When it comes to nourishing the kidney, many people immediately think of kidney deficiency. In fact, in traditional Chinese medicine, kidney deficiency is also divided into several different categories. Let's take a look at the various symptoms of kidney deficiency, and which foods are suitable for eating more and less.
1. Insufficiency of kidney qi
Insufficiency of kidney qi is actually a deficiency of kidney qi, and the function of fixing and absorbing is weakened. You can call it deficiency of kidney qi. For example, frequent yawning after ensuring adequate sleep may be a sign of "unsolidified kidney qi".
If a person's kidney qi is not solid, because the bladder cannot hold urine, the urination will be long and frequent, and in severe cases, it will lead to urinary incontinence, or increased nocturia. Men are prone to slippery semen and premature ejaculation, women are prone to vaginal discharge, and they are prone to slippage after pregnancy; due to the decreased function of the viscera and meridians, symptoms such as weak waist and knees, hearing loss, pale complexion, pale tongue and white coating, and thin and weak pulse occur.
People with weak kidneys should eat more glutinous rice, soybeans, white lentils, silky chicken, pig kidneys, lamb kidneys, pigeon eggs, dog meat, beef, eel, crucian carp, carp, quail, mussels, chestnuts, etc. Dates, walnut kernels, black soybeans, black fungus, black sesame seeds, mushrooms and other foods, as well as medicinal and edible foods such as golden cherry seeds, raspberries, Gorgon, lotus seeds, schisandra, dogwood, and yam.
Foods that should be avoided or avoided are hawthorn, bergamot, betel nut, garlic, kohlrabi, radish tassels, coriander, kohlrabi, pepper, perilla leaves, mint, lotus leaves, etc. In addition, buckwheat, grapefruit, oranges, kumquats, oranges, water chestnuts, raw radishes, tobacco and alcohol should also be eaten less.
2. Deficiency of Kidney-Yang
If the Kidney-Qi and Kidney-Yang are deficient, it is Yang-deficiency. To put it simply, kidney yin and kidney essence belong to matter, while kidney yang and kidney qi belong to function. For example, if you cook with a rice cooker, rice and water are the substances used for cooking, and soup and cooking are the functions of the rice cooker.Deficiency of kidney yin and kidney essence is equivalent to running out of rice at home; deficiency of kidney yang and kidney qi is equivalent to the failure of the cooking function of the rice cooker.
Therefore, if a person is deficient in kidney yang, his urine will be clear and long, the stool will be thin, and even the diarrhea will not stop for a long time. Because of the kidney’s second bowel movement, your body’s function of turning water and food into urination and defecation has a problem; at the same time, if the kidney yang is deficient and cannot nourish the waist, the waist and knees will be sore and painful, impotence and premature ejaculation in men, and cold in the uterus of women. Pregnancy; due to yang deficiency and external cold, you will be afraid of cold, cold hands and feet, and pale. If the kidney yang is deficient and the turbid yin pervades the skin, the complexion will be dark and dull; due to the inability of qi and blood to flow, the spirit will be lethargic, the head will be dizzy, and the head will be swollen.
People with yang deficiency should eat more foods that warm yang and aphrodisiac, such as indica rice, dog meat, mutton, pork belly, chicken, pork belly, hairtail, sparrow meat, venison, eel, shrimp (lobster, prawn, green shrimp) , river shrimp, etc.), walnuts, chestnuts, danlai, leeks, concanavas, peppers, fennel, cinnamon, etc.; people with diarrhea due to yang deficiency are suitable to eat foods that are both warming and antidiarrheal, such as glutinous rice, silver carp, river shrimp , dried ginger, prickly ash, pomegranate, black plum, lotus seed, Gorgon etc.
People with kidney yang deficiency should not eat more raw and cold foods, such as japonica rice, buckwheat, naked oats, tofu, pork, duck, black fungus, bitter gourd, water bamboo, celery, winter melon, eggplant, hollow leeks, Pear, watermelon, water chestnut, persimmon, green tea, etc.
3. Kidney yin deficiency
If kidney essence and kidney yin are insufficient, the resulting kidney deficiency is kidney yin deficiency. If the sex life is too frequent on weekdays, or the brain is used too much, or overworked, there may be kidney yin deficiency.
is also prone to night sweats. What is night sweats? That is, you sweat when you sleep and don't sweat when you wake up.
Due to the deficiency of kidney yin and the lack of nourishment of the bones, the waist and knees will be sore; due to the deficiency of yin, the fire will act rashly, so the male will have strong yang, and the sperm will leak wet dreams; Even amenorrhea; due to yin deficiency, fire is prosperous, so people with kidney yin deficiency are prone to "five heart upsets and heat", that is, the palms, feet and heart always feel hot, and hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, dreams, etc. Dizziness and tinnitus, but also weight loss, dry throat, red cheeks, dry stool, red tongue and less fluid.
People with kidney yin deficiency are suitable for eating more black foods, such as black sesame, black beans, black rice, black fungus, kelp, seaweed, silky chicken, etc., as well as sea bass, dried scallops, sea cucumbers, abalone, seahorses, shrimps, fish, Cattle bone marrow, dog meat, lamb bone, pig kidney, corn, small walnut, yam, chestnut, pine nuts, shepherd's purse, leek, tofu, cowpea, mussels, mulberry, sugar cane, white fungus and other foods. In addition, people with kidney yin deficiency can also take turtle meat, pigeon meat, soft-shelled turtle, gecko, wolfberry, Cordyceps sinensis, Eucommia, Polygonum multiflorum, lotus seed, royal jelly, Ganoderma lucidum, bird's nest, donkey-hide gelatin, Ziheche, Rehmannia glutinosa, Gorgon, Cynomorium, Cistanche and other nourishing.
As for fatty, thick-flavored and dry products, such as aloe vera, water chestnuts, persimmons, raw radishes, lettuce melons, melons, onions, peppers, garlic, mustard greens, cloves, fennel, peppers, sauces, liquor and cigarettes, all should be Eat less or not.
