The secret recipe for reducing ageing is to eat this way to slow down aging. There are two types of kidney deficiency.

Another New Year has arrived and people are getting older. Although the pace of time cannot be stopped, we can delay aging through clever diet arrangements. Experts from Shanghai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine have given corresponding anti-aging secrets based on the following five common aging signs. The anti-aging secrets can help you age more slowly.

Often feel tired

Codonopsis, Astragalus, Red Dates Soup

Feeling tired all the time and not having as much physical strength as before is one of the signs of aging. Experts point out that from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, fatigue and easy fatigue are mostly manifestations of qi deficiency. People with qi deficiency can take Chinese medicine such as codonopsis, astragalus, yam, scorched atractylodes, red dates, and rhodiola rosea under the guidance of a doctor, and eat more yam porridge. Atractylodes cake can also be used to make tea with rhodiola rosea. People who like to drink soup can add appropriate amount of codonopsis, astragalus, red dates, etc. when making soup. Heavy moisture in the body can easily lead to fatigue and is accompanied by symptoms such as poor appetite and loose stools. Severe moisture is mostly caused by spleen deficiency. Such people should first avoid greasy diet, that is, eat less sweets, greasy, spicy, and cold foods. They can eat some white tuckahoe, winter melon soup, coix seed porridge and other dampness-removing foods . After the moisture is removed, they can take spleen-strengthening ingredients such as codonopsis, yam, scorched atractylodes , etc. to achieve the effect of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness. If fatigue occurs frequently and is severe, you should be alert and go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination to rule out some organic diseases, such as hypothyroidism, chronic liver disease, etc. These diseases can make people feel tired and weak.

Blood pressure cannot be controlled

Drink Gastrodia elata and Uncaria rhynchophylla in water

High blood pressure is the most common symptom among older people. The ideal blood pressure range should be systolic to diastolic to . Systolic to or diastolic to is called normal high blood pressure. If the systolic pressure is higher than or the diastolic pressure is higher than , it is called hypertension. When blood pressure reaches the normal high value, it should be taken seriously. First of all, you can lower blood pressure through natural therapies such as changing your lifestyle habits, such as avoiding staying up late to keep a good mood, exercising appropriately, paying attention to a low-fat and low-salt diet, quitting smoking and drinking, and avoiding coffee and strong tea. Experts point out that if high blood pressure is accompanied by dizziness, headache, tinnitus, bitter taste in the mouth, etc., it is mostly caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency . You can usually use Gastrodia elata and Uncaria rhynchophylla in food , such as Gastrodia elata fish head soup, radish and Gastrodia elata bean paste soup, and use Gastrodia elata and Uncaria rhynchophylla to make tea instead of water. If high blood pressure is accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, tingling in the head, chest tightness and nausea caused by phlegm and blood stasis blocking the meridians, you can take appropriate amounts of tangerine peel, white poria, processed pinellia, gastrodia elata, safflower, chuanxiong, Panax notoginseng and other medicines to resolve phlegm and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. These Chinese medicines can be decocted into soup or added separately to medicinal foods to make tangerine peel and poria porridge, gastrodia elata, chuanxiong and Panax notoginseng into chicken soup, safflower to make tea, etc. In addition, you should monitor your blood pressure every day and try to lower it by adjusting your lifestyle. If your blood pressure is still difficult to lower after one month, you should consult a professional doctor to develop a treatment plan in time.

Vision loss

Eat more wolfberry and cassia seed

As mobile phones and tablet computers continue to penetrate into people's daily lives, the phenomenon of vision loss is gradually happening to younger people. The vision loss among young and middle-aged people is mostly caused by bad eye habits. Elderly people should be very cautious when their vision declines. It is recommended that they go to the hospital's ophthalmology department for a professional examination to rule out eye diseases caused by fundus lesions and other medical diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver opens up to the eyes, and insufficient liver yin can easily lead to blurred vision. There are many records in ancient Chinese classics about medicinal foods that nourish the liver and improve eyesight, the most common of which is wolfberry. Chinese medicine believes that eating wolfberry regularly can strengthen muscles and bones, keep the body light and prevent aging, and resist cold and heat. Lycium barbarum is a common tonic for middle-aged and elderly people. Lycium barbarum, ginseng and Polygonum multiflorum are known as the three treasures of longevity Chinese herbal medicine. People with declining eyesight can eat more wolfberry egg custard, wolfberry porridge, wolfberry leaf pork liver soup, and wolfberry leaf lamb kidney porridge. Wolfberry chrysanthemum tea, etc. In addition, Cassia seed tea and Polygonum multiflorum porridge are also very good for nourishing the liver and improving eyesight.

Joint pain

Choose the right kidney-tonifying wine

Joint pain is one of the manifestations of human aging. There are many reasons for joint pain, including trauma, autoimmune diseases, joint strain, bone, joint degenerative diseases, cervical or lumbar spine diseases, gout and other rheumatic diseases, etc. Patients with organic lesions with clear etiology should seek medical treatment promptly to avoid delays in their condition. If joint pain is caused by degenerative diseases, it can be relieved through proper maintenance and herbal diet. Aging bones and joints improve the quality of life. The Neijing records: The kidneys are responsible for bone and marrow production, which means that bone and joint diseases can be treated by tonifying the kidneys. Experts remind that kidney supplementation should not be done randomly. Kidney deficiency is divided into kidney yang deficiency, kidney yin deficiency and both yin and yang deficiency. People with yang deficiency mainly show symptoms such as lack of energy, soreness of waist and knees, cold limbs, clear and long urination, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine often uses Curculigo, Epimedium, Morinda officinalis, Cuscuta australis, Cornus officinalis, Psoralea corylifolia, etc. to nourish the kidney and strengthen yang. Kidney yin deficiency may be accompanied by fever in the five parts of the body, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, weight loss, hot flashes and night sweats. Chinese yam, rehmannia, wolfberry, polygonatum, and American ginseng are beneficial for nourishing the kidney for such people. People with joint pain can choose an appropriate amount of Chinese medicine to soak in wine and drink it under the guidance of a doctor according to their symptoms.

Drinking water also makes you fat

Drinking raw hawthorn tea

Why don’t the pants I wore last year fit me this year? Why would you gain weight by just drinking water? Gaining weight has become one of the signs of aging for many people. Medical research has found that the main reason for middle-aged obesity is that the body's basal metabolic rate gradually decreases with age. Eating less and exercising more is the golden rule for weight loss. At the same time, other auxiliary methods can also be used to increase its effect. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that fat people have more phlegm and dampness. Foods such as white Poria cocos, winter melon peel, millet, lotus leaves, papaya, etc. have the effect of dispelling dampness. Lotus leaves, cassia seeds, and raw hawthorn can lower blood lipids. Eating more Poria cocos and tofu soup, crucian carp and tofu soup, boiling winter melon peel instead of water, millet and lotus leaf, cassia seed, and raw hawthorn to make tea can help get rid of middle-aged weight.