There are some men who are worried about kidney deficiency. So, what harm can kidney deficiency cause? Ginseng is a particularly precious medicinal herb that has different effects and benefits for different people. Ginseng has the function of nourishing the kidneys and boosting qi in men. Let's take a look together.
[How to Nourish the Kidneys with Ginseng for Men]
1. Ginseng Soup
Ingredients: 20 red dates, 9 grams of ginseng, sea shrimp, 1 egg, 10 grams of sesame oil, vegetable oil, salt, scallion, and coriander.
Method: Remove the pits from the red dates and wash them; wash the ginseng and slice it thinly. Place a pot on the fire, add an appropriate amount of water, bring it to a boil, and add the red dates and ginseng slices. Cover the pot and cook for 2 hours.
2. Lotus Seed and Ginseng Porridge
Ingredients: 10 grams of ginseng, 15 grams of lotus seeds, 50 grams of glutinous rice, and sugar to taste.
Method: Soak the ginseng in water and slice it thinly; soak the lotus seeds and remove the cores; wash the glutinous rice. Place a pot on the fire, add an appropriate amount of water, lotus seeds, and glutinous rice, and bring it to a boil. Add the ginseng slices and simmer on low heat until cooked. Add sugar to taste.
3. Ginseng Wine
Ingredients: 30 grams of ginseng, 1200 ml of white wine.
Method: Sew a bag with gauze that is the same size as the ginseng. Place the ginseng in the bag and sew it closed. Soak it in wine for several days. Then pour it into a clay pot and simmer over low heat. When the wine is reduced to 500-700 ml, pour it into a bottle. Seal the bottle, cool it, and store it for later use.
[Concept of Kidney Deficiency in Men]
According to traditional Chinese medicine: The kidneys are the foundation of innate vitality and the source of reproductive development in the human body. They are the driving force behind the functioning of various organ systems.
The concept of "kidneys" in traditional Chinese medicine is not just about the anatomical organ like in Western medicine. It refers not only to the kidneys but also to a comprehensive concept that includes the endocrine, immune, urinary, reproductive, respiratory, nervous, blood, and muscular systems.
The essence and energy of the kidneys can be divided into two aspects: kidney yin and kidney yang. Kidney yin and kidney yang depend on each other and restrict each other to maintain the dynamic balance of the body.
When this balance is disrupted, pathological changes such as kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency can occur, which is what we commonly refer to as kidney deficiency.
Therefore, "kidney deficiency" is a collective term for a class of symptoms in traditional Chinese medicine and is a broad concept that includes various diseases related to the urinary, reproductive, endocrine, nervous, mental, digestive, blood, and respiratory systems in modern medicine.
[The Hazards of Kidney Deficiency in Men]
1. Kidney Deficiency Damages the Liver
The liver and kidneys are closely connected and mutually restrict each other to maintain balance. Therefore, they can also influence each other pathologically.
2. Kidney Deficiency Damages the Heart
Insufficient kidney yin and excessive heart yang: When the kidney water is insufficient, it cannot nourish the heart yin, and the heart yin cannot restrict the heart yang. This leads to pathological changes in which the heart yang becomes excessive, resulting in symptoms such as palpitations, restlessness, insomnia, and frequent dreaming, as well as symptoms related to kidney deficiency, such as soreness in the lower back and knees and nocturnal emission in men.
3. Kidney Deficiency Affects the Lungs
Kidney yin deficiency leads to excessive yang, which burns the lung yin, causing the lungs to lose moisture and resulting in lung-kidney yin deficiency with symptoms such as dry cough, hoarseness, night sweats, redness of the cheeks, soreness in the lower back and knees, and nocturnal emission in men.
4. Kidney Deficiency Damages the Spleen
The kidneys are the foundation, and the spleen is the postnatal source of vitality. When the kidney yang is insufficient, it cannot warm the spleen yang, leading to a weakened spleen yang or prolonged spleen yang deficiency, which in turn affects the kidney yang, resulting in both spleen and kidney yang deficiency.
