Kidney deficiency can be divided into two types: kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. In traditional Chinese medicine, chestnut porridge can be used as a dietary therapy to nourish the kidneys. Do you know how to make chestnut porridge?
【Name】
Chestnut Porridge
【Ingredients】
Chestnuts, glutinous rice, rock sugar. Each in appropriate amount.
【Instructions】
First, wash the chestnuts and make a small incision on each one. Boil them in hot water for three minutes, then peel off the shell and membrane and set aside the meat.
【Benefits of Chestnuts】
Chestnuts have many health benefits due to their nutritional value. They can relieve osteoporosis, arteriosclerosis, stop bleeding, invigorate the stomach and spleen, strengthen tendons, and nourish the kidneys. They are a very good nutritious fruit. We can understand the specific benefits of chestnuts from the following four points:
1. Anti-aging
Chestnuts contain rich unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals, which can prevent and treat diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, and osteoporosis. They are a nourishing food that can delay aging and prolong life.
2. Treatment for oral ulcers in children
Chestnuts contain riboflavin, and eating chestnuts regularly is beneficial for stubborn oral ulcers in children and mouth ulcers in adults.
3. Ideal food for the elderly
Chestnuts contain abundant vitamin C, which can maintain the normal function of teeth, bones, blood vessels, and muscles. They can prevent and treat osteoporosis, waist and leg soreness, tendon and bone pain, fatigue, and delay aging. They are an ideal health fruit for the elderly.
4. Invigorate qi and strengthen the spleen
Chestnuts are a type of dried fruit with a high carbohydrate content, which can provide the body with more heat energy and help fat metabolism. They have the effects of invigorating qi, strengthening the spleen, and nourishing the stomach and intestines.
【Causes of Kidney Deficiency】
1. Excessive sexual activity or frequent masturbation in youth.
2. Mental stress and damage to the heart and spleen, leading to disease in the Yangming meridian.
3. Fear damages the kidneys.
4. The liver governs the tendons, and the genitals are the convergence point of the tendons. If emotions are not resolved, and there is worry, sadness, and anger, the liver will lose its ability to regulate and release, resulting in the inability of the tendons to gather.
5. Damp-heat descending affects the tendons, causing them to become loose and lax.
