Kidney deficiency usually refers to reduced kidney function or weakness. There are many types of kidney deficiency, the most common of which are kidney yang deficiency and kidney yin deficiency.
Kidney yang deficiency means that kidney yang is insufficient, the body\’s yang energy is insufficient, and the whole body cannot be warmed. Therefore, people with kidney yang deficiency are characterized by being afraid of cold; especially the lower limbs, the chill is more serious
Symptoms: Backache, cold limbs, chills, edema
Kidney yin deficiency refers to the manifestation of kidney yin deficiency accompanied by yin deficiency and excessive fire. Specifically, the patient\’s characteristic is that he is afraid of heat
Symptoms: backache, dry heat, night sweats, constipation, dizziness, tinnitus, etc.
In addition to drug treatment, people with kidney deficiency can also adjust their diet and appropriately supplement some foods that can help nourish the kidneys, which will help improve their condition
Common kidney-tonifying foods include the following 6 categories
Fruits
Food representatives: mulberries, grapes, blackcurrants, black dates, etc.
Vegetables
Food representatives: leeks, yams, cabbage, okra, etc.
Meat
Food representatives: pig kidney, mutton, duck, pigeon meat, etc.
Seafood
Food representatives: shrimp, crab, oysters, sea cucumber, etc.
Nuts
Food representatives: hazelnuts, walnuts, cashew nuts, chestnuts, etc.
Black food
Food representatives: black sesame seeds, black beans, black rice, black wolfberry, etc.
