What foods should men with kidney yin deficiency eat? You must eat these to nourish the kidneys

In life, some men have kidney deficiency, which can be divided into kidney yang deficiency and kidney yin deficiency. Kidney yin deficiency is often caused by long-term illness or excessive sexual intercourse. So, in order to effectively cure kidney yin deficiency, what food should men eat? Is it Chinese medicine or nourishing food?

1. Liuwei Dihuang Pills

Liuwei Dihuang Wan is a well-known kidney-tonifying prescription. The prescription comes from "Xiaoer Yaozheng Zhijue" by Qian Yi, a medical scientist in the Song Dynasty. It is a basic prescription for nourishing kidney yin. The main ingredients are "six flavors": cooked rehmannia root, cornus officinalis (processed), Chinese yam, zexie, moutan bark, and tuckahoe. This prescription uses cooked rehmannia root as the main medicine to nourish kidney yin, replenish essence and benefit marrow, uses cornus officinalis to nourish the liver and kidney, astringes essence and stops sweating, and uses Chinese yam to strengthen the spleen and lungs, consolidate the kidney and benefit essence, and complete the yin of the three internal organs and nourish them, with kidney tonification as the main ingredient. It is paired with the herbs that can clear the kidneys and reduce turbidity, while the peony bark can clear the liver fire, cool the blood and disperse blood stasis to control the warmth of the cornus; the poria can penetrate the spleen and benefit the dampness to help the yam strengthen the spleen.

2. Zhibao Sanbian Pills

Ingredients: 20 flavors including deer penis, sea dog penis, dog penis, seahorse, deer antler, ginseng, yohimbine, raspberry, psoralea corylifolia (fried), Polygala tenuifolia, epimedium (roasted), and dodder (steamed).

Functions and indications: replenishes blood and produces sperm, strengthens the brain and kidneys. Used for weak constitution, neurasthenia, back pain, overuse of the brain, anemia and dizziness, palpitations and forgetfulness, spontaneous sweating, chills and insomnia, pale complexion, qi deficiency and loss of appetite.

Diet

People with kidney yin deficiency should eat more cool foods in their diet, such as honeysuckle, mung beans, white fungus, lotus seeds, cassia seeds, fish soup, clams, sparrow meat, venison, etc. for nourishment.

Nourishing foods are as follows: sesame, corn, cowpea, beef bone marrow, dog meat, sheep bones, pork kidneys, mussels, scallops, perch, mulberries, water chestnuts, chestnuts, walnuts, yam, wolfberry, cordyceps, eucommia, Polygonum multiflorum, sea cucumber, seahorse, and shrimp. In addition, people with kidney deficiency should also take turtle meat, pigeon meat, pork, soft-shelled turtle, gecko, lotus seeds, pine nuts, shepherd's purse, leek, royal jelly, Ganoderma lucidum, bird's nest, donkey-hide gelatin, placenta, Rehmannia glutinosa, herb, and Cistanche deserticola.