Tip 1: Sleep and Nourish the Kidney
Adequate sleep plays an important role in the biochemistry of qi and blood, and the maintenance of kidney essence. Clinically, many patients with renal failure experience excessive staying up late, excessive fatigue, and insufficient sleep. Therefore, do not stay up too late, develop good work and rest habits, go to bed early and get up early, which is conducive to the maintenance of kidney essence.
Tip 2: Have a decent sex routine
"Excessive physical labor can harm qi, excessive mental labor can harm blood, and excessive physical labor can harm semen.". Therefore, it is necessary to act within our capabilities, work with moderation, and have restraint in sexual matters. This is helpful for nourishing the kidney and protecting its essence.
Tip 3: Exercise and Nourish the Kidney
Life lies in motion. Nourishing the kidney and correcting deficiency through exercise is a positive measure worth advocating. Here is a simple and easy to learn exercise method that helps to nourish the kidney and correct deficiency: Rub the palms of your hands together until the palms of your hands are warm, and then place them on your waist, with the palms facing the skin. Massage the waist up and down until you feel warm. It can be done twice in the morning and evening, about 200 times each time. This exercise can tonify the kidney and absorb qi.
Tip 4: Drinking regularly
Water is the source of life. Insufficient water may cause retention of turbid toxins and increase the burden on the kidneys. Therefore, regular drinking water is a very important method for nourishing the kidney.
Tip 5: Can't bear to urinate
When the stored urine in the bladder reaches a certain level, it stimulates the nerves and produces a urination reflex. At this time, it is necessary to go to the toilet in time and discharge urine thoroughly. Otherwise, the accumulated urine can become watery and turbid qi, damaging the kidneys. Therefore, when there is urine, it should be discharged in a timely manner, which is also one of the best methods for nourishing the kidney.
Tip 6: Protect Your Feet
Keeping feet warm is a way to nourish the kidneys. This is because the kidney meridian originates from the soles of the feet, which are easily attacked by cold. Therefore, pay special attention to keeping your feet warm, and do not face your feet directly to the air conditioner or fan when sleeping; Don't walk barefoot in wet places for a long time.
Tip 7: Smooth bowel movement
Poor bowel movement, stagnation of stool and attack of turbid qi not only make people upset and irritable, but also cause chest tightness and shortness of breath, which can damage the kidneys, leading to low back pain and fatigue, nausea and vomiting. Therefore, maintaining unobstructed bowel movements is also a method of nourishing the kidney. When bowel movements are difficult to resolve, you can press and rub the backs of your hands against both kidney regions to stimulate kidney qi and accelerate defecation; When walking, pressing and rubbing the kidney area with the backs of both hands can alleviate the symptoms of low back pain.
Tip 8: Eating and Tonifying the Kidney
There are many foods that can nourish the kidneys. In addition to black foods such as black sesame seeds, black fungus, black rice, and black beans that can nourish the kidneys, walnuts, leeks, shrimp, and lamb loins can also play a role in nourishing the kidneys.
Tip 9: Be alert to drugs
Whether traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, there are some side effects, and some drugs taken frequently can damage the kidneys. Therefore, when using drugs, it is necessary to be vigilant, carefully read the instructions, and consult relevant experts when taking certain drugs for a long time.