In the traditional Chinese medicine health culture, winter It’s the season of collecting and replenishing kidney yang good time.
Many people are particularly afraid of the cold as soon as winter enters. It is difficult to warm their hands and feet no matter what. Their waist and knees feel sore and weak after even the slightest movement. The frequency of getting up at night also increases significantly.
These minor problems, which may seem like no big deal, are actually pointing to a core problem in the body, which is the deficiency of yang energy in the spleen and kidneys.
Rather than waiting until the problem becomes serious before seeking medical advice, it is better to start with your daily diet and slowly replenish your yang energy with the help of mild medicinal foods.
The two soups I want to share today are old recipes for this kind of situation. The ingredients are very common and the methods are not complicated. The key is that after drinking them, the body can really feel the changes.
Yam and mutton soup, the best way to warm up the spleen and kidneys
The star of this soup is mutton and yam .
Mutton has warming properties. It has been used since ancient times as a high-quality ingredient to replenish weakness and dispel cold evil. It is especially outstanding in warming and replenishing the lower body energy, which is perfect for those who feel cold pain in the waist and knees! It is extremely suitable for people who feel no warmth in their lower abdomen.
However, yam is an excellent medicinal material that can calmly replenish and nourish the spleen, lungs and kidneys. It can not only make the spleen strong and have sufficient qi and blood, but also stabilize and converge the essence of the kidneys.
When paired with the two, one is mainly dedicated to warming the yang, and the other is specifically responsible for strengthening the yang. Together with the pungent power of pepper, it can more effectively dispel the cold in the body.
When making, first remove the fascia from 500 grams of mutton, and make a few shallow knife marks on its surface. With this operation, the blood will come out more easily when blanching, and it will also make the taste more uniform during subsequent stewing.
The mutton must be put into the pot under cold water. After boiling, skim off the floating foam, take it out and rinse it with warm water.
Cut 150 grams of yam into hob pieces, put the blanched mutton into the pot, add enough water, add crushed ginger, add scallion white segments, add a small handful of peppercorns, and add an appropriate amount of cooking wine.
There is a little tip here. It is best to crush the pepper slightly with the back of a knife, and then grind it into coarse powder. In this way, the spiciness and medicinal properties will be more easily released.
First, turn the heat to high, and after it boils, immediately turn the heat to low. Then, cover the lid and simmer slowly for about an hour and a half, until the mutton can be pierced with chopsticks without any effort.
First take out the stewed mutton, let it cool, then cut it into thin slices, then put the slices back into the soup, and finally add salt to taste.
The mutton treated in this way tastes more tender and the soup color is clearer.
This soup is especially suitable for those who usually feel lackluster. They have no flavor when eating and have cold hands and feet. For these people, drinking a bowl can warm the body from the stomach to the soles of the feet.
Dog Shen Decoction is a powerful prescription for treating kidney yang deficiency.
If yam and mutton soup is a mild daily maintenance method, then this dog kidney soup is much more beneficial than it.
The kidneys of yellow dogs, also known as dog kidneys, are regarded in the field of traditional Chinese medicine as being able to directly warm and nourish kidney yang. They have a very good conditioning effect on cold and painful symptoms in the waist and knees, as well as the body's cold-sensitive condition, and even the symptoms of hypofunction and cold and scarce sperm in some men.
A special reminder is that the ingredients for this soup are special and must be sourced in compliance with regulations and handled in a clean and sanitary manner.
When making it, first cut a pair of dog kidneys in half, carefully clean the fascia and impurities inside, and then soak them in water for half an hour to remove the fishy smell.
Cut 500 grams of mutton into small pieces first, blanch it in boiling water, take it out and set aside.
Add enough water to the casserole, then add the mutton and dog kidneys, then turn on the fire to boil, and then carefully skim off the foam. This is the key to keeping the soup clear and not fishy.
Then add the ginger slices and green onion segments, turn to low heat and simmer slowly.
The stewing time needs to be longer, about one and a half hours to two hours, until the mutton and dog kidneys are stewed until they are soft and rotten.
Before serving, pick out the ginger and green onion and just use salt and a little MSG to freshen it up.
This soup has a strong yang-warming effect, so it is not suitable for everyone.
It is mainly targeted at people with obvious kidney yang deficiency, for example, people who are particularly afraid of cold, people who have cold pain in their waist and knees, people who urinate more frequently at night, and people who meet the conditions mentioned previously.
However, if it is a case of yin deficiency and fire exuberance, that is, the palms and soles of the feet will usually feel warm. It is also accompanied by dry mouth and tongue. At the same time, it is not suitable for people who get angry easily, so it is not suitable to drink.
There are also things to pay attention to when drinking soup. Avoiding misunderstandings will give you better results.
Although medicated diet is good, methods must be paid attention to in order to maximize the effect.
First of all, it is not recommended to drink these two soups when you have a cold or fever. It is also not recommended to drink them when your throat is swollen and sore, because the tonic ingredients may "lock" the pathogenic factors in the body, which will prolong the course of the disease.
Secondly, the best time to drink soup is at noon or in the afternoon, when the yang energy is the most abundant in the day, to "support yang", so the effect will be better.
Drinking too warm and tonic soup at night may cause some people to feel hot and dry, affecting their sleep.
On the other hand, the seasoning must be simple. Ginger, the selected kind, the scallion white, fresh and tender green kind, cooking wine, the kind that exudes a unique aroma, are all to remove the fishy smell and supplement the medicinal properties. The salt should be added at the end. In this way, it can ensure that the taste reaches the expectation, and it will not cause the protein in the meat to solidify prematurely, thereby affecting the release of nutrients.
The most important point is that these soups belong to the category of "medicine and food come from the same source". They are designed to flow slowly like a long stream of water. Generally, drinking them once or twice a week will achieve the desired level. It does not have to be drank every day.
If you notice a slight fever in your body after drinking, and your hands and feet start to get warmer, this is a sign that it is working. If there is no obvious feeling, or you feel dry mouth and constipation after drinking, then this indicates that it may not be symptomatic, or the dosage may be too large, and you need to stop and observe.
Combined with acupoint massage, the effect of medicinal food can be doubled
It is not only necessary to adjust the diet, but also to combine it with simple acupoint massage. In this way, you can often achieve better results than doubling your efforts.
Here are the two most commonly used kidney-tonifying acupoints.
One of them is the Guanyuan point, which is located about four fingers horizontally below the navel. This is where the vitality of the human body gathers.
Before going to bed every night, rub your palms until they are warm, and then use the heated palms to massage the Guanyuan point in a clockwise direction for five to ten minutes each time until you feel a warm feeling inside the lower abdomen. This is correct.
On the one hand, there is the Yongquan point, which is located in the depression at the front of the sole of the foot, probably at the first third of the line connecting the head of the second and third toe seams and the heel.
Before going to bed, after soaking your feet with hot water, use your thumbs to press or rub this acupoint, 100 times with the left foot and 100 times with the right foot. This can achieve the effect of inducing fire and returning to the original state, thus improving the coldness of hands and feet and the quality of sleep.
These two methods are simple and easy, the key is persistence.
Combining diet with massage can mobilize the yang energy in the body from the inside out, and many minor ailments of deficiency and cold will be improved unconsciously.
There are two soups derived from the wisdom of traditional diet therapy. The focus is on the word "warming and tonic". They are not strong medicines, but use mild ingredients to slowly nourish the yang energy of our spleen and kidneys.
When the weather gets cooler, cook a pot of soup like this for your family to warm up your body and heart.
However, it is also important to remember that everyone’s physique is not the same. Before carrying out conditioning, it is best to know your own physical condition.
If you are not sure, then try a milder soup made of yam and mutton stew first to experience the body's reaction.
I hope that everyone can find a way to take care of themselves this winter, so that their bodies can be in a warm and comfortable state, and they can greet every day with full energy.
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