Top 14 Health Benefits of Popular Foods

【Food 1】: Shrimp, shrimp refers to the whole body and meat of various freshwater shrimp or prawn species in the family Atyidae or Palaemonidae.
【Health Benefits】: Tonify the kidney and strengthen yang, promote lactation, and detoxify. It is mainly used for the treatment of kidney yang deficiency, impotence, premature ejaculation, decreased sexual desire, lumbago, and weakness; weak qi and blood, fatigue, postpartum insufficient lactation or lack of milk.

【Food 2】: Mustard Greens, tender stems and leaves of the cruciferous plant mustard greens. Also known as snow cabbage.
【Health Benefits】: Clear lung and resolve phlegm, warm the middle and promote qi circulation. It is mainly used for the treatment of cold and dampness, cough with phlegm, chest oppression.

【Food 3】: Chicken, the meat of domestic chickens, which belong to the Phasianidae family. Chickens are considered a top-grade food therapy, with hen and young chicken being the best choices.
【Health Benefits】: Tonify the middle burner, nourish blood, and tonify kidney essence. It is mainly used for the treatment of weak spleen and stomach, reduced appetite, discomfort in the epigastric region, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, and weakness; liver and spleen deficiency, dizziness, dim complexion, postpartum insufficient lactation; kidney essence insufficiency, lumbago, weak knees, tinnitus, frequent urination, decreased sperm quantity and quality.

【Food 4】: Scallion, the bulb of the lily family plant scallion.
【Health Benefits】: Warm and pungent, induce sweating, dispel cold, promote joint health, expel exterior pathogenic factors, and detoxify. It is mainly used for the treatment of wind-cold-dampness, external pathogenic factors, aversion to cold and fever, facial edema.

【Food 5】: Glutinous Rice, the kernel of the gramineous plant glutinous rice. It is also known as Yuan rice or Jiang rice.
【Health Benefits】: Tonify the middle burner, invigorate the spleen, warm the stomach, and consolidate the exterior and stop sweating. It is mainly used for the treatment of spleen and stomach deficiency with cold, regurgitation, poor appetite, diarrhea; unstable exterior, spontaneous sweating; chronic digestive diseases.

【Food 6】: Beef, the meat of bovine animals in the Bovidae family.
【Health Benefits】: Warm and invigorate the spleen and stomach, nourish qi and blood, strengthen tendons and bones, reduce swelling, and promote diuresis. It is mainly used for the treatment of spleen and stomach yang deficiency, abdominal pain, diarrhea, prolapse of anus, edema; deficiency of essence and blood, emaciation, fatigue, soreness of tendons and bones.

【Food 7】: Chinese Chives, the leaves of the lily family plant Chinese chives. Also known as grass milk clock, yang-enhancing grass, or aphrodisiac grass.
【Health Benefits】: Tonify the kidney and strengthen yang, invigorate the spleen, and warm the stomach. It is mainly used for the treatment of kidney yang deficiency, lumbago, cold sensation in the waist and knees, impotence, premature ejaculation, frequent urination; spleen and stomach deficiency with cold, hiccups, cold pain in the abdomen, diarrhea or constipation.

【Food 8】: Sword Bean, the seeds of the leguminous plant sword bean. Also known as sword bean, giant sword bean, or Guandao bean.
【Health Benefits】: Warm the middle burner, descend qi, nourish the kidney and replenish the essence. It is mainly used for the treatment of spleen and stomach deficiency with cold, vomiting, abdominal distention, diarrhea; kidney yang deficiency, back pain, cold and pain in the limbs, pale complexion.

【Food 9】: Walnut Kernel, the kernel of the walnut tree in the Juglandaceae family. Also known as walnut meat. Juglans regia.
【Health Benefits】: Tonify the kidney and consolidate essence, warm the lungs and relieve asthma, blacken hair and moisturize the skin, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements. It is mainly used for the treatment of lung and kidney deficiency, chronic cough, shortness of breath, worsened by cold and aggravated by exertion, or even shoulder raising when opening the mouth; or kidney qi deficiency, lumbago, weak knees, tinnitus, impotence, premature ejaculation, nocturnal emission, white turbid urine, dry and difficult bowel movements.

【Food 10】: Dog Meat, the meat of the canine animal in the Canidae family.
【Health Benefits】: Tonify the middle burner, warm the kidneys, and strengthen yang. It is mainly used for the treatment of kidney yang deficiency: cold and pain in the waist and knees, impotence, frequent urination; spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, bloating, or edema.

【Food 11】: Moth, the male whole body of the silkworm moth in the Bombycidae family. Also known as late silkworm moth.
【Health Benefits】: Tonify the liver, nourish the kidney, strengthen yang, and control ejaculation. It is mainly used for the treatment of kidney yang deficiency, impotence, premature ejaculation, seminal emission, turbid urine, lumbago, painful testicles.

【Food 12】: Bee Milk, a viscous liquid made by worker bees from their pharyngeal glands, mixed with honey in a ratio of 1:100. This viscous liquid is the special food of the queen bee in the hive, so it is also called royal jelly.
【Health Benefits】: Nourish the liver and blood, invigorate the spleen and qi, and nourish the kidney essence. It is mainly used for the treatment of insufficient qi and blood, dizziness, blurred vision, shortness of breath, easy cold, insomnia, and dreaminess; insufficient kidney essence, lumbago, aversion to cold, delayed development or premature aging, forgetfulness, male infertility, female amenorrhea or infertility, as well as weakness and neurasthenia caused by multiple or chronic illnesses...

【Food 13】: Sea Cucumber, the whole body of the sea cucumber in the Holothurioidea family or other species of sea cucumbers. Depending on the species of sea cucumber, it is also known as sea cucumber, flower sea cucumber, or melon sea cucumber.
【Health Benefits】: Tonify the kidney and nourish essence, nourish blood and moisturize dryness. It is mainly used for the treatment of kidney essence deficiency, impotence, frequent urination, lumbago, and fatigue; deficiency of yin and blood, emaciation, hot flashes, coughing up blood, polydipsia, constipation.

【Food 14】: Sparrow Meat, the meat of the passerine bird sparrow. Sparrow is also known as sparrow, house sparrow, tile sparrow, or guest sparrow.
【Health Benefits】: Strengthen yang and nourish essence. It is mainly used for the treatment of kidney yang deficiency: cold and pain in the waist and knees, impotence, premature ejaculation, frequent urination, irregular or excessive menstruation, leukorrhea.