Post Date December, 02 2023
Tonifying the kidney is definitely a timeless topic on the path of men's health preservation.
After all, the kidney is very important. If you compare the human body to a big tree, the kidney is the root of the tree. Only when the root is deep can the leaves flourish, and when the kidney is good, the body is strong.
Nowadays, many 30+men suffer from kidney deficiency to some extent, followed by various problems such as mental fatigue, low back pain, sexual dysfunction, depression and alopecia. The immune system will also be affected, and the need for tonifying the kidney can be said to be very urgent.
As the best season for nourishing the four seasons, the kidney and winter qi are interconnected. At this time, the kidney is the most vulnerable to cold pathogens, so nourishing the kidney in winter is necessary and effective.
So, how do we nourish and protect our kidneys in winter?
Part 1: Understanding the optimal time for kidney detoxification
The best time for kidney detoxification is 5-7 am. After a night of repair, toxins will accumulate in the kidneys in the morning. Therefore, it is necessary to drink a cup of warm boiled water in the morning to flush a kidney, which can promote and help the toxins to be discharged from the body.
Part 2: Healthy small sports, helping the "kidney"
Regularly massage the waist and feet, and stimulate the acupoints with the heat sensation of the assistant. It can also dredge the meridians. Through some small health exercises, we can do it every day to protect our kidneys.
One of the small exercises for nourishing and strengthening the kidney:
Rub the palm of your hand until the palm of your hand heats up, then place it on your waist, and massage the waist up and down with the palm of your hand until it feels warm. Adhere to a daily massage in the morning and evening, about 200 times each time. This can play a role in warming and nourishing the vital gates, strengthening the kidneys and absorbing qi.
Kidney Nourishing and Yang Strengthening Exercise II:
Foot massage. The kidney meridian originates from the plantar region of the foot, where there are many acupuncture points, such as Yongquan. The kidney comes from a spring, and the spring is full of heart. Before going to bed every night, you can massage the Yongquan acupoint on the bottom of your foot. Massaging the Yongquan acupoint can have the effect of nourishing the kidney and consolidating essence.
Part 3: Choosing the Right Food, Eating Scientifically and Regulating the Kidney
Eating more black food is the most direct way to tonify the kidney, such as black beans, black rice, kelp, seaweed, black sesame, and so on; In addition, according to the principle of "tonifying the deficiency and warming the cold" in traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney likes to be warm. In winter, you can eat more foods that warm up and generate heat, such as beef, sheep, chicken, carp, agaric, mulberry, and coarse grains. Eating more nuts such as walnuts can also help improve the immune function of the human body.
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Kidney antitoxic ingredient: yam
Although yams can nourish many organs at the same time, they ultimately focus on tonifying the kidneys. Frequent consumption of yams can enhance the detoxification function of the kidneys. For example, yam tuckahoe steamed stuffed bun can benefit the liver and kidney, replenish vital energy, yam lotus seed stewed pork, strengthen the kidney, consolidate essence, and maintain health.
Stir-fried okra yam
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Food ingredients
300g yam, 200g okra, 10g dried black fungus, 2 cloves of garlic, 2g white sugar, 1tsp salt, 2tbsp oil
practice
1. Wash and slice garlic, soak black fungus in cold water, remove the roots, wash the sediment and divide into small flowers
2. Add boiling water and blanch, drain for standby
3. Peel and wash the yam and cut it into oblique slices
4. Wash the okra and blanch it in boiling water for a moment
5. Remove and cool in cool water, cut into large pieces for standby
Heat the oil in the frying pan over high heat to 60% heat, add garlic slices and fry until fragrant, until both sides of the garlic slices turn golden yellow
7. Add yam, okra, and agaric and stir fry for 5 minutes
8. Add white sugar and salt, stir fry and serve evenly
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Kidney detoxification ingredient: winter melon
"After a large amount of water enters the body, winter melon can stimulate the kidneys to increase urine and promote the excretion of toxins from the body. Therefore, when eating, try to give priority to a light taste, boiling soup or stir-frying.".
Winter melon soup
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Food ingredients
Pig ribs 300g, winter melon 400g, salt 3g, ginger appropriate
practice
1. Chop the pork ribs into 4 cm segments, wash and slice with ginger.
2. Pour clean water into the pot, boil until the water in the pot emits fine bubbles, put into the prepared ribs section, and then boil the water in the pot over high heat.
After boiling the water, you can see a layer of dirty things floating on the water in the pot, which is the blood foam of the ribs section. Keep the water boiling and use a colander to pull out the foam.
4. Blanch and scald the spareribs once, remove and wash with clean water. After blanching, the spareribs will have a clear color and less fat in the cooked spareribs soup.
After washing the ribs, blanch the segments of the ribs with boiling water once more, and thoroughly wash them.
6. Put the spareribs into a casserole and pour in enough boiling water at once. Put a few slices of ginger in the pot to remove the fishy smell of the spareribs. Bring the water in the casserole to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 30 minutes under low heat.
Peel the wax gourd, wash and cut into thick slices. "There are two types of winter melon: green skin and white skin. White skin has low water content and tastes soft and glutinous when cooked. The flesh of green skin winter melon is compact but has high water content.".
8. Cook the spareribs in the casserole until they are slightly boneless. At this time, put in the slices of winter melon, add salt, and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat when the wax gourd is transparent. The cooked winter melon spareribs soup has a strong meat aroma, a clear color, and a soft, waxy, sweet taste. It is refreshing and not greasy.
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Kidney Strengthening and Kidney Strengthening Ingredients: Eucommia ulmoides
Eucommia ulmoides can nourish the liver and kidney, strengthen muscles and bones, treat lumbar spine pain caused by kidney deficiency, and soften feet and knees. It can benefit the essence and qi, and strengthen muscles and bones. Generally, it is used with meat to cook soup and has a significant effect. For example, Eucommia Stewed Kidney Blossom, Eucommia Black Chicken Soup, etc.
Eucommia Pork Kidney Soup
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Food ingredients
1 pair of pork loin, 450g lean meat, an appropriate amount of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv, an appropriate amount of Poria cocos, an appropriate amount of Gorgon fruit, 2 iron stick yams, 1 sweet corn, and an appropriate amount of salt
practice
1. Prepare the medicinal materials, yams, and sweet corn used.
2. Wash and control the water content of the thicket and tuckahoe, wash and cut the eucommia into small pieces for standby.
3. Clean the sao gland in the middle of the pork loin, and cut it into pieces after randomly punching the surface with a flower knife. Cut the lean meat into small pieces and prepare a little shredded ginger.
Put some water in the pot and bring to a boil. Put pork loin, lean meat, and shredded ginger into the pot, add some cooking wine and bring to a boil over high heat for about 1 minute. Boil for a while to remove the blood and water.
5. Wash the pork loin and lean meat to remove the foam and control the water. Set aside.
6. In a casserole, sit in cold water and add the thicket, tuckahoe, and eucommia.
Add pork loin and lean meat, add a few drops of white vinegar, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 2 hours.
8. When making soup, peel and cut yams, and scrape off sweet corn with a knife.
9. Add yams and sweet corn to the pot and simmer for another 40 minutes. When drinking, mix in an appropriate amount of salt according to your taste.
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Kidney Tonifying and Liver Nourishing Ingredients: Chinese Wolfberry Fruit
Lycium barbarum can nourish the kidney and liver, benefit the essence, brighten the eyes, and strengthen muscles and bones. "You can boil juice and soup for dietotherapy. Because there are small particles of seeds in the wolfberry fruit, it can be made into a wolfberry oatmeal drink together with naked oats, which can be consumed together with the flesh of the fruit, with the effect of eliminating irritation, benefiting qi, tonifying the kidney, and brightening the eyes.".
Chinese wolfberry and naked oats drink
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Food ingredients
Chinese wolfberry fruit 30g, naked oats 50g, rice 6g, water 750g, salt 1g
practice
1. Soak naked oats, rice, and wolfberries for 2 hours in advance
2. Put it into the soybean milk machine together with water, use the nutrient paste function, start the mixing and boil it well, and then add salt and stir it before drinking.
Chinese wolfberry clears the liver and brightens the eyes, especially suitable for people who often face electronic products
Chinese wolfberry also has the effect of tonifying the kidney and replenishing qi, so adding Chinese wolfberry is a healthy drink.
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Nourishing Yin and Strengthening Kidney Ingredients: Black Sesame
Black sesame is sweet and smooth, and has the effect of tonifying the liver and kidney and moistening the five internal organs. It is not cold or hot, and is also a good cereal for tonifying the liver and kidney. Especially for people with kidney deficiency, such as sour waist and weak legs, dizziness and tinnitus, dry hair, sagging hair, early gray hair, and dry stool, it is best to eat.
Oatmeal black sesame biscuit
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Food ingredients
Oatmeal 200g, flour 50g, black sesame 70g, 3 eggs, vegetable oil 15g, brown sugar 60g, milk powder 30g
practice
1. Dissolve 50 brown sugar with appropriate amount of water for use,
Put oatmeal, flour, milk powder, and black sesame seeds into a large basin,
3. Knock in 3 eggs, add some vegetable oil, and stir well,
4. Pour in brown sugar water,
5. Stir well, not too thin, and glue the ingredients together,
6. Take about 30 grams of oatmeal and black sesame seeds, knead them into a ball, slightly flatten them, and place them on a baking tray lined with oven paper,
7. Put the baking tray into the preheated oven,
8. Upper and lower tubes, 180 degrees, 28 minutes.
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Nourishing ingredients: cashew
As the saying goes, with type tonifying, a pig's waist is equivalent to a person's kidney. It is recommended to eat regularly for low back pain, semen loss, night sweats, and deafness and tinnitus in the elderly due to kidney deficiency.
Kidney with Black Pepper
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Food ingredients
2 pork loins, 8 asparagus, appropriate amount of oil, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of black pepper, appropriate amount of garlic, and appropriate amount of ginger
practice
1. Split the pork waist in half.
2. Fully remove the white fascia inside, and be sure not to leave a trace of it. This is the key to removing the shame.
Use a knife to diagonally cut the waist into thin slices at a 45 ° angle, but do not cut to the bottom. The cutting depth is 3/5 of the thickness of the pork waist.
Turn the waist of the pig to an angle, cut it with a knife to intersect the oblique knife pattern into a parallel knife pattern of 90 °, and the cutting depth is 4/5.
5. Soak in water with salt and white vinegar for multiple times, and thoroughly clean the bleeding water. After boiling the water into the pot, roll it and immediately remove it.
6. Blanch asparagus slightly with water and remove.
7. Cut the asparagus into oblique blades, and mince the ginger and garlic. Set aside.
8. Heat up the oil in the pot and stir fry the chopped garlic and ginger. Put the asparagus in the pot and stir fry slightly.
9. Add the blanched cashews and stir fry over high heat, then add a suitable amount of salt and pepper to stir fry well, then remove from the pot.
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Nourishing Liver and Kidney Ingredients: Mulberry
Mulberry benefits the kidney and solidifies the essence. It has the effects of tonifying the liver, benefiting the kidney, and nourishing yin. After taking it for a long time, it has dark hair and bright eyes. Mulberries nourish the liver and kidney, replenish blood, and walk vigorously. Especially for those with insufficient kidney yin, it is best to eat them. You can make mulberry paste or mulberry drink.
Mulberry black soybean milk
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Food ingredients
Dried mulberry 30g, black beans 50g, and appropriate amount of sugar
practice
1. Soak black beans overnight in advance.
2. Soak black beans and rinse.
3. Dry clean mulberry.
4. All ingredients are put into the soybean milk machine and the required amount of water is added.
5. Cover and stir to form soybean milk.
6. Filter the stirred soybean milk.
Add white sugar to taste and serve.
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Nourishing Deficiency and Kidney Food: Mutton
When winter comes, you will definitely use mutton to nourish your body, because mutton has such effects as "warming the body and tonifying the deficiency, stimulating the appetite and strengthening the strength, nourishing the kidney qi, nourishing the liver and eyesight, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and supplementing the lungs and qi." It is very beneficial for improving people's physical fitness and disease resistance. Eating mutton in winter is better than ginseng. If you want to strengthen your body, eat more nourishing mutton in winter to make you stronger in spring.
Lotus Root and Mutton Soup
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Food ingredients
300g mutton, 2 sections of lotus root, half of snow fungus, 10 red dates, 3g salt
practice
1. Blanch the mutton to remove the blood and water, pass through clean water, and stir fry the mutton until fragrant. Set aside.
2. Peel and cut lotus root into pieces
3. Wash red dates and snow fungus, and soak the hair of snow fungus,
4. Bubble the hair and remove the hard lump from the pedicle
5. Add all the ingredients to the casserole together with water. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook over medium to low heat for one and a half hours. Once cooked, add salt and serve.
6. Lotus root grows in water, and Qingxin lotus root with mutton has a refreshing and nourishing effect when drunk
Of course, in addition to dietotherapy, maintaining healthy living habits is the biggest help for tonifying and nourishing the kidney. Do more exercise to strengthen your physique, and take fewer medicines and fewer illnesses.
Through practice, generations of health practitioners have proven that winter, when the wind is biting and the snow is blocking the land, is indeed the best time to maintain kidney qi. In winter, we need to take nourishment and strengthen our kidneys. Are you ready?
