Clinical Manifestations of Kidney Deficiency in Pregnancy Edema:
During pregnancy for several months, there is facial edema and swelling in the limbs, especially in the lower limbs. When pressed, it leaves an indentation. There is palpitation and shortness of breath, coldness in the lower limbs, weakness and soreness in the waist, pale tongue with white coating, and thin and deep pulse.
【Chuan Duan Sheep Kidney Congee】
Recipe: 15g Chuan Duan, 2 pairs of sheep kidneys, 250g lamb, 50g glutinous rice, 20g barley, appropriate seasonings.
Method: Boil Chuan Duan, sheep kidneys, and lamb first, add seasonings, and cook until the soup thickens with the addition of rice and barley.
Efficacy: Tonify the spleen, promote diuresis, warm the kidney, and stabilize the fetus.
Usage: Take it as breakfast in the morning.
【Tonify Kidney Carp Soup】
Recipe: 30g Eucommia bark, 30g Chinese wolfberry, 10g dried ginger, 1 carp (about 500g).
Method: Put the first three ingredients in a gauze bag, tie it up, wash the carp, cook with the herbs for 1 hour, and remove the herb bag.
Efficacy: Warm yang, promote diuresis, tonify the kidney, and stabilize the fetus.
Usage: Take it on an empty stomach, continuously for 5 days.
【Black Fish and Winter Melon Soup】
Recipe: 1 black fish (about 500g), 500g winter melon.
Method: Wash the black fish first, cut the winter melon into pieces, cook them together in a clay pot until they are soft, and then add a little scallion and garlic, without salt.
Efficacy: Warm the kidney, stabilize the fetus, promote diuresis, and reduce swelling.
Usage: Eat the fish and drink the soup.
【Black Bean and Garlic Cooked with Brown Sugar】
Recipe: 100g black beans, 30g garlic, 30g brown sugar.
Method: Add 1000ml of water to the black beans, boil, add garlic slices and brown sugar, and simmer with low heat until the black beans are cooked.
Efficacy: Tonify the spleen, nourish the kidney, promote diuresis, and reduce swelling.
Usage: Take it once a day, divided into 2 doses, continuously for 5 to 7 days.
