Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "five colored food supplements the five internal organs": red enters the heart, cyan enters the liver, yellow enters the spleen, white enters the lungs, and black enters the kidneys. Tonifying the kidney in winter. We choose a diet based on color, which is a simple and easy way to maintain health. Black food can nourish and nourish the kidney in winter. Black food is generally rich in trace elements and vitamins, such as the "Black Five" as we usually call it.
Five Black Kidney Tonifying Foods
1、 Black Sesame - Tonifying Kidney and Qi
Black sesame has a smooth and sweet taste, and has the effects of tonifying the liver and kidney, moistening the five internal organs, supplementing qi, strengthening muscles, and filling the brain marrow. It can be used to treat vertigo caused by deficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood, premature whitening of beard and hair, alopecia, soreness of waist and knees, fatigue of limbs, difficulty in walking, deficiency of the five internal organs, dry skin and dry hair, and constipation of the intestine. Its efficacy in black hair and beautification is even more well known.
2、 Black Rice - Rice Treasure "Black Pearl"
Black rice has such effects as "nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, keeping fit and warming the stomach, brightening the eyes and promoting blood circulation", "clearing the liver and moistening the intestines", "smoothing dampness and benefiting essence, nourishing the lungs and slowing tendons"; It can be used as medicine for meals, especially for dizziness, anemia, white hair, waist and knee soreness, night blindness, and tinnitus. Long-term consumption can prolong life.
3、 Black Beans - Valley of the Kidney
Black beans have a sweet and smooth taste, not only resembling the kidney in shape, but also have the effects of tonifying the kidney, strengthening the body, promoting blood circulation and diuresis, detoxifying, and moisturizing the skin, especially suitable for patients with kidney deficiency; Black dates, known as "nutritional warehouses," have a warm and sweet taste, and have the functions of tonifying the middle and supplementing qi, nourishing the kidney, stomach, and blood.
4、 Walnut - a good product for tonifying the kidney and brain
Walnuts have the effects of tonifying the kidney and consolidating essence, diuresis and removing stones, moistening the intestines and relieving constipation, warming the lungs and calming asthma, and are commonly used for kidney deficiency, low back pain, urinary tract stones, and other diseases; These five kinds of food together make porridge, which is a rare kidney nourishing food.
5、 Chestnuts - Fruit of the Kidney
Chestnut has a sweet and warm taste, and has the effects of nourishing the stomach and spleen, tonifying the kidney and strengthening tendons, promoting blood circulation and hemostasis, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It is especially suitable for people with weak waist and knees, waist and foot failure, frequent urination, and spleen and kidney deficiency caused by kidney deficiency. Chestnuts are rich in riboflavin, which can be eaten frequently by friends suffering from oral ulcers.
Delicious food - good nutrition, good kidney
[Stir-fried Scallops with Concanada Beans]
Ingredients: scallop meat (preferably Yuanbao, the yellow one), concanavalin, garlic
Method: Take the meat from scallops, wash and chop the garlic into pieces, wash and cut the concanavalin into inches, add oil and heat, add garlic to stir fry until fragrant, add the scallops to stir fry, crumble the yellow, add the concanavalin, sprinkle salt, and take out the pot.
Fried clams with leeks
Ingredients: 500g clams, 200g leeks, 15g garlic, salt, sugar, ginger juice, rice wine, light soy sauce, peanut oil
Method: Dice garlic and ginger, stir fry with oil; Add clam meat, red and yellow bell peppers, and finally stir fry the leeks slightly (the leeks should not be too cooked). Season with salt before exiting the pot.