An Old Remedy That the Whole Family Can Use: A Record of an Old Chinese Medicine Doctor

Chapter 14 The body is the capital to conquer the world, andrology tips for healthy men (4)
[The nurse said] Grandpa said that many of the men who came to see him were infertile due to low sperm quality.I then asked my grandfather, what is the low quality of sperm.

Grandpa said that there used to be a couple in their twenties who came to him for treatment, saying that they were treating their wife for infertility.They said that they have been in the same room for about two years after marriage, and have not taken any safety measures, but they have not seen pregnancy for a long time. The husband suspected that his wife was suffering from infertility, so he came to his grandfather.

But after looking around and asking about it, the grandfather found that everything was normal for his wife, her breathing was smooth, her internal organs were nourished, and there was no problem.Instead, the grandfather asked the husband, and the husband said that he was fine, so he resolutely refused to ask a doctor, but when the husband opened his mouth at close range with the grandfather, the grandfather knew that there was something wrong with the husband, because he had a tone.

Of course, there is no direct relationship between bad breath and low sperm quality, but because the husband's tone reflects his physical condition of insufficient kidney yang and strong fire.Grandpa explained to her husband that if a man has insufficient kidney yang, deficiency of kidney yin, or accumulation of dampness and heat, it may lead to low sperm quality and insufficient vitality, which will make it difficult for the couple to conceive.Grandpa didn't force her husband to take medicine, but just prescribed some folk remedies for her husband, hoping to help them get pregnant as soon as possible.Grandpa prescribed soup and porridge such as sea cucumber porridge and lamb spine porridge.

The husband saw that there was no problem eating porridge like sea cucumber porridge, so he ate it for a few months. As a result, his wife miraculously became pregnant. The husband hurriedly brought his wife to thank his grandfather.

[Grandpa said] Patients with insufficient kidney yang can nourish the kidney and strengthen yang, but the medicine should not be too warm and dry to prevent the condition from aggravating.Patients with deficiency of kidney yin should mainly nourish kidney yin, tonify kidney and replenish essence, but the medicine should not be cold or cold, so as not to damage kidney yang.If the spleen and stomach are weak and the qi and blood are insufficient, you should invigorate the qi and invigorate the spleen.If due to internal accumulation of dampness and heat, the essence chamber is disturbed, and the essence is damaged, the disease will be cured when the heat is cleared and dampness is removed, and the dampness and heat are removed.Therefore, during treatment, the difference between deficiency and excess and specimens should be distinguished, and treatment should be based on syndrome differentiation, so as to promote the recovery of sperm vitality.At the same time, in the process of treating low sperm quality, patients can be recuperated by food supplements.As long as it is not caused by dysfunction, patients should pay attention to supplementing meat such as eel, mutton, loach, squid, hairtail, eel, sea cucumber, cuttlefish, snails, etc. in daily life, followed by yam, ginkgo, frozen tofu, tofu skin, etc. .These foods are high in lysine, an essential ingredient for sperm formation.In addition, zinc deficiency in the body can also reduce libido and sperm.In these situations, you should eat more foods with high zinc content, such as oysters, chicken, eggs, chicken liver, etc.

Many people do not have a high awareness of frequent urination, and think that frequent urination may be caused by drinking too much water. In fact, frequent urination is a sign of physical weakness. Although it is not a disease, it should be taken seriously.Because normal adults urinate 4 to 6 times during the day, and 2 or less times at night, if the frequency increases significantly, we call it frequent urination.There are many reasons for frequent urination, some are neuropsychiatric factors, some are due to physical weakness after illness, and some are parasitic diseases in the body.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that frequent urination is mainly caused by weak constitution, weak kidney qi, incompetent bladder restraint, and undisclosed qi transformation.In addition, adults are too tired from work, the spleen and lungs are weak, the upper deficiency cannot be well controlled, and the soil deficiency cannot control water, and the bladder is weak, which causes frequent urination.Therefore, frequent urination is classified as a deficiency syndrome from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, which needs to be recuperated. Eat more foods rich in plant organic active alkali, eat less meat, and eat more vegetables.

[Remedy [-]] Plantago Bamboo Leaf Licorice Soup.

[Ingredients] 100 grams of plantain leaves, 12 grams of light bamboo leaves, 10 grams of licorice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

[Method] Put plantain leaves, light bamboo leaves, and licorice into a pot, decoct in water to remove slag and extract 1 large bowl of juice, add rock sugar, and drink instead of tea.

[Remedy [-]] Tremella rock sugar soup with plantain.

[Ingredients] 60 grams of fresh plantain leaves or 20 grams of dry products, 10 grams of white fungus, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

【Method】Put plantain leaves and white fungus in a pot, boil for 5 minutes, add rock sugar, and simmer for a while.

[Remedy [-]] Plantain porridge.

[Ingredients] 50 grams of plantain leaves, 100 grams of millet, and appropriate amount of scallions.

[Method] Put the millet in a pot and add water to cook the porridge. When it is cooked, remove the plantain leaves, green onion and salt, and simmer for another 10 minutes, seasoning a little and serve.

[Nurse said] Many people think that only the elderly have frequent urination, urgency, or even painful urination. In fact, with the continuous development of society, many young and middle-aged men, due to frequent social activities, excessive smoking and drinking, especially beer, Both can lead to frequent urination and urgency, especially at night.

There used to be a college classmate who was an alcoholic. He liked to have supper and drink beer with a group of friends every night. Soon his roommate said that he didn’t want to share the same dormitory with him because he urinated a lot at night, especially after turning off the lights and going to sleep. , climbing up and down to go to the bathroom, affecting the sleep of other roommates.

Later, a classmate who once went to see his grandfather for testicular pain recommended him to see him.

Grandpa took the pulse and said that the reason for his frequent urination and urgency was due to insufficient kidney yang, which must be due to excessive smoking and alcohol, staying up late, and not paying attention to his diet.The classmate saw that his grandfather was right, so he had to tell the truth, saying that when he was not in class, he usually stayed in the dormitory and played online games. He just grabbed a steamed bun or instant noodles and ate a meal. If you are full, you will grow meat.In addition, I often have supper with the students from the student union at night, drink beer, and go to bed late.

Seeing this, my grandfather prescribed the simplest prescription for my classmates, which is the plantain bamboo leaves and licorice soup. He said that it is convenient and simple to take the three herbs together by decocting water.

[Grandpa said] Traditional Chinese medicine believes that plantain leaves are sweet and cold in nature, can clear away heat and diuresis, clear liver and improve eyesight, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, and relieve dampness and diarrhea.It is suitable for edema caused by damp-heat internal depression, urinary frequency, urgency, and dysuria caused by urinary tract infection; it is also good for hot-heat diarrhea, bacillary dysentery, red eyes, swelling, pain, photophobia, and blurred vision caused by liver heat. Efficacy.According to modern medical analysis, every 4.0 grams of psyllium contains 1.0 grams of protein, 11.0 grams of fat, 5.85 grams of sugar, 0.09 mg of carotene, 0.25 mg of thiamine, 23 mg of riboflavin, 309 mg of vitamin C, 175 mg of calcium, and phosphorus. 25.3mg, Iron [-]mg.Eating more plantains can clear the fire of the heart meridian and relieve troubles, so it has the effect of diuresis, dredging stranguria, clearing the heart and eliminating troubles.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "kidney stores essence, governs growth, development, and reproduction", "kidney governs bones, produces marrow, and unblocks the brain", and men's kidney tonification is actually the foundation of making up for innateness.With the increase in the pace of life and work pressure, many men will suffer from insufficient kidney essence.Kidney essence, qi, yin, and yang are deficient and weak, which is called "kidney deficiency" in traditional Chinese medicine.Kidney deficiency in men is not a trivial matter. Generally, men with symptoms of kidney deficiency will experience weakness in the waist and knees, dysphoria, dizziness and tinnitus, emaciation, insomnia and dreaminess, flushed cheekbones, hot flashes, night sweats, dry throat, impotence, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, etc. symptom.It can be said that the health of the "kidney" is related to everything for men. Therefore, with the continuous development of healthy diet and health preservation concepts, scientifically and beneficially nourishing the kidney has become the health pursuit of many men.

[Remedy [-]] Roast pork trotters with peanuts.

[Ingredients] 1000 grams of pig's trotters, 100 grams of peanuts, 40 jujubes, appropriate amount of seasonings such as sugar and scallions.

[Method] Blanch the pig's trotters until they are fully ripe, then remove them.Put oil in the pot, heat it up to [-]% heat, fry the pig's trotters until golden brown, remove it, put it in the wok, pour in water, and put in the prepared peanuts, jujubes and seasoning at the same time, boil and use Let it simmer over low heat.

[Remedy [-]] Ginseng chicken.

[Ingredients] 15 grams of ginseng, 1 hen, 10 grams of ham, 10 grams of Shuifa magnolia slices, and 15 grams of Shuifa shiitake mushrooms.

[Method] Soak ginseng in boiling water, steam in a cage for 30 minutes, take it out, wash the hen, put it in a stew pot, add ginseng, ham, magnolia slices, mushrooms, green onions, ginger, refined salt, cooking wine, monosodium glutamate, add The clear soup is put in a basket and steamed over a high fire until it is overcooked.

[Remedy [-]] Pork loin with yam.

[Ingredients] 10 grams of angelica, 10 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 10 grams of yam, 500 grams of pork loin.

[Method] Put angelica, codonopsis, and yam into gauze bags, put them in an aluminum pot, add water, put them in pork loin, and simmer until the pork loin is fully cooked.

[The nurse said] For men, the kidney is the fundamental organ. If the kidney is good, they can do things with ease; if the kidney is deficient, they will be tired and weak, especially for married men.Because men’s kidneys are not good, it will cause a series of problems such as premature ejaculation and impotence, which not only seriously affect the life of husband and wife, but also affect the reproduction of offspring, so men should pay enough attention to nourishing the kidney.

A colleague quietly told me that her husband has been a little out of order recently, and he suspects that he has gone out to steal.I was curious, so I asked my colleagues why they thought so. Is there any evidence?My colleague said that because my husband doesn't like to have sex recently, even if he does, he will look tired. Not only does it not last long, but the quality is also low, and he can't climax for a long time.

I thought about it carefully, and remembered that my grandfather often talked about the impact of kidney deficiency on men, so I comforted my colleagues, saying that it might not be because my husband cheated on me to make me tired, but it might be because my kidneys are not good.The colleague heard it, pondered it for a while, and thought it made sense, so he took her husband to find his grandfather.

My colleague's husband works in marketing, and he often has to build relationships with clients, smokes and drinks all the time, often stays up late, and is under great pressure in terms of work performance.Grandpa said that he obviously has the symptoms of deficiency of kidney yang and accumulation of deficiency fire, and it is imminent to invigorate the kidney.So I prescribed a few recipes for my colleague and asked her to make more for her husband.

A week later, the colleague beamed with joy, and with a happy face, he brought a box of pastries for me to take back to my grandpa, saying that it was a thank you for the folk prescription prescribed by my grandpa for her husband.Seeing her complacent look, it must be that grandpa's folk remedies worked, bringing their married life back on track.

[Grandpa said] In addition to the above-mentioned three-flavored soup, if men want to nourish the kidneys, they can also start with their daily diet. It is recommended that men eat more animal kidneys in their daily lives. Eating animal kidneys has the function of tonifying the kidney and nourishing the essence, because the kidneys of animals are rich in protein, fat, multivitamins and some rare trace elements, which are both nourishing and strong.In addition, there are two sacred products for invigorating the kidney: sea cucumber and freshwater shrimp.Sea cucumbers are rich in trace elements such as iodine and zinc, which can participate in regulating metabolism and lowering blood lipids. The mucin and other polysaccharides contained in them can reduce lipids and anticoagulant, promote hematopoietic function, delay aging, nourish skin, repair tissues, and nourish kidney and essence. , the effect of nourishing yin and strengthening yang.Shrimp is rich in protein, lipids, minerals, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, etc., especially rich in calcium and phosphorus.In addition, eating more meat, bone marrow, black sesame, mulberry, yam and other ingredients can also play a certain role in nourishing the kidney.Moreover, the root of nourishing the kidney lies in a reasonable work and rest. Men should not stay up too late or turn day and night upside down. To nourish the kidney, you must first rest your mind.

Kidney stones are one of the common diseases of the urinary system, which refers to the formation of stones in the kidneys.The causes of kidney stones are mainly related to urinary system infection, environment and personal diet.Generally speaking, there are five kinds of people who are more likely to suffer from kidney stones: one is people who love to drink beer.Because the wort used in beer brewing contains calcium, oxalic acid, guanine nucleotides and purine nucleotides and other substances, they use each other to increase uric acid in the human body and become an important cause of kidney stones.The second is people who drink less water.People who drink less water will urinate less, making it difficult for bacteria, carcinogens and stone-prone substances to be excreted from the body, increasing the chances of kidney and bladder damage and forming stones.The third is people who eat salty food.A diet that is too salty will increase the workload of the kidneys, and will interfere with the metabolic process of drugs for the treatment of kidney stones, delaying treatment.The fourth is people who do not like to eat fruits and vegetables.Because vegetables and fruits are rich in vitamin B1 and vitamin C, their final metabolites in the body are alkaline, and uric acid is easy to dissolve in alkaline urine.Therefore, it is easy to form stones if you don't like vegetables and fruits.The fifth is people who like to eat animal offal.Because animal viscera contain a large amount of purine, catabolism will produce high blood uric acid, and uric acid is the ingredient that forms stones.

[Recipe name] Walnut kernel powder.

[Ingredients] 120 grams of walnut kernels, 120 grams of rock sugar.

[Method] Fry the walnut kernels with sesame oil, take them out, grind them into fine powder with rock sugar, and put them in a jar for later use.Take 60 grams each time, take it with boiled water, and take it 4 times a day to dissolve stones.

[Nurse said] Urination is a very important sexual function of the human body, but as men grow older, affected by organ diseases such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, as well as excessive smoking and alcohol, and extensive diet, etc., excessive uric acid in the body is easy to cause Kidney stones, making even peeing a big problem.

The vice president of our hospital used to go to the bathroom seven or eight times during a meeting, but every time he came back, he had an ugly expression and a painful look on his face.The colleague next to me quietly told me that the dean suffered from kidney stones and it was very painful to go to the toilet.Moreover, after several stone-dissolving operations, it could not be cured. Not long after the operation, it relapsed again.Due to the dean's own condition, he has not sought other remedies for eliminating stones, and just endured his kidney stones silently.

I felt bad, so I went home secretly and simply told my grandfather about the dean's symptoms, hoping that my grandfather could give me a mild, side-effect-free folk prescription that would be fine even for normal people.Unexpectedly, grandpa really has it.He said that patients with kidney stones only need to eat more walnut powder, grind it into a fine powder like medicine powder, mix it with rock sugar powder, and eat two spoonfuls a day.

I didn't want to affect the dean's image, so I ground a bottle of walnut kernel powder for him, and posted the method and dosage on the bottle.

As a result, three days later, the dean came to thank me in person and said that the symptoms were significantly relieved.

【Grandpa said】Grandpa believes that whether it is prevention of kidney stones or treatment of kidney stones, in addition to drug treatment, the correct diet is the long-term solution to the symptoms and root causes.Below, from the aspects of staple food, meat, vegetables, etc., the main points of food selection for patients with kidney stones will be introduced in detail.In terms of staple food, patients with alkaline stones should choose cereals, starches, peanuts, peas, etc., while patients with acid stones should choose brown rice, corn, millet, barley, wheat, soybeans and soy products.In terms of meat, patients with alkaline stones are suitable to eat lean pork, oysters, scallops, chicken, eggs, etc., while patients with acid stones should eat more eggs, milk, and chicken.In terms of the choice of vegetables, most vegetables are alkaline foods, and it is advisable to choose those with sufficient water such as cucumbers, towel gourds, and wax gourds.Acid stones are suitable for lotus root, radish, eggplant, wax gourd, onion, mushroom, watermelon, potato, cucumber, etc.At the same time, patients with kidney stones and men who prevent kidney stones must avoid one thing: drink as much water as possible!
The theory of health preservation in traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the liver resuscitates the eyes", that is to say, nourishing the liver is good for improving eyesight, and protecting the eyes should first protect the liver.If the liver is not good, the eyes will be bad. Therefore, Chinese medicine has an inherent saying of "clearing the liver and improving eyesight".The so-called "clearing the liver and improving eyesight" refers to treating febrile eye diseases with prescriptions that have the functions of clearing the liver, purging fire, detoxifying and improving eyesight.From the theory of modern medicine, to cleanse the liver and improve eyesight, one should choose to eat more animal liver, kidney, milk, butter, egg yolk, foods rich in vitamin A, and eat more green leafy vegetables, carrots, and various fresh fruits, etc. Foods that can be converted into vitamin A.Because eating more vitamin A can help us maintain normal vision.A relative deficiency of vitamin A may cause problems such as night blindness, dry eye disease, keratitis, and dry skin.

According to legend, around the time of the Northern Song Dynasty, a doctor traveled to Sichuan and met a young girl with delicate features chasing and beating a middle-aged man.The doctor couldn't see it, so he called the girl to stop, saying that the girl didn't know how to respect the old and love the young, and she should respect her elders.The girl was speechless, and immediately explained that the person who was chased and beaten was her son, not an elder.Hearing this, the doctor was even more confused. Is there any reason why the mother looks younger than the son?So, after repeated questioning by the doctor, the woman revealed the whole story. It turns out that there are goji berries in Sichuan, and women here often eat various medicinal diets with goji berries as the main ingredient to preserve youth and avoid aging eyesight. decline.Seeing this, the doctor immediately kept the prescription, which has been passed down to this day.

[Recipe name] Stewed black-bone chicken with Polygonum multiflorum and wolfberries.

[Ingredients] 350 grams of black-bone chicken, 8 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 15 grams of medlar, 50 grams of lean meat, appropriate amount of water, and appropriate amount of ginger slices.

[Method] Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, put ginger slices, fleece-flower root, wolfberry, black-bone chicken, lean meat, etc. into the pot, bring to a boil on high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for 40 minutes, season and serve.

[Nurse said] Once at a family gathering, my cousin brought my cousin-in-law over. Before eating, my grandfather kept staring at my cousin-in-law.When it was time to serve dinner, grandpa put a soup cup in front of my cousin-in-law, and said that he would let my cousin-in-law finish drinking it.Grandpa smiled and explained that it was not partiality, but because the cousin-in-law was sick.

The cousin was startled when she heard this, and hurriedly asked her grandfather what kind of illness her husband had. The cousin's husband was also surprised, saying that he was fine, he didn't have a cold, and he didn't feel unwell, so why did he say he was sick?Grandpa revealed the answer, saying that by looking at the whites of the cousin-in-law's eyes, he knew that the cousin-in-law was very angry and needed to clear the liver and improve eyesight.He also asked his cousin-in-law to quickly finish the stewed black chicken with Polygonum multiflorum and wolfberries in front of him.

The cousin-in-law asked his grandfather for advice while eating, and the grandfather said that whether the liver is healthy or not, the only thing that shows is our eyes.If the liver is healthy, the eyes will be bright, and if the liver is deficient, then the eyes will be cloudy.The reason why my grandfather kept staring at my cousin's husband was because of this problem. Grandpa said that my cousin's husband didn't eat regularly, didn't pay attention to health preservation, and adjusted his internal organs, so that his eyes were cloudy, and he could tell that his liver was not good at a glance.

After all, my grandfather taught my cousin how to stew black-bone chicken with shouwu qizi. It is very simple, that is, prepare black-bone chicken, fleece-flower root and medlar, put them in a pot together, stew them in water, let my cousin eat meat and soup, and eat more Lycium barbarum can clear the liver and improve eyesight.Furthermore, it is equally good for my cousin to eat, and it can detoxify and improve eyesight.

[Grandpa said] Polygonum multiflorum, mild in nature, can nourish the liver and kidney, benefit essence and blood, and has a certain dietary effect on deficiency of yin and blood, premature graying of hair, and nocturnal emission.Lycium barbarum is sweet and flat in nature and flavor, enters the liver and kidney meridians, and has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, benefiting energy, improving eyesight, and nourishing blood.Since ancient times in our country, there has been a saying of "goji berries for health preservation". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eating goji berries often can "strengthen muscles and bones, clear liver and eyes".Therefore, wolfberry is a good nourishing product commonly used by middle-aged and elderly people.The black-bone chicken is rich in nutrients and has considerable blood-nourishing and blood-enriching effects.Adding the three together into the soup is even more effective in clearing the liver and improving eyesight.

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