As people's living standards continue to improve, life stress also increases. Irregular lifestyle habits and unhealthy hobbies can lead to symptoms of kidney deficiency. So, if you have kidney deficiency, what foods are great for nourishing the kidney in your daily life?
Below, I will introduce you to some excellent kidney-nourishing foods:
1. Loach
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that loach has the effect of warming the middle and replenishing qi, and has certain medicinal effects for quenching thirst and sobering up, promoting urination, strengthening yang, and treating hemorrhoids. Loach contains a special amino acid that promotes sperm formation. Adult men who often eat loach can nourish the kidneys, produce essence, and strengthen the body, and it is helpful for regulating sexual function.
2. Black Rice
Black rice is rich in protein, fat, B vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, and other substances, and has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney.
Black Rice with Red Bean Paste and Chrysanthemum Bun
3. Black Soybean
Black soybeans are rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, as well as carotene, vitamin B1, B2, folic acid, folinic acid, riboflavin, vitamin A and carotenoids, niacin, and crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and other nutrients. It is an excellent food for tonifying the kidney. "Compendium of Materia Medica" mentions: "Beans come in five colors, each treating the five organs. Only black beans belong to the water element, are cold in nature, and can enter the kidney. They treat water, reduce bloating, promote the descent of qi, treat wind-heat, invigorate blood, and detoxify. Regular consumption of black beans can prevent all kinds of illnesses." "Black beans have a strong effect on the kidney, so they can treat water, reduce swelling and promote the descent of qi. They treat wind-heat, invigorate blood, and detoxify."
4. Chinese Yam
Chinese yam is rich in nutrients such as polysaccharides, amylase, and protein, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the lungs, securing the kidney, and benefiting essence.
Blueberry Chinese Yam Flower
5. Chestnut
Chestnuts are rich in protein, carbohydrates, inorganic salts such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and potassium, as well as various components like carotene and B vitamins, and have the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening muscles.
6. Goji Berry
Goji berries are rich in nutrients such as carotene, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and calcium, iron, and have the effect of tonifying the kidney and benefiting essence.
7. Fo-ti
Fo-ti contains active ingredients such as chrysophanol, emodin, rhein, physcion, fatty oil, starch, sugars, rhaponticin, and lecithin. It has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, and benefiting essence and blood. Physicians of past dynasties have used it for people with kidney deficiency.
Laozao Drunken Chinese Yam
8. Scallop
Scallops are rich in protein, carbohydrates, riboflavin, and various nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron, and have effects such as anti-cancer and nourishing yin to tonify the kidney.
9. Sea Bass
"The Classic of Materia Medica" once recorded: "Sea bass has a sweet and light taste, with a neutral qi, which is suitable for the spleen and stomach. The kidney governs the bones, and the liver governs the muscles and tendons. The flavor belongs to yin, and it all returns to the organs. It benefits the yin qi of the two organs, so it can benefit the muscles and bones." "Jia Ben Cao" believes: "Sea bass is beneficial for people to eat more, especially when made into buns." It is suitable for those with liver and kidney yin deficiency, or spleen and stomach weakness.
Scallop and Egg White Soup