What are the traditional Chinese medicines that nourish yin and replenish yang?

Generally speaking, nourishing yin and tonifying yang is a phrase people often use, and many kinds of food have this effect. Nourishing yin refers to the yin deficiency in female physique, and compared to nourishing yin, tonifying yang refers to the masculine energy of men. Due to the high pressure of life nowadays, many people suffer from qi deficiency and insufficient qi and blood. Nourishing yin and tonifying yang is particularly important. So what are the traditional Chinese medicines for nourishing yin and tonifying yang?

The following Chinese medicinal materials can be eaten by both adults and children after being added to dishes. If it is a dish for 2 people, it is appropriate to use about 1.5 qian of Chinese medicinal materials, 3 qian for 4 people, and so on.

Astragalus root replenishes Qi

Efficacy: Strengthens the heart, enhances yang energy, prevents colds and enhances immunity.

Preparation: It is more suitable for soup. Put astragalus and all ingredients into the pot and boil for at least 30 minutes. It is recommended to pair it with cold or cooling foods, such as astragalus and winter melon soup.

Note: Not suitable for people with constipation and dryness.

Walnut warms the yang

Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and yang, and moisturizes the intestines.

Preparation: It can be added to soups or dishes. It is recommended to add it together with cold or cooling foods, such as walnut stewed with lily. Add the walnuts after the soup or dish is finished.

Reminder: People with a hot and dry constitution who are prone to oral irritation should not eat walnuts alone.

Wolfberry nourishes blood

Efficacy: Nourishes blood and improves eyesight, helps lower blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol.

Preparation: It can be added to soups or dishes. For people with a weak constitution that is prone to diarrhea, it is recommended to pair it with warm or hot foods.

People with a body type that is prone to constipation and dryness should pair their food with cold or cooling foods, and add them after the soup or dish is almost finished.

Note: Do not take it alone, so as to avoid making those with deficiency-cold feeling colder and those with dryness-heat feeling hotter.

Polygonatum odoratum nourishes yin

Efficacy: It can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, nourish the spleen and stomach, and has a cooling effect.

Preparation: It is more suitable for soup. Put the polygonatum and all the ingredients into the pot and boil for at least 30 minutes. It is recommended to pair it with warm or hot foods, such as polygonatum chicken soup.

Reminder: Due to its cold nature, it is more suitable for people with dry and hot constitution.

There are many kinds of traditional Chinese medicines for nourishing yin and tonifying yang, but it should be emphasized that although the side effects of traditional Chinese medicine are relatively small, it is still a medicine after all. If you use it without authorization, it will not only fail to have a nourishing effect, but on the contrary may lead to unexpected consequences due to wrong use of the medicine. Therefore, if you want to use traditional Chinese medicine to achieve the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying yang, it is best to do so under the guidance of a doctor and do not use any medicine blindly.