Men can boost kidney function and enhance virility by eating chives. Here are 4 chive recipes.

Chives are not only delicious but also a traditional Chinese medicine with high medicinal value. Nowadays, kidney deficiency has become a common ailment for many men. So, can men with kidney deficiency eat chives? How can they eat chives for better results?

Chive and Fresh Shrimp Glutinous Rice Porridge

Men with kidney deficiency can eat chives

Chives are sweet and pungent in flavor, and warm in nature; they have the effects of tonifying the kidneys and yang-warming, warming the middle jiao to stimulate the appetite, and dispelling stasis; pharmacological research has found that they can regulate blood lipids and prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases. Clinically, it is commonly used to treat injuries from falls, dysphagia, vomiting, enteritis, hematemesis, epistaxis, chest pain, impotence, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, and frequent urination.

As a medicinal herb, chives were first recorded in Liang Dynasty's "Famous Physician's Separate Records" by Tao Hongjing, which stated that it could "calm the five zang organs and eliminate heat in the stomach." "Materia Medica for Dietotherapy" says it can "benefit the chest and diaphragm." "Materia Medica拾遗" says it can "warm the middle jiao, promote qi downward, tonify deficiency, harmonize the organs, make one able to eat, benefit yang, stop diarrhea with white pus, and relieve abdominal cold pain, all by boiling and eating it."

Chive recipes to help men tonify the kidneys

1. Chive Porridge

Method: 50g fresh chives, 10g chive seeds (ground into a fine powder), 100g japonica rice, and a little fine salt. First, cook the japonica rice into a porridge. When the porridge is almost done, add the washed and chopped chives or the chive seed powder and fine salt. Cook for a short while and it's ready.

Function: Tonifies the kidneys and yang, secures essence to stop nocturnal emissions, strengthens the spleen and warms the stomach.

2. Chives Stir-fried with Eggs

Method: 100g fresh chives, washed and chopped; 3 eggs (shelled), mixed with the chopped chives. Stir-fry with vegetable oil and salt until cooked, and serve as a side dish.

Function: Warms the middle jiao and nourishes blood, warms the kidneys and loins and knees.

3. Chives Stir-fried with Fresh Shrimp

Method: 150g chives, 250g fresh shrimp (shelled), stir-fry and serve as a side dish.

Function: Tonifies the kidneys and essence, strengthens yang and treats impotence. This product is drying and heat-producing, so it is contraindicated for those with a strong constitution and excessive yang.

4. Chive and Ginger Milk

Method: 250g chives, 25g ginger, washed, chopped, and mashed. Squeeze the juice through a clean cloth, pour it into a pot, add 250g of milk, heat and bring to a boil, and consume while hot.

Function: Warms the middle jiao and promotes qi downward, harmonizes the stomach and stops vomiting.

Three "Don't Pair" When Eating Chives

Honey: Chives should not be eaten with honey because chives, like onions and garlic, belong to the Liliaceae family, Allium genus. Both their medicinal nature are pungent, warm, and hot, and they both contain allicin and sulfides, which are opposite in nature to honey. Therefore, the two should not be eaten together.

Liquor: Liquor is sweet, pungent, slightly bitter, and very hot, containing ethanol. Alcohol is irritating, can dilate blood vessels, accelerate blood flow, and can cause gastritis and the recurrence of gastrointestinal ulcers. Chives are warm and sweet, and can strengthen yang and invigorate blood. Eating raw chives and drinking liquor is like adding clear oil to a fire. Long-term consumption is especially harmful to patients with bleeding disorders. Therefore, it is important to avoid eating chives and liquor together.

Spinach: Chives should not be eaten with spinach, as the combination has a laxative effect and can easily cause diarrhea.

Because chives are not easily digested, one should not eat too much at a time. Generally speaking, those with a deficient stomach and heat, fire in the lower body, or indigestion should not eat chives.