Clinical manifestations of spleen and kidney yang deficiency type chronic nephritis:
Pale complexion, fatigue, cold limbs, severe edema throughout the body, may be accompanied by pleural effusion, ascites, oliguria, abdominal distension, poor appetite, nausea, and even coughing and shortness of breath when lying down. The tongue coating is thin and white or thin and greasy, and the pulse is deep and thin.
【Black Fish Winter Melon Soup】
Ingredients: 1 black fish (about 500 grams), 300 grams of winter melon with skin.
Method: Wash the black fish, cut the winter melon into pieces, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water to cook the soup until the fish is cooked and tender, do not add salt.
Efficacy: Tonify the kidneys, promote diuresis, and reduce swelling.
Usage: Take it twice a day, eat the fish and drink the soup.
【Winter Melon Black Bean Stewed Carp】
Ingredients: 500 grams of winter melon, 250 grams of black beans, 1 fresh carp (250-300 grams).
Method: Wash the fresh carp, cook it with the black beans, without adding salt or other seasonings. After about 20 minutes, add the winter melon and cook until the meat is cooked and the beans are tender.
Efficacy: Strengthen the spleen, nourish the kidneys, promote diuresis, and reduce swelling.
Usage: Take one dose daily, consume the soup, and finish it in two servings.
【Double Skinned Gourd Soup】
Ingredients: 50 grams of gourd shell, 30 grams each of winter melon peel and watermelon peel, 10 grams of red dates.
Method: Add about 400 milliliters of water to the above ingredients, simmer until it reduces to about 150 milliliters, remove the residue.
Efficacy: Strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness, and reduce swelling.
Usage: Take one dose daily, consume the soup until the edema subsides.
【Coix Seed Stewed Old Duck】
Ingredients: 100-120 grams of coix seed, 1 old duck.
Method: Clean the old duck, stuff the coix seed into the duck belly, put it in a clay pot, add 1,000 milliliters of water, bring to a boil and then simmer on low heat for about 2 hours until the duck meat is tender, add 2 grams of salt for seasoning.
Efficacy: Nourish the kidneys, promote diuresis, and reduce swelling.
Usage: Take one dose weekly, eat the duck meat and drink the soup, consume it in three servings.
【Black Bean and Egg Porridge】
Ingredients: 2 eggs, 30 grams of black beans, 90 grams of corn.
Method: Cook the eggs and black beans together, remove the egg shells when cooked, then add the corn and an appropriate amount of water to cook the porridge until done.
Efficacy: Warm the kidneys, promote diuresis, strengthen the spleen, and benefit qi.
Usage: Eat before bedtime daily, sweating slightly after consumption is beneficial, 5-7 days is one course of treatment.
