Introduction: There are many causes of kidney deficiency. To treat it, it is essential to identify the root cause. For example, if it's due to spleen yang deficiency, one should strengthen the spleen to promote urination and expel dampness. Therefore, targeted dietary therapy can be used to treat kidney deficiency.
What foods are good for kidney deficiency?
Qi-tonifying foods: Rice, millet, yellow rice, glutinous rice, barley, wheat, naked oats, soybeans, white hyacinth beans, peas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, Chinese yam, carrots, mushrooms, chicken, beef, rabbit meat, blue fish, silver carp, etc.
Blood-nourishing foods: Carrots, longan pulp, lychee pulp, mulberries, blood tofu, animal livers, animal meats, sea cucumbers, pomfret, etc.
Sea Cucumber Stewed with Chicken Legs
Yang-tonifying foods: Chives, sword beans, cowpeas, walnut kernels, mutton, venison, animal kidneys, pigeon eggs, eels, sea prawns, etc.
Yin-nourishing foods: Chinese cabbage, pears, grapes, mulberries, goji berries, black sesame, tremella, black fungus, lily bulbs, milk, pork, soft-shelled turtle, turtle meat, cuttlefish, etc.
Small Pan-fried Sea Prawns
Precautions
Kidney deficiency is often caused by excessive sexual activity or frequent masturbation in adolescence. Therefore, it is important to get adequate rest and relax your mind.
A common method for managing kidney deficiency is to use the traditional Chinese medicine "Lu Shen Zheng Yuan Gao" for conditioning.
For those with yang deficiency and constipation, it is more advisable to consume foods that are both warming and laxative, such as walnut kernels, xiebai (scallion stalk), sea cucumber, and sea prawns.
Dried mussels have the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, and benefiting essence and blood. The "Sui Ju Yin Shi Pu" (Dietary Manual for a Peaceful Residence) says they "nourish the kidney, enrich the blood, and replenish essence."
Dried Mussel and Shitake Mushroom Porridge