Medicinal Tea Recipes for Kidney Health and Vitality

1. Two-Bone Tea

Ingredients: 5g bone fragments, 3g bone glue, 3g flower tea

Usage: Steep 300ml of the decoction of the first two ingredients in tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the kidneys and promote blood circulation.

Uses: Toothache caused by kidney deficiency, chronic periodontitis, osteoproliferation.

2. Dodder Seed Tea

Ingredients: 5g dodder seeds, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep with 200ml boiling water or steep in the decoction of dodder seeds to make tea.

Function: Tonify the liver and kidneys, nourish essence and marrow, improve eyesight, lower blood pressure.

Uses: Lower back and knee pain, nocturnal emission, enuresis, visual disparity.

3. Dodder and Eucommia Bark Tea

Ingredients: 5g dodder seeds, 3g eucommia bark, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep 300ml of the decoction of the first two ingredients in tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the kidneys and strengthen tendons.

Uses: Lower back pain caused by kidney deficiency.

4. Dodder and Achyranthes Tea

Ingredients: 5g dodder seeds, 3g achyranthes, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep 300ml of the decoction of the first two ingredients in tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the liver and kidneys, dispel wind and dampness, promote blood circulation.

Uses: Lower back and knee weakness and pain in men, limb numbness and weakness.

5. Dodder and Ophiopogon Tea

Ingredients: 5g dodder seeds, 3g ophiopogon, 3g flower tea

Usage: Steep with 250ml boiling water and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the kidneys and nourish yin.

Uses: Heart and kidney deficiency, reddish urine, dry mouth and throat, dizziness and absent-mindedness.

6. Dodder and Schisandra Tea

Ingredients: 5g dodder seeds, 3g schisandra, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep 300ml of the decoction of the first two ingredients in tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Nourish the liver and kidneys.

Uses: Lower back and knee pain, dizziness and blurred vision, nocturnal emission, enuresis, insomnia, forgetfulness.

7. Cynomorium Tea

Ingredients: 5g cynomorium, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep with 200ml boiling water and drink. Or steep in the decoction of cynomorium to make tea.

Function: Tonify the kidneys and moisten the intestines.

Uses: Kidney deficiency leading to impotence, nocturnal emission; lower back and knee weakness and pain; constipation due to blood deficiency.

8. Cynomorium and Dragon Bone Tea

Ingredients: 5g cynomorium, 3g dragon bone, 3g cistanche, 3g silkworm feces, 3g poria, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep 400ml of the decoction of the first few ingredients in tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the kidneys and strengthen yang, astringe essence.

Uses: Kidney deficiency leading to nocturnal emission, impotence; enuresis; excessive vaginal discharge.

9. Cynomorium and Codonopsis Tea

Ingredients: 5g cynomorium, 3g codonopsis, 3g Chinese yam, 2g raspberry, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep 350ml of the decoction of the first few ingredients in tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the spleen and kidneys.

Uses: Spleen and kidney qi deficiency, impotence, premature ejaculation; excessive vaginal discharge; enuresis.

10. Cynomorium and Gentian Tea

Ingredients: 5g cynomorium, 3g gentian, 3g calcite, 3g green tea, 10g rock sugar

Usage: Steep 350ml of the decoction of the first few ingredients in tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the spleen and kidneys, clear heat, astringe acid.

Uses: Stomach pain; excessive gastric acid, acid reflux.

11. Sang Ji Sheng Tea

Ingredients: 10g Sang Ji Sheng, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep with 300ml boiling water and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the liver and kidneys, strengthen tendons and bones, dispel wind and dampness, promote blood circulation, nourish blood, stabilize the fetus; lower blood pressure, diuretic.

Uses: Lower back and knee pain, weak tendons and bones; wind-cold-damp arthralgia; beriberi; leakage during pregnancy; insufficient postpartum milk; angina pectoris.

12. Sang Ji Ai Tea

Ingredients: 5g Sang Ji Sheng, 3g mugwort leaf, 3g donkey-hide gelatin, 3g black tea, 10g brown sugar

Usage: Steep 300ml of the decoction of the first three ingredients in tea with sugar and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the kidneys, warm the meridians, harmonize blood.

Uses: Restlessness and abdominal pain during pregnancy.

13. Sang Ji Feng Tea

Ingredients: 5g Sang Ji Sheng, 3g Saposhnikovia divaricata, 3g Ligusticum wallichii, 3g licorice, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep 300ml of the decoction of the first three ingredients in licorice and black tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Expel wind and dampness, activate blood circulation, stop diarrhea.

Uses: Dysentery with pus and blood, no evidence of fever or chills.

14. Yang Qi Shi Tea

Ingredients: 10g Yang Qi Shi, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep with 300ml of the decoction of Yang Qi Shi in tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Warm and tonify the Ming Men (life gate).

Uses: Impotence in men; low sexual desire in women.

15. Cordyceps Tea

Ingredients: 3g Cordyceps, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep 150ml of the decoction of Cordyceps in tea and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify deficiency, stop cough, transform phlegm.

Uses: Impotence, nocturnal emission; spontaneous sweating; night sweats; phlegm and cough; lower back and knee pain.

16. Sandalwood Seed Tea

Ingredients: 5g sandalwood seeds, 3g black tea

Usage: Steep with 200ml boiling water and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the liver and kidneys, improve eyesight, solidify essence.

Uses: Liver and kidney deficiency, lower back and knee pain, blurry vision, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, enuresis.

17. Gold Lock Tea

Ingredients: 5g sandalwood seeds, 3g Euryale ferox, 3g lotus stamen, 3g dragon bone, 3g oyster shell, 5g flower tea

Usage: Steep the decoction of the first few ingredients in tea. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify the kidneys and nourish essence, fix essence.

Uses: Seminal emission that cannot be controlled; premature ejaculation, enuresis.

18. Bao Yuan Tea

Ingredients: 1g ginseng, 3g astragalus, 3g licorice, 3g flower tea

Usage: Steep with 250ml boiling water and drink. Adjust the taste to be light.

Function: Tonify qi, protect the primal essence, tonify the spleen, consolidate the exterior.

Uses: Weak primordial qi, deficiency of the spleen and lungs, sinking of qi, spontaneous sweating, fatigue, poor appetite, loose stools, shortness of breath, laziness in speech.

19. Ginseng and Lotus Tea

Ingredients: 5g ginseng, 5g lotus flesh, 3g flower tea

Usage: Steep with the decoction of the first two ingredients in tea. Tea can also be omitted.

Function: Tonify the middle and qi, strengthen the spleen, calm the mind.

Uses: Deficiency of qi, loss of appetite, loose stools, palpitations, insomnia.