Foods that nourish Yin

In Chinese medicine, the balance of yin and yang is often sought, and nourishing yin is a general term for nourishing a series of body fluids, including blood, saliva and tears. There are many clinical foods that nourish yin, such as silver fungus, lily of the valley, bird’s nest, aconite, wolfberry, etc. Although food can help nourish yin by supplementing the body’s nutrition, common yin nourishing foods are as follows: 1. It is suitable for constipation caused by the lack of yin fluid, and for dry skin, liver and kidney essence and blood deficiency caused by headaches, dizziness, waist and knee weakness, etc.; 2, vegetables: mainly including lotus root, mushrooms, white radish, winter melon, yam, spinach, etc.. For example, lotus root is sweet and cool, is a good medicine to stop bleeding and produce fluid, rich in starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron and a variety of vitamins, especially the most vitamin C, for the relief of spleen and stomach gas deficiency, fatigue, etc. has a certain role, but also has the effect of nourishing Yin; 3, fruits: mainly including snow pear, kiwi, longan, grapefruit, persimmon, etc.. For example, snow pear has moisten dryness and eliminate wind, cough and asthma, clear the heart to lower the role of fire, the spleen and stomach is weak, can also be made into ice sugar stewed pear water, is also a good way to eat. And kiwi is rich in vitamin C, vitamin E, etc., has the effect of nourishing Yin to remove fire, moisten the lungs to remove dryness. However, it should be noted that the role of food is limited, patients with severe yin deficiency, hot flashes and other manifestations, but also need to seek medical treatment in a timely manner, under the guidance of doctors to take some nourishing, Yin tonic drugs, such as raw earth, maitong, Cordyceps, dendrobium, saxifrage, yu zhu, yam, chasteberry, etc.