Kidney deficiency is a problem that everyone is likely to encounter. There are many causes of kidney deficiency, which are divided into many types. The cause of kidney deficiency may be due to irregular life habits or abnormal kidney function. Milk is a very common drink in daily life, containing a large amount of protein, and kidney deficiency patients can drink it appropriately.

People with kidney deficiency can drink milk. Spleen and kidney yang deficiency syndrome is due to inherent yang deficiency, or old age and weakness, insufficient yang, or long-term spleen yang deficiency affecting kidney yang, leading to insufficient spleen and kidney yang. Spleen deficiency and insufficient yang often cause dysfunction of the large intestine, manifested as diarrhea or constipation. Malabsorption syndrome, ulcerative colitis, and habitual constipation often occur with this symptom. Milk is sweet, with a mild and slightly cool nature, entering the heart, lung, and stomach meridians.

What to eat for kidney deficiency

Qi-nourishing foods: rice, millet, yellow millet, glutinous rice, barley, wheat, foxtail millet, soybeans, white adzuki beans, peas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, carrots, mushrooms, chicken, beef, rabbit meat, crucian carp, silver carp, etc.

Blood-nourishing foods: carrots, longan flesh, lychee meat, mulberries, blood tofu, animal liver, animal meat, sea cucumber, flatfish, etc.

Yang-nourishing foods: chives, soybeans, mung beans, walnuts, lamb, dog meat, deer meat, animal kidneys, pigeon eggs, eels, shrimp, etc.

Yin-nourishing foods: cabbage, pears, grapes, mulberries, goji berries, black sesame seeds, silver ear, black fungus, lily, milk, pork, turtle meat, tortoise meat, cuttlefish, etc.

Precautions

Kidney deficiency is often due to excessive sexual activity or frequent masturbation in youth. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to adequate rest and relaxation of the mind.

The common method of adjusting kidney deficiency is to use Chinese medicine such as Lu Shen Zheng Yuan Gao for regulation.

People with yang deficiency and constipation are more suitable for eating foods that are both warming and laxative, such as walnuts, alliums, sea cucumbers, and shrimp.

Sea asparagus has the effects of tonifying the kidneys and liver, and benefiting the essence and blood. The ‘Suoyi Jushi Yingshi Pu’ says it ‘tonifies the kidneys, and benefits the blood and fills the essence’.