Post Date December, 02 2023
In ancient Chinese herbal works, many famous Chinese medicine experts have summarized a number of effective dietary remedies for tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang based on their experience in treating diseases. The following are some introductions.
Fang Yi, 15 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 1 old male duck. Place Cordyceps sinensis in the cleaned duck belly, add water to stew until cooked, and then taste it before serving. It has the efficacy of treating impotence due to kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea, waist and knee pain, chronic cough, deficiency of asthma, and body deficiency after illness. (Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica of the Qing Dynasty)
Fang Er, 10 grams of Eucommia ulmoides powder, 1 pork loin. Wash and cut the zuo waist, then mix in the chopped eucommia, wrap it in lotus leaves, simmer until cooked, and serve. Indications: Kidney deficiency, low back pain, impotence, spermatorrhea, hypertension, fetal restlessness, and other diseases. ("Bencao Quandu" of the Ming Dynasty)
Fang San, 20 grams of Chinese wolfberry leaves, 60 grams of lamb, 1 sheep kidney, 100 grams of japonica rice, and 2 roots of scallion white. The goat kidney is first cut open, washed and chopped, and then the medlar leaf is boiled for juice. Then the medlar leaf juice, together with the goat kidney, mutton, japonica rice, and scallion white, is boiled into Congee, and seasoned with salt. It is eaten every morning and evening. Suitable for symptoms such as kidney deficiency, impotence, cold pain in the waist and knees, dizziness and ringing in the ears, blurred vision, hearing loss, and frequent nocturnal urination. ("The Essence of Drinking and Eating" of the Yuan Dynasty)
Fang Si, 60 grams of fresh leeks, and 60 grams of japonica rice. Wash the leek and cut it into pieces. After the rice porridge is boiled, add the leek and salt, and cook it into porridge. Eat it on an empty stomach in the morning. It has the effects of tonifying the liver and kidney, warming the waist and knees, strengthening yang, consolidating essence, warming the stomach, and so on. (The Compendium of Materia Medica of the Ming Dynasty).
