What foods can nourish yin and yang?

I believe everyone should be familiar with the term "nourishing yin and tonifying yang". In fact, strictly speaking, the four words "nourishing yin and tonifying yang" should be read separately, which should be "nourishing yin" and "tonifying yang". , because nourishing yin and tonifying yang are for women and men respectively. Nourishing yin and tonifying yang is relatively important for the bodies of men and women, and there are many ways to nourish yin and tonify yang, diet is one of them. So, what are the foods that nourish yin and tonify yang?

Many times, our bodies need to nourish yin and replenish yang, which is a must for many people because sometimes, nourishing yin and replenishing yang is due to the needs of our bodies. In fact, most people know relatively little about nourishing yin and tonifying yang, so let’s explain it in detail below and introduce some foods that nourish yin and tonify yang.

Nourishing Yin, a term in traditional Chinese medicine, refers to a treatment method that nourishes Yin fluid. It is suitable for hot flashes due to yin deficiency, night sweats, or excessive heat damaging body fluids resulting in symptoms such as red tongue and dry mouth. Commonly used medicines include Adenophora sibiricum, Polygonatum odoratum, Asparagus cochinchinensis, Dendrobium candidum, Lycium barbarum, etc.

Nourishing yin also refers to replenishing yin, nourishing yin, and benefiting yin. It is a method to treat Yin deficiency syndrome. Symptoms include weight loss, dizziness, tinnitus, red lips and cheeks, restlessness and insomnia, hot flashes and night sweats, wheezing, coughing and hemoptysis, spermatorrhea, red tongue with little coating, and a thin and rapid pulse. Commonly used prescriptions include Liuwei Dihuang Pills, Zuogui Pills, Buyin Pills, etc.; commonly used medicines include Asparagus cochinchinensis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Dendrobium officinale, Adenophora sibiricum, Polygonatum odoratum, Tortoise shell, Turtle shell, Eclipta prostrata, Ligustrum lucidum, etc.

Aphrodisiac, a term in traditional Chinese medicine, refers to improving a man's masculine aura through diet, medicine, acupuncture, massage, exercise and other means, in order to achieve the purpose of improving kidney yang, strengthening yang and body, improving sexual ability and enhancing sexual desire. Male aphrodisiac is a manifestation of men's pursuit of a higher quality of life. Aphrodisiac is different from premature ejaculation, impotence, etc. It is not a male sexual dysfunction. There are currently misunderstandings in this regard and it should be treated correctly. To enhance sexual performance, it is more important to increase exercise, eat a proper diet, and lead a healthy lifestyle. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that scarce sperm belongs to the category of deficiency and fatigue, which is mostly caused by insufficient congenital endowment, or excessive sexual intercourse that damages the kidney essence, or serious and long-term illness, deficiency of both Qi and blood, and lack of kidney essence, which ultimately leads to insufficient kidney essence and this disease. Therefore, kidney deficiency is the direct cause of scarce sperm.

1. Leek porridge

150 grams of leeks and 100 grams of rice. Wash the rice, add appropriate amount of water and cook until porridge is formed, add in leeks, and cook for one or two more times. Take one dose per day.

Leeks are sweet and spicy, and can warm the kidneys and strengthen yang. Medicine is often used to replenish kidney yang deficiency, spermatorrhea, etc. It is the most commonly used dietary therapy for common diseases after sex between men and women.

2. Cynomorium songaricum porridge

15 grams of Cynomorium songaricum, 100 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of seasoning. Wash the rice, boil water with Cynomorium songaricum to extract the juice, add the rice and cook into thin porridge. When it is cooked, add appropriate amount of salt, MSG, chopped green onion and minced ginger, and cook for a while. Take one dose per day.

Regular consumption can nourish the liver and kidneys and strengthen the waist and knees.

3. Yam and chestnut porridge

15-30 grams of yam, 50 grams of chestnuts, 2-4 dates, and 100 grams of japonica rice. After peeling the chestnuts, cook them with yam, jujube and rice into porridge.

Yam is sweet and mild in nature, can nourish the spleen and stomach, benefit the lungs and kidneys, and is especially suitable for people with spleen and kidney qi deficiency; but it is not suitable to eat too much at one time, otherwise it is easy to cause food stagnation and indigestion.

4. Cistanche and Lamb Porridge

20 grams of Cistanche deserticola, 250 grams of mutton, and 50 grams of rice. Chop the Cistanche into small pieces, chop the mutton, and wash the rice. First, add the Cistanche to water and boil it, then add the rice and boil it. Add the mutton and cook until the porridge is cooked. Add a little salt and take it, 1 dose per day.

Mutton is sweet, warm and non-toxic. It can nourish kidney qi, assist primordial yang, benefit essence and blood, and warm yang and benefit essence.

5. Ginger and jujube porridge

6-9 grams of fresh or dried ginger, 100-150 grams of polished rice or glutinous rice, and 2-4 jujubes. Wash and chop the ginger, then cook it with rice and dates into porridge.

It has the effects of warming the stomach and dispelling cold, warming the lungs and resolving phlegm, but people with yin deficiency or pregnant women should eat it with caution.

To sum up, we know some foods that nourish yin and tonify yang. In fact, there are many foods in our lives that can nourish yin and replenish yang, but we usually don’t know about them. Therefore, as introduced above, many porridges have the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying yang, such as leek porridge, Cynomorium songaricum porridge, yam and chestnut porridge, etc., so we can eat more of these porridges to achieve the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying yang.