Post Date December, 03 2023
Kidney also has an important impact on women. A good kidney can lead to a good complexion. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "five colors to nourish the five internal organs", while black food entering the kidney meridian is a good assistant for tonifying the kidney and replenishing qi. Black rice, black fungus, black sesame... These "black foods" are all suitable for women to nourish their kidneys. Let's take a look together.
1. Black Rice - A Rare "Black Pearl" in Rice
Black rice is rich in protein, amino acids, and trace elements such as iron, calcium, manganese, and zinc. It has the effects of appetizing and benefiting the middle, smoothing astringency and tonifying essence, strengthening the spleen and warming the liver, relaxing tendons, and promoting blood circulation; Black rice and purple rice are precious varieties of rice, belonging to the category of glutinous rice.
Black rice has such effects as "nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, keeping fit and warming the stomach, brightening the eyes and promoting blood circulation", "clearing the liver and moistening the intestines", "smoothing dampness and benefiting essence, nourishing the lungs and slowing tendons"; It can be used as medicine for meals, especially for dizziness, anemia, white hair, waist and knee soreness, night blindness, and tinnitus. Long-term consumption can prolong life.
Black rice has therapeutic effects such as nourishing yin and kidney, strengthening the spleen and warming the liver, tonifying the spleen and stomach, supplementing qi and activating blood circulation, nourishing the liver and brightening the eyes. Frequent consumption of black rice is beneficial for the prevention and treatment of dizziness, dizziness, anemia, white hair, eye diseases, waist and knee soreness, lung dryness, cough, constipation, adverse urination, kidney deficiency and edema, loss of appetite, spleen and stomach weakness, and other diseases.
2. Chestnuts - the fruit of the kidney
Chestnut has a sweet and warm taste, and has the effects of nourishing the stomach and spleen, tonifying the kidney and strengthening tendons, promoting blood circulation and hemostasis, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It is especially suitable for people with weak waist and knees, waist and foot failure, frequent urination, and spleen and kidney deficiency caused by kidney deficiency.
Chestnuts are dry fruit varieties with high carbohydrate content, which can provide more heat energy and help the body resist cold. They are more suitable for consumption in autumn and winter seasons. The unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals contained in chestnuts have good preventive and therapeutic effects on diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, and osteoporosis.
In addition to being cooked, chestnuts can also be eaten raw, and raw chestnuts have better kidney tonic effects. If middle-aged and elderly people develop the habit of eating dried raw chestnut every day, it can effectively prevent and treat kidney deficiency, waist soreness, and leg pain.
3. Black Fungus - Tonifying the Kidney, Stopping Blood Circulation, and Nourishing Qi
Black fungus has a sweet and flat taste, and has the effects of tonifying qi and kidney, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Clinically, it is commonly used to treat such diseases as avalanche, bleeding, hemorrhoids, hypertension, vascular sclerosis, body deficiency, and constipation. Modern medical experiments have shown that it has the effect of reducing blood clots, which is quite beneficial for patients with brain and cardiovascular diseases.
Black fungus contains protein, fat, sugars, minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron, as well as various nutrients such as carotene, vitamin B1, and vitamin B2. Among them, the content of iron is particularly rich, 20 times higher than that of celery, which has the highest iron content in leafy vegetables; It is nearly 7 times higher than pig liver, which has the highest iron content in animal foods, and is therefore known as the "iron champion" in food.
Recommend 3 formulas for tonifying the kidney with agaric:
Rock sugar agaric - 10 grams of black agaric and 10 grams of white agaric, soaked in clean water, washed, placed in a small bowl, with a moderate amount of rock sugar, boiled to pieces, taken before bedtime, should be taken for a long time. Functions: tonifying the lungs and kidneys, and stopping bleeding. Suitable for hypertension, vascular sclerosis, fundus hemorrhage, etc.
Black Fungus with Persimmon - 10g black fungus, 30g persimmon, cooked together and cooked for Dim sum. Function: Tonify the kidney and stop bleeding. It is suitable for hemorrhoid bleeding and dry stool.
Red dates and agaric - 15 grams of black agaric and 30 red dates. Soak in warm water, wash and boil until tender. Serve regularly with rock sugar. Function: tonifying the kidney and benefiting blood. Suitable for anemia and body deficiency.
4. Black Bean - Valley of the Kidney
Black beans have a sweet and smooth taste, not only resembling the kidney in shape, but also have the effects of tonifying the kidney, strengthening the body, promoting blood circulation and diuresis, detoxifying, and moisturizing the skin, especially suitable for patients with kidney deficiency; Black jujube, known as the "nutrition warehouse", has a warm and sweet taste, and has the functions of tonifying the middle and supplementing qi, nourishing the kidney, stomach, and blood;
The protein content of black beans is as high as 36% - 40%, equivalent to 2 times that of meat, 3 times that of eggs, and 12 times that of milk; Black beans contain 18 amino acids, especially 8 essential amino acids for the human body; Black beans also contain 19 types of oleic acid, with an unsaturated fatty acid content of 80% and an absorption rate of over 95%. In addition to meeting the body's need for fat, they also have the effect of reducing blood cholesterol.
Black beans have a smooth nature and sweet taste; Return to the spleen and kidney meridians; It has the effects of reducing swelling and qi, moistening the lungs to dry heat, promoting blood circulation and diuresis, dispelling wind and arthralgia, nourishing blood and calming the nerves, brightening the eyes and strengthening the spleen, tonifying the kidney and yin, and detoxifying; It is used for edema and fullness, wind toxic beri, jaundice and edema, wind arthralgia spasm, postpartum wind pain, mouth stasis, carbuncle and sore poisoning, and can detoxify drugs, prevent wind heat and night sweats, black hair and black hair, and prolong life.
5. Black sesame - tonifying the kidney and replenishing qi
Black sesame has a smooth and sweet taste, and has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidney, moistening the five internal organs. It has a good therapeutic and health care effect on dizziness, white hair, alopecia, waist and knee soreness, intestinal dryness and constipation caused by insufficient liver and kidney blood essence.
Black sesame contains a variety of essential amino acids that can accelerate the metabolic function of the human body with the participation of vitamin E and vitamin B1; Black sesame contains iron and vitamin E, which are important ingredients for preventing anemia, activating brain cells, and eliminating blood vessel cholesterol; Black sesame contains mostly unsaturated fatty acids, which have the effect of prolonging life.
Black sesame has the functions of tonifying the liver and kidney, moistening the five internal organs, benefiting qi, growing muscles, and filling the brain marrow. It can be used to treat vertigo caused by deficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood, premature whitening of hair, alopecia, soreness of waist and knees, weakness of limbs, difficulty in walking, deficiency of the five internal organs, dryness and dryness of skin, dryness and constipation. Its efficacy in black hair and beautification is even more well known.
6. Black jujube - nourishing liver and kidney
The black jujube made by soaking is a dried product of big jujube, which has a stronger tonifying effect than the fresh product. Compared with red jujube, it has a stronger role in nourishing blood and nourishing the middle.
Black jujube has a sweet and warm taste, can nourish the liver and kidney, moisten dryness and promote fluid production; Rich in vitamins, it has a strong effect on enhancing the immune system in the body, and has a significant therapeutic effect on cardiac cancer, lung cancer, and hematemesis. Black jujube is rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, sugars, multiple vitamins, etc. (with vitamin C, calcium, and iron being the most abundant).
Black dates have high medicinal value. It is mainly used for nourishing blood and as a conditioning drug, and has a certain therapeutic effect on anemia, thrombocytopenia, hepatitis, fatigue, and insomnia. Black jujube has the effect of strengthening blood supply.
7. Walnut - a good product for tonifying the kidney and brain
Walnuts have the effects of tonifying the kidney and consolidating essence, diuresis and removing stones, moistening the intestines and relieving constipation, warming the lungs and calming asthma, and are commonly used for kidney deficiency, low back pain, urinary tract stones, and other diseases; These five kinds of food together make porridge, which is a rare kidney nourishing food.
In addition, there are black fungus, plum, black chicken, black plum, laver, chestnut, sea cucumber, mushroom, kelp, black grape, etc., which are also very nutritious foods. People with poor kidneys can eat braised sea cucumber with scallions once a week, stir fry black fungus and mushrooms together, or add some chestnuts when stewing meat. These are all good methods for tonifying the kidney.
