How men can fight against the "three voids"

Core Tip: Many middle-aged men have big bellies, but they are actually fat due to deficiency of the spleen. People with deficiency of the spleen are prone to fatigue and sweating after a little activity. They also often have loss of appetite and diarrhea. To treat deficiency of the spleen, you should first adjust your diet and avoid being overfull or over-starved. Secondly, you should focus on replenishing yang and moving the spleen, and eat more foods that are warm and invigorating to the spleen, such as polished rice, lotus seeds, water chestnuts, and aquatic products such as eel, carp, hairtail, squid, and shrimp.

As the saying goes, "people are old after forty", and various indicators of human health begin to decline in middle age. Although living standards have improved, many unhealthy lifestyles have increased compared to the past, resulting in the prevalence of spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency and other deficiency syndromes in middle-aged men.

Spleen deficiency:

Many middle-aged men have big bellies, but they are actually fat due to deficiency of the spleen. People with deficiency of the spleen are prone to fatigue and sweating after a little activity. They also often have loss of appetite and diarrhea. To treat deficiency of the spleen, you should first adjust your diet and avoid being overfull or over-starved. Secondly, you should focus on replenishing yang and regulating the spleen, and eat more foods that are warm and invigorating to the spleen, such as polished rice, lotus seeds, water chestnuts, and aquatic products such as eel, carp, hairtail, squid, and shrimp.

Kidney deficiency:

There are many manifestations of kidney deficiency, including memory loss, lack of concentration, reduced work efficiency, insomnia, soreness of waist and knees, fear of cold, tinnitus, decreased sexual function, decreased libido, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, etc., and sometimes frequent urination and urgency. Kidney deficiency after middle age is mostly caused by excessive work pressure. You can eat more black foods, such as black sesame, black rice, black beans, black fungus, walnuts, chestnuts, etc. Note that before taking some tonic Chinese medicines such as deer antlers and Eucommia ulmoides, you should consult a professional doctor to see if it is suitable for your situation.

Liver deficiency:

As for the liver, there are two types of liver deficiency and liver fire. The former can be manifested as dizziness, mental fatigue, dull complexion, insomnia, loss of appetite, dry and bitter mouth, chest pain, etc.; the latter is manifested as sores in the mouth and tongue, irritability, etc. The two are easy to distinguish. For people with liver deficiency, nourishing the liver is the first priority. Eat less greasy and spicy food, eat more lean meat or fish, eggs, milk, fresh vegetables and fruits rich in protein; do not overeat or eat unevenly; try to drink less alcohol.