Nowadays, many people often experience kidney deficiency, which can cause excessive sweating and even discomfort in the body. Therefore, it is appropriate to drink a little goji tea in daily life, which not only tonifies the kidneys but also regulates Qi and blood. Drinking Chinese yam or jujube tea regularly can also be beneficial for tonifying the kidneys.

Made from selected goji, Chinese yam, and jujube, etc., which are tonifying herbs.

Raw Material Introduction – Goji

In ‘Compendium of Materia Medica’, it is recorded that ‘in spring, the leaves of goji are collected and named Tianjingcao; in summer, the flowers are collected and named Changshengcao; in autumn, the seeds are collected and named Gouqizi; in winter, the roots are collected and named Digeipi.’ It also records: ‘Goji berries are sweet, neutral, and moist, with a nourishing and tonifying nature…They can tonify the kidney, moisten the lung, generate essence, benefit Qi, and are a mild tonifying medicine.

Sweet and neutral in nature. Enter the liver and kidney meridians. Goji berries are rich in polysaccharides, fats, proteins, free amino acids, taurine, betaine, vitamin B1, B2, E, C, especially with a high content of carotenoids. In addition, it also contains a large amount of mineral elements such as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, selenium, and other nutritional ingredients. Functions to nourish the liver and kidney, benefit essence and improve vision. Used for consumptive diseases with insufficient essence, kidney and liver deficiency, insufficient essence and blood, soreness in the lower back and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, seminal emission, infertility; kidney deficiency with insufficient essence, diabetes with dry mouth, frequent urination with red tongue; essence and blood cannot ascend to the eyes, leading to blurred vision and decreased vision.

Raw Material Introduction – Chinese Yam

Also known as yam. ‘Compendium of Materia Medica’ records that due to Emperor Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty, the name ‘shuyu’ was changed to ‘shuyao’ to avoid the taboo, and again because Emperor Zhao Shu of the Song Dynasty, the name was changed to ‘shanyao’. ‘The True Meaning of Materia Medica’: ‘It should be used raw in Yin-nourishing herbs, and fried yellow in spleen and lung tonifying herbs.’ It belongs to food, with a warm nature but is neutral, tonifying the Yin of the spleen and lung. Therefore, it can moisten the skin and hair, increase muscle mass, and has a sweet and salty taste, and can also benefit the kidney and strengthen Yin.

Sweet and neutral in nature. Enter the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians; not dry or greasy, with the effects of invigorating the spleen and lung, benefiting the stomach and kidney, consolidating kidney essence, improving hearing and vision, assisting the five internal organs, strengthening the tendons and bones, calming the mind and prolonging life. Treats spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, lack of appetite, chronic diarrhea and dysentery, lung Qi deficiency and dryness, phlegm asthma, cough, kidney Qi consumption, soreness in the lower back and knees, weakness of the lower limbs, diabetes with frequent urination, premature ejaculation, leukorrhea with white, redness of the skin, obesity, and other diseases.

Raw Material Introduction – Jujube

Also known as jujube, dried jujube, and jujube fruit. Listed as one of the ‘Five Fruits’ (peach, plum, plum, apricot, jujube), it is known as the ‘King of Vitamins’. ‘Compendium of Materia Medica’: ‘Expels obstruction from the nine orifices, harmonizes with all herbs, nourishes the lung and stomach, benefits Qi, moistens the lungs and heart, generates body fluid, assists all meridians, and strengthens the five internal organs. It should be avoided for those with fullness in the middle Jiao and those with febrile diseases, as well as those with dental pain and wind-related diseases. It is a harmonizing product, not a tonifying flavor. ‘Shen Nong’s Materia Medica’ says that its tonifying effect is also due to its harmonizing properties.

Sweet and warm. Enter the spleen and stomach meridians. Nourishes the spleen and stomach, benefits Qi and generates body fluid, regulates the nutrient and defensive systems, and relieves drug toxicity. Treats stomach deficiency with insufficient food intake, weak spleen with loose stools, deficiency of Qi, blood, and body fluid, disharmony of the nutrient and defensive systems, palpitations, and palpitations. Women with emotional irritability.