Foods that nourish yin and promote fluid production

Many people may not be able to understand the words "nourishing yin and promoting body fluid". In fact, strictly speaking, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid should be a technical term in traditional Chinese medicine, so it is normal that most people don’t know it. But for our hot body, sometimes we need to nourish yin and produce body fluid, which is necessary for our human body. There are usually many ways to nourish yin and promote body fluid, and the most common one is to nourish yin and promote body fluid through food. So, what are the foods that can nourish yin and promote the production of body fluid?

In fact, many people want to know the above questions, but most people are often not clear about them. In fact, there are many foods around us that can effectively nourish yin and promote the production of body fluids, but we don’t know about them because we don’t understand them. In response to this situation, let’s talk about foods that nourish yin and promote body fluid production.

Foods that nourish yin and promote the production of body fluid include:

Millet, wheat flour and various grains and bean products; milk, eggs, lean meat, fish, etc.; vegetables. Especially apples, sugar cane, bananas, grapes, hawthorn, etc.

After the "Autumnal Equinox", autumn dryness becomes the main climate from mid-autumn to late autumn. Therefore, in autumn, it is advisable to eat foods that clear away heat, promote body fluid, nourish yin and moisten the lungs.

Foods such as loach, shad, white duck meat, sesame, walnut, lily, glutinous rice, honey, milk, peanuts, fresh yam, white fungus, orange, ginkgo, pear, red dates, lotus seeds, and sugarcane can all play a role in nourishing yin, moistening the lungs and nourishing blood. It is recommended to drink porridge for breakfast, which is beneficial to harmonize the stomach and produce saliva.

Generally, the porridges suitable for drinking in autumn include lily, red dates and glutinous rice porridge (nourishes yin and nourishes the stomach), lily and lotus seeds porridge (moistens the lungs and benefits the kidneys), lily and almond porridge (removes phlegm and relieves cough), fresh rehmannia juice porridge (cools blood and moistens dryness), lentil porridge (strengthens the spleen and harmonizes the stomach), ginger porridge (keeps out the cold and stops vomiting), walnut porridge (moisturizes the skin and prevents dryness), pine nut porridge (moisturizes the lungs and benefits the intestines), chrysanthemum porridge (improves eyesight and nourishes the mind), and yam porridge (strengthens the spleen and strengthens the intestines).

Yin-nourishing and body fluid-producing porridge

Adenophora and Radix Ophiopogonis Congee

15 grams each of Adenophora Root and Ophiopogon japonicus, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Boil Adenophora Root and Ophiopogon japonicus in water to extract juice, add rice and cook into porridge, add rock sugar and take one dose per day. It can nourish qi and yin, moisten the lungs and produce body fluid, and resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Sesame porridge

50 grams of sesame seeds and 100 grams of japonica rice. First fry the sesame seeds, then mix them into the rice porridge and eat together. It has the effects of moistening the lungs and liver, invigorating essence and promoting hair growth, and moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It is suitable for people with dry lungs, coughs, and habitual constipation.

Pear porridge

Use two pears, wash them, chop them into pieces with the skin and core, add 100 grams of glutinous rice and cook porridge. It has the effects of promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, and can also be used as a health food in winter.

Ginseng and Milk Porridge

2 grams of American ginseng, 150 ml of milk, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Grind the American ginseng into fine powder and set aside. First, add appropriate amount of rice and water and boil it. Then add the American ginseng and milk and cook until the porridge is done. Add rock sugar for seasoning and serve. It can nourish qi and yin, promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst.

Ophiopogon japonicus porridge

Use 20-30 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, decoct the juice, then cook porridge with 100 grams of polished rice until it is half-cooked, add the Ophiopogon japonicus juice and appropriate amount of rock sugar and cook together. It has the effect of nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, and is effective for symptoms such as dry lung, dry cough and little sputum.

Lily and Tremella Congee

30 grams of lily, 10 grams of white fungus, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Soak the white fungus and wash it, put it into a pot with rice and lily, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until the porridge is cooked, add rock sugar and take one dose per day. It can nourish yin, moisten the lungs, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi.

Pork Lung and Lotus Rice Porridge

150 grams of pig lung, 15 grams of lotus rice, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of seasoning. Wash the pig lungs, cut into pieces, add appropriate amount of water and boil, remove the foam, add two rice, cook until the porridge is cooked, season and eat, 1 dose per day. It can benefit the lungs, produce body fluids, nourish yin and relieve cough.

Raw Rehmannia Dendrobium Porridge

15 grams of raw earth, 30 grams of dendrobium, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Boil the two medicines to extract the juice, add rice and cook into porridge. When it is cooked, add rock sugar and take it, one dose per day. It can clear away heat and cool blood, nourish yin and produce body fluid, moisten the lungs and relieve cough.

Polygonatum odoratum porridge

Wash 30 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum, add water and boil to obtain concentrated juice, then add 30 grams of washed glutinous rice and cook into porridge for consumption. It has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach, and moisturizing the heart and lungs. It is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, fatigue, lung deficiency cough or dry cough without phlegm.

Pearl and Jade Porridge

Wash 60 grams of Job's tears and cook them into porridge. Then add 60 grams of yam and 30 grams of dried persimmon and cook until it becomes thick. It has the effects of nourishing the lungs, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach. It is suitable for people with yin deficiency, internal heat, dry cough, and loose and unformed stools.

To sum up, we know about the foods that nourish yin and promote body fluid. In fact, there are many foods that can nourish yin and promote the production of body fluid, just like the millet, wheat flour, milk, eggs, fish, etc. introduced above, all of which have the effect of nourishing yin and promoting the production of body fluid. In addition, many porridges also have the effect of nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, such as common sesame porridge, pear porridge, lily and white fungus porridge, etc.