Nourishing Kidneys and Strengthening Yang is one of the methods for men's health. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys are the "foundation of innate vitality, growth, development, and reproduction." To nourish the kidneys, men can rely not only on medication but also on food. Which specific foods can be used? Let's take a look together with the editor!
Recommended Foods for Nourishing Kidneys and Strengthening Yang in Men
1. Dog Meat
Dog meat is sweet, salty, and sour in taste, warm in nature, and has significant medical value. It not only benefits the spleen but also strengthens yang and has a high nourishing effect.
2. Quail
Quail, also known as "chun niao," "wan chun," and "qiao chun."
Quail meat can "nourish the five organs, benefit the middle, replenish qi, strengthen tendons and bones, resist cold and heat, and clear heat and remove stasis." Regular consumption can increase energy and strengthen tendons and bones.
3. Sparrow Meat
According to traditional Chinese medicine, sparrow meat can nourish yin essence and is a good product for strengthening yang and nourishing essence. It is suitable for treating impotence, low back pain, frequent urination, and insufficient qi in the five organs caused by kidney yang deficiency.
4. Lamb
Lamb is hot in nature and sweet in taste. It is suitable for winter nourishment and yang-tonifying. "Ben Cao Cong Xin" states that it can "nourish deficiency and exhaustion, replenish qi, strengthen the yang channels, and invigorate the appetite and energy."
5. Chinese Chives
"Ben Cao Shi Yi" states, "Chinese chives warm the middle, descend qi, nourish deficiency, harmonize the organs, and enable people to eat, benefiting yang." Chinese chives are also known as "qi yang grass," "lazy man's vegetable," "evergreen chives," and "flat vegetable," among others.
Recipe for Clear Stewed Oxtail Soup (Nourishing Kidneys and Strengthening Yang Medicinal Diet)
Ingredients: 15g Cistanche, 2 oxtails, 250g carrots, 200g bamboo shoots, appropriate amount of chicken soup, 10g scallion, 10g ginger slices, 3g salt, 8g monosodium glutamate, 15g cooking wine.
Effects: Warms the kidney yang, nourishes essence and blood.
Preparation: 1. Scorch the oxtails to remove residual hair, burn the skin to black, soak them in cold water until soft, scrape off the black surface with a knife, and cut them into sections from the joints.
2. Bring water to a boil in a soup pot, add scallions and ginger slices, add the oxtails, cook until tender and remove, wash them, then cook the oxtails in chicken soup, remove, and put them in the pot, add cooking wine, salt, scallions, and ginger slices, fill with clear soup, cover, and steam until tender.
3. Peel and slice the carrots and bamboo shoots, boil them in boiling water until tender, add them to the steamed oxtail soup, add monosodium glutamate, continue steaming for 20 minutes, skim off the foam, and remove the scallions and ginger slices.
Method of consumption: Serve as a side dish.
