What should women eat to nourish yin and kidney

Nourishing yin is very important for women. At the same time, you need to nourish the kidneys. Kidney deficiency is not only a problem for men. Many women now suffer from kidney deficiency. You need to adjust your diet in time. You can eat more lilies, yam, turtle and other foods that nourish yin and nourish the kidneys.

1. Eclipta prostrata

Eclipta prostrata tastes sweet and sour, is cold in nature, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. It contains volatile oils, tannins, saponins, vitamin A, bitter substances, brass, isoflavone glycosides, bioalkalis, stigmasterol, sitosterol and other substances. Take 6 to 15 grams of Eclipta prostrata, decoct it with water, or boil it into a paste, and take the juice. It has the effects of cooling blood and replenishing blood, clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and nourishing the liver and kidneys.

2. Lily

Lily has a sweet and mild taste and is slightly cold in nature. It enters the lungs, stomach, and heart meridians. It contains hydrolyzed colchicine, starch, protein, fat and other ingredients. It has the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, clearing the heart and calming the nerves. It can be decocted in water or cooked into porridge with ingredients such as white fungus. It helps treat symptoms such as neurasthenia, palpitations and edema, and menopausal syndrome.

3. Yam

Yam is sweet and neutral in nature, and enters the spleen, lung, and kidney meridians. It contains starch, saponins, carbohydrates, proteins, alcohols, bile alkaloids, glycoproteins, amylase, polyphenol oxidase, mannan, plant acid, dopamine, yam, multiple vitamins and trace elements, etc. It has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and nourishing yin.

4. Turtle

Soft-shelled turtle is mild in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the liver meridian. It contains protein, high-quality unsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acid, vitamins, lecithin, retinol, bile alkaloids, polysaccharides, hormones, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, potassium, copper, zinc, cobalt and other ingredients. It has the effects of nourishing yin and cooling blood, invigorating qi and replenishing deficiency, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening bones, and softening and dispersing nodules.

5. Ingredients for the Yin-nourishing and Kidney-tonifying Herbal Soup : Lily and Ophiopogon japonicus soup: 10 grams each of lily and ophiopogon japonicus, and one autumn pear.

Preparation method: Wash the autumn pears, cut them into pieces, and cook them together with lilies and Ophiopogon japonicus. When the pears are 80% ripe, add some rock sugar for seasoning. After they are cooked, you can eat the pears and drink the soup.

Efficacy: Ophiopogon japonicus can nourish yin and produce body fluid, moisten the lungs and clear the heart. Lily can replenish lung yin and clear lung heat. Autumn pear also has the effect of moisturizing lung dryness. The three ingredients combined can better exert the effect of nourishing yin. Black Bean and Safflower Soup

Ingredients: two handfuls of black beans, 3 grams of safflower, 30 grams of brown sugar.

Method: Wash the black beans and safflower, put the black beans in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then add safflower. When the black beans are soft, remove the safflower and add brown sugar. After the brown sugar is fully melted, eat the beans and drink the soup.

Efficacy: This soup has a good effect of nourishing blood and tonifying kidney.

6. Yin-nourishing and kidney-tonifying porridge, Tremella and lily porridge. Ingredients: 50 grams of fresh lily, 10 grams of Tremella, and 100 grams of rice. Method: Soak first

Wash the white fungus and fresh lilies, cook them into porridge with rice, and add some honey to taste. Efficacy: Nourishes the lungs and yin, strengthens the spleen and produces body fluid.