Seven folk dietary supplements to help you strengthen your kidneys and qi

The growth and development of the human body is closely related to the kidney qi. Whether a person ages, how fast he ages, and how long he lives all depend to a large extent on the strength of the kidney qi. From ancient times to the present, people have been actively looking for various materials to nourish the kidney and replenish qi, thus leaving behind several miraculous food supplements in the folk.

[Secret trick 1]

1 venison kidney, 30g Cistanche deserticola, 100g glutinous rice, appropriate amounts of scallion, pepper and salt. Remove the fascia from the venison kidney, rinse and chop it for later use. Chop the Cistanche deserticola for later use. Wash and clean the glutinous rice, put it in a pot, cook until half cooked, add the venison kidney, Cistanche deserticola, scallion, pepper and salt, and cook until the porridge is ready.

This recipe has the effects of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, replenishing essence and filling marrow. It is suitable for weakness and fatigue, impotence due to kidney deficiency, deafness and hoarseness, cold uterus and infertility. "Essentials of Food and Diet" records deer kidney porridge, which uses deer kidney, polished rice and fermented black beans, and is used for "deafness due to kidney deficiency". "Differentiation of Diseases and Drinks" records deer kidney porridge, which is used for "all symptoms of kidney deficiency". This product, pig kidney porridge and mutton kidney porridge can nourish the kidney, but this product is the best, followed by mutton kidney porridge, and pig kidney porridge.

[Second folk trick]

50g corn. Wash the corn, put it in a pot, add water, boil it on high heat, then simmer it on low heat until the porridge is ready. This recipe has the effects of benefiting the kidney and replenishing the deficiency, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. It is suitable for weakness and fatigue, deficiency and heat in the spleen and stomach, diarrhea, dysentery, and hot stranguria. This recipe comes from "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Medical Communication", "Differentiation of Diseases and Food", etc. The original recipe is used to "benefit the Dantian, replenish deficiency and damage, open the intestines and stomach", "heat dysentery, hot stranguria", and is a commonly used recipe for replenishing deficiency and clearing heat.

If the disease is not treated for a long time, the kidney will be damaged and the deficiency will occur; if the spleen and stomach are deficient in heat and the transportation and transformation are abnormal, diarrhea will occur; if the lower part of the body is deficient in heat and the bladder is not able to transform qi, stranguria will occur. The method should be to nourish the kidney and replenish the deficiency, clear away heat and promote diuresis.

This recipe uses only corn as a single ingredient, which can nourish the kidneys, tonify deficiency, clear away heat and promote urination. It is simple in formula and effective. This recipe is known for its clearing and tonifying effects, and can be consumed by people with deficiency and heat.

This prescription is used to clear away phlegm and stop diarrhea, and it is suitable to use aged corn.

[Secret trick three]

1 sparrow, 50g corn, appropriate amount of scallion and white wine. Remove the feathers of the sparrow, mince and fry, add appropriate amount of white wine and cook for a while, then add water and rice to cook porridge. When the porridge is ready, boil the scallion for 1-2 more times. Eat twice a day.

Sparrow is the whole body or meat of the sparrow of the family Muniaidae, also known as the house sparrow and the old house sparrow. It is sweet in taste and warm in nature. It is good at strengthening male sexual function and improving sperm quality, warming the waist and knees, and shrinking urine. It is a common health food for enhancing male sexual function and curing impotence.

The main ingredient in the prescription is sparrow, supplemented by millet to strengthen the spleen and stomach, and moisten the tendons; scallion is pungent and warm, which can invigorate the yang energy; and wine is used to help the kidneys and stimulate yang, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of sparrow. The combination of these four ingredients forms a prescription for benefiting the kidneys and strengthening yang.

The original recipe is used for the symptoms of "weak internal organs, emaciation, and weak yang energy". Regular consumption of this product can strengthen the body and improve sexual function. It is also useful for regulating male impotence, premature ejaculation, infertility, and female coldness and infertility. This recipe is also included in the "Book of Caring for the Elderly and Serving Parents".

This product is warm in nature and should not be consumed by those suffering from yin deficiency and internal heat.

[Folk trick 4]

1000g dog meat, 1000g glutinous rice, and appropriate amount of wine yeast. Wash the dog meat, cook it until it is soft, and mash it into a paste. Cook the glutinous rice into glutinous rice, mix it with the dog meat paste, wait for it to cool, add appropriate amount of wine yeast, and ferment it into wine. Drink 20-30 ml on an empty stomach every morning.

Dog meat is the meat of the dog, a Canidae animal, also known as dog meat. In addition to nutrients such as protein, it also contains purines and carnosine as well as compounds such as potassium, sodium, and chlorine. Dog meat is salty and warm in nature. It can replenish kidney qi, strengthen the yang channel, strengthen the waist and knees, warm the lower abdomen, and strengthen the spleen and stomach. It is most suitable for people with no weakness in the lower body.

Adding glutinous rice and wine yeast to brew wine can further help the original Yang Qi and nourish the Qi of the middle Jiao. The whole formula can greatly replenish the original Qi, warm the kidney and help the Yang, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. People with impotence, premature ejaculation, and spermatorrhea due to weak original Yang can choose it as appropriate.

[Folk trick 5]

100g chestnut meat, 25g dried lotus root powder, 2g sugar osmanthus, half a candied green plum, 2 petals of rose, and appropriate amount of sugar. Wash the chestnut meat and cut it into thin slices, put the pot on high heat, add appropriate amount of water, boil, pour in the chestnut meat and sugar, and skim off the foam when it boils again;

Mix the dried lotus root starch with water and pour it evenly into the pot. When it becomes a soup, remove from the pot and serve in a bowl. Cut the green plums into thin slices and place them on the soup. Sprinkle with sugar osmanthus and rose petals.

This recipe nourishes the kidneys and replenishes qi, strengthens the spleen and appetite, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis. It is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach during menopause.

[Six Folk Tricks]

1 white duck, remove the intestines and wash it, 20 grams each of black sesame, peach kernels, mulberries, water-soaked lotus seeds, water chestnuts, red dates, and coix seed kernels, an appropriate amount of glutinous rice (enough to fill the duck's stomach), and an appropriate amount of salt, rice wine, and MSG.

Stuff the duck's abdominal cavity with black sesame, peach kernels, mulberry, lotus seeds, water chestnuts, red dates, and coix seed kernels, then add glutinous rice until it is full. Use thread to sew up the abdominal cavity opening, place it in a soup bowl, add salt, rice wine, MSG, and water, steam it in a steamer, remove the stitches before eating, and it is ready to eat.

This prescription nourishes the kidneys, strengthens the spleen, and strengthens teeth. It is especially suitable for those who have been suffering from long-term physical weakness, emaciation, and gum atrophy.

[Seventh folk trick]

100g chestnuts, glutinous rice, rock sugar, 1000g water. Chop the chestnuts with a knife, remove the shells and cut the meat into small pieces the size of rice grains. Wash the glutinous rice. Put it in a pot with water, boil the chestnuts, add rock sugar and cook until it becomes porridge.

This prescription nourishes the kidney qi, strengthens the intestines and stomach, and has no inherent therapeutic effect on tooth problems caused by kidney deficiency.