What foods should one eat to nourish the kidneys for yang deficiency?
Disease description:
Recently, I've been feeling cold in my limbs and experiencing soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees. The doctor said it's due to yang deficiency and that I need to tonify the kidneys. Could you please advise what foods can help nourish the kidneys?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. He Haochen
People with yang deficiency can usually nourish the kidneys by consuming foods high in melanin, such as walnuts, black sesame seeds, and black rice. They may also eat foods that replenish qi, benefit vital energy, nourish the kidneys, and promote essence production, such as pond loach, donkey meat, black-boned chicken, and other kidney-nourishing foods. If dietary adjustments are not effective, patients may, under a doctor's guidance, use medications that warm and tonify kidney yang. Commonly used medicines include You Gui Wan and Jin Kui Shen Qi Wan.
