From the perspective of Chinese medicine and nutrition, both women and men can eat cowpeas, leeks, chestnuts and other foods to tonify the kidneys for kidney deficiency, but the food is weak in efficacy and is generally not used to treat diseases.
1. Cowpea: it is the seed of cowpea of legume family, it is flat in nature and should be boiled and eaten, it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and inducing dampness, tonifying the kidney and astringing the essence, it can be used for the conditioning of spleen deficiency and food accumulation (the food is indigested and stops accumulating in the stomach), dehiscence and abdominal distension, kidney deficiency and leucorrhoea, and spermatorrhea and leucorrhoea (the urine is turbid like white slurry) but it is forbidden to eat for those who have stagnant qi and stool knot.
2. leek: for the lily plant leek leaves, warm, suitable for fried or stuffed food, efficacy for tonifying the kidney, warming the middle, moving qi, dissipate blood stasis, detoxification, can be used for the spleen and kidney yang deficiency, chest paralysis (chest pain) of the conditioning. However, where stomach, duodenal ulcers, gastritis, fever and canker sores eat leeks with caution. In addition, folk leeks are listed as “hair”.
3. Chestnut: Chestnut for the Shellfish family of mature seed kernels, flat, can be fried, or porridge to eat, its efficacy for the benefit of qi spleen, tonifying the kidneys and strong tendons, blood swelling, stop bleeding, can be used for spleen and kidney yang deficiency and diarrhea, lumbar and knee pain, weakness of the lower limbs, walking and other conditions of the condition. However, where food accumulation and qi stagnation people should not eat more chestnuts.
However, the food is not only weak, but also slow to take effect, generally need to be consumed for a long time before there may be a certain effect, can not be equated with drugs, is generally not used to treat the disease. If you feel unwell, it is recommended that you seek medical attention and do not blindly use medication on your own to avoid causing damage to the organism.