecting kidney in winter. Oriental health care believes that "spring is suitable for the liver, summer is suitable for the heart, long summer is suitable for the spleen, autumn is suitable for the lungs, and winter is suitable for the kidney". Winter is the best time to nourish and protect the kidneys. In this winter, let's nourish and protect the kidneys and cultivate the foundation of the body. Only in the coming year can it be deeply rooted. Strength and health in winter are storage and hope. In this season of collecting everything, we will stand in the cold and embrace the winter sunshine.