Blackening of the eye rims is similar in nature to darkening of the face and skin, both of which are characteristic manifestations of kidney deficiency. The five elements of green, red (red), yellow, white, and black in the five colors are matched to wood, fire, earth, gold, and water. The five elements of liver, heart, spleen, lung, and kidney in the five viscera are matched to wood, fire, earth, gold, and water. The five elements of black in the five colors and the kidney in the five viscera are all water, and black and kidney are of the same category. Therefore, the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" believes that "black belongs to the kidney", and "the kidney is black.". Generally, dark circles under the eyes, dark complexion, or dark skin are manifestations of kidney deficiency.
1. Start with diet
To nourish the kidney, it is necessary to have a targeted view. Those with yang deficiency need to replenish yang, while those with yin deficiency need to replenish yin. People with yang qi deficiency constitution tend to be afraid of cold, and their hands and feet are afraid of cold. The principle of diet health care is to eat more warm food, mix with miscellaneous meat, and drink hot Congee, such as lamb Congee, walnut Congee, and sweet potato Congee. Nourishing Kidney Yin aims at yin deficiency constitution, such as sour waist and soft knees, flushing cheeks, hot hands and feet, and other physical signs. It is recommended to use cornus flesh, wolfberry fruit, cordyceps sinensis, American ginseng, and ginseng.
There are many foods in life that are beneficial for tonifying the kidney, such as wolfberry seeds, seafood, abalone, leeks, pig kidneys, eggs, black sesame seeds, dog meat, lotus seeds, and so on. It can be said that these foods are very helpful for tonifying the kidney. On the contrary, there are other foods in life that can cause kidney deficiency, such as often eating untreated seed oil, cigarettes, winter melon, spring shoots, celery, water chestnut, almonds, Such foods have a great impact on the health of the human kidneys. Therefore, it is necessary to eat more foods that are beneficial to the kidney and eat less foods that may cause kidney deficiency.
2. Massage the instep
dark under-eye circles