What do elderly people eat for kidney deficiency?
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that congenital deficiency, acquired loss of nourishment, long-term fatigue, life stress, or long-term illness causing kidney damage, aging and physical decline can all cause renal dysfunction in the elderly, leading to a series of kidney deficiency symptoms.
Black food is a great kidney tonic, rich in trace elements and vitamins. Elderly people can often eat black rice, chestnuts, black beans, black sesame, black dates, black goji berries, black pine nuts, etc. In addition, when tonifying the kidney, we should adopt different kidney tonifying methods based on different symptoms of kidney deficiency.
1. Insufficient kidney qi, weak legs and arms. In addition to weak legs, the upper limbs are also weak, mainly due to the inability of kidney qi to reach the limbs due to age and physical weakness. Chestnuts have the effect of tonifying kidney qi and are very effective in treating leg weakness and fatigue. Remove the shells from the raw chestnuts, chew the nuts carefully, 3-5 pieces per day, and persist for a long time.
2. Kidney yin deficiency and leg and knee pain. Soft and weak legs, accompanied by symptoms such as knee pain, hot flashes and night sweats, and yellow urine. It is often caused by yin deficiency constitution, deficiency of yin essence, or prolonged illness due to deficiency and exhaustion of kidney yin. 30 grams of goji berries, 10 grams of cordyceps sinensis, and 50 grams of lilies. After washing, add water and simmer, simmer slowly for about 20 minutes, add 50 grams of pig or sheep liver and seasoning, and simmer for about 30 minutes. Eat liver and drink soup in portions.
3. Kidney yang deficiency and weak legs are afraid of cold. This type of patient often presents with weak legs and a particular fear of cold, frequent nocturia, and loose stools. Patients can eat more "cinnamon steamed lamb". 150g of fresh lamb, boil in cold water and remove. Cut into small pieces, add 6g of cinnamon, cooking wine, scallions, ginger slices, and a little salt. Steam for half an hour and serve with a meal. Three times a week, eating continuously for three weeks.
4. Kidney qi is insufficient, legs are soft and panting. Soft and weak legs are accompanied by symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath, and excessive breathing and inhalation, which are caused by prolonged illness such as wheezing and coughing, deficiency of lung and kidney qi, and inability of the kidneys to absorb qi. It is commonly seen in patients with chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and other conditions. Eat 100g yam, 3g schisandra and 50g rice porridge. This Congee has the effects of both lung and kidney tonifying, qi absorbing and asthma relieving.
5. Heart kidney disjunction, leg weakness, insomnia. Patients often exhibit symptoms such as sore back and weak legs, insomnia, and irritability, which are caused by kidney yin deficiency, excessive heart fire, and heart kidney disharmony. 3 grams of lotus seed heart and 6 grams of ligustrum lucidum can be brewed with boiling water and used as tea drinks. Take one dose daily for 7 consecutive days.
Nourishing Prescriptions for Elderly People with Different Symptoms of Kidney Deficiency
1. Night urination frequency: 60g walnut kernels, 150g leeks, stir fry with sesame oil, season with a little salt, and serve with a meal. 25 grams of Hu Tao Ren, Yi Zhi Ren, and Huai Shan Yao each, boiled in water, taken in the morning and evening.
2. Low back pain: 25 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 15 grams of Weilingxian, 1 pair of pork waist, washed and cut open to remove fascia. Put the crushed medicine into the pork waist and tie it tightly. After cooking, remove the medicine residue, add seasoning, and eat the pork waist twice to drink soup. 50 grams of sea cucumber, 15 grams of goji berries, 12 grams of angelica sinensis, and 1 pair of sheep kidneys, stewed together, consumed twice a day, effective for 10-15 consecutive days.
3. Vertigo: 160g black sesame, 160g mulberry, 70g yellow essence. Grind it into powder and mix 50 grams of white sugar evenly. Drink it in the morning and evening every day, taking 5-7 grams each time. 30g corn grits and 1 goose egg, cooked every morning.
4. Tinnitus: 9g calamus, 12g schisandra (fried first), remove residue and leave juice. Then, cook 7 scallions, 80g japonica rice, and 1 pair of pork loin together, add seasoning appropriately, and eat in two portions.
5. Erectile dysfunction: 1 pair of sheep kidneys, washed and chopped, 2 eggs, steamed and consumed with seasoning. Or chop up the goat kidney and cook it into Congee with 80g of japonica rice. Eat it in the morning and evening.
Elderly Kidney Deficiency Diet
1. Chinese wolfberry pork loin Congee: 10g Chinese wolfberry, one pork loin (intima removed, chopped), 100g rice, appropriate amount of onion and ginger salt, cooked together into Congee. It has the therapeutic effect of nourishing kidney yin, tonifying kidney yang, and consolidating essence to strengthen the waist. It is suitable for people with kidney deficiency such as lumbar spine pain, waist and knee soreness, weak legs and feet, dizziness and tinnitus caused by kidney deficiency and strain, as well as yin and yang deficiency.
2. Eucommia Kidney Flower: 12g of Eucommia ulmoides, boil and filter for later use. Pair of pork kidneys, remove the inner lining, cut into cashews, use Eucommia ulmoides medicinal liquid as seasoning sauce, add scallions, ginger, and salt to stir fry, and then serve. It has the therapeutic effect of nourishing the liver and kidney, strengthening muscles and bones, and lowering blood pressure. It is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with kidney deficiency, low back pain, waist and knee weakness, dizziness, tinnitus, and hypertension caused by liver and kidney deficiency.
3. Stir fried walnut kernels: 10g walnut kernels, stir fried and chewed. It has the effects of tonifying the kidney, warming the lungs, moistening the intestines, and relieving constipation. It is suitable for patients with kidney deficiency, low back pain, weak feet, or deficiency cold, cough, asthma, and constipation.
4. Congee: 100g yam, 100g white rice, 100g sugar, 1kg purified water. Peel the fresh yam and cut it into pieces. When cooked to the seventh ripe, add rice to cook Congee, and then add sugar to boil for a while. Suitable for people with a constitution of Yang deficiency and cold dampness.