13 Chinese Medicinal Recipes for Kidney Yang Deficiency

1.Medicinal Sesame Seed Cake

[Source] Taiping Shenghui Fang

[Functions] Warming the Kidney and strengthening yang.

[Indications] Decline of fire in the Mingmen, impotence with inability to achieve erection, low libido, cold and thin semen.

[Formula] Mutton 500 grams, Cistanche Deserticola 120 grams, Prepared Aconite Root 30 grams, Dried Ginger, Chebulae Fructus, and Ulmi Macrocarpae Fructus 15 grams each, White Pepper and Piper Longum 0.3 grams each, appropriate amount of flour

[Preparation Method] First, wash the lamb, remove the blood water, and finely chop it. Grind the above herbs into a fine powder, mix with the minced lamb to make the filling. Knead flour with water to form a dough, cut it into small pieces, make pie crusts, add the filling to make pies, and bake until both sides are golden brown and thoroughly cooked.

[Usage] Take at will.

2.Jiucaizi Powder

[Source] “Tonic Products, Tonic Drugs, and Beneficial Tonic Prescriptions”

[Functions] Warming and tonifying Kidney yang.

[Indications] wellness and signs of imbalance such as spermatorrhea, leukorrhea, prospermia, frequent urination, and weakness of the waist and knees caused by Kidney yang deficiency.

[Formula] 250 grams of Semen Allii Tuberosi.

[Preparation Method] Steam the seeds of Chinese chive until cooked, then dry them and grind into a fine powder.

[Usage] Take 6 grams each time, three times a day, with warm water or warm wine, on an empty stomach.

3.Leek Seed Congee

[Source] Qian Jin Yao Fang (Thousand Ducat Formulas)

[Functions] Tonifying the Kidney and strengthening yang.

[Indications] Kidney yang deficiency, cold pain in the lower back and knees, impotence and seminal emission, frequent urination.

[Formula] 30 grams of Semen Allii Tuberosi (Chinese chive seeds), 90 grams of Coiced Rice.

[Preparation Method] Wash the Chinese chive seeds, dry them in the sun, lightly stir-fry them, and grind them into a powder. Wash the japonica rice with water, add water to cook it. When it is half-cooked, add the Chinese chive seed powder, stir well, and continue cooking until fully cooked.

[Usage] Take at will.

4.Stir-fried Fresh Shrimps with Leek

[Source] Handbook of Family Dietary Therapy

[Functions] Strengthen the stomach and replenish deficiency, nourish essence and invigorate yang.

[Indications] Weakness of the waist and legs, night sweats, impotence, spermatorrhea, enuresis, and other signs of imbalance.

[Formula] 250 grams of leek, 400 grams of fresh shrimp (shelled), an appropriate amount of vegetable oil, salt, green onion, ginger, and Shaoxing wine.

[Preparation Method] Wash the leeks and cut them into 3-centimeter-long sections. Peel the fresh shrimp and wash them. Cut the green onions into segments and the ginger into rice-sized pieces. Heat a wok, pour in vegetable oil, and bring it to a boil. Add the green onions to stir-fry briefly, then pour in the shrimp and leeks. Add the ginger pieces and Shaoxing wine, and continuously stir-fry until cooked. Remove from the wok and it is ready. When consuming, if supports impotence, white liquor can be drunk.

[Usage] Take at will or consume as a dietary supplement.

5.Stir-fried Chinese Chives with Walnut Kernels

[Source] Fangmai Zhengzong

[Functions] Tonify the Kidney and boost yang.

[Indications] Kidney deficiency, impotence, premature ejaculation, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, memory loss, and other signs of imbalance.

[Formula] 50 grams of walnut kernels, 250 grams of Chinese chives, 150 grams of sesame oil, and an appropriate amount of salt.

[Preparation Method] Remove impurities from the walnut kernels and fry them in a sesame oil pan until they turn yellow. Wash the leeks, and cut them into 3-centimeter-long sections. Add the leeks to the walnut pan, stir-fry, add a small amount of salt, stir-fry a few more times until fully cooked.

[Usage] Take freely as desired, or consume alongside meals.

6.Sea Cucumber Soup

[Source] Cooking Techniques for Dishes

[Functions] Tonifying the Kidney and replenishing essence.

[Indications] Deficiency of essence and blood, weakness and fatigue, low libido, impotence with inability to achieve erection, cold and thin semen.

[Formula] 180 grams of soaked sea cucumber, 30 grams each of sliced pork leg meat and sliced bamboo shoots, 9 grams of soaked winter mushrooms, 3 grams of minced cooked ham, an appropriate amount of seasonings, and 240 grams of light broth.

[Preparation Method] First, place the sea cucumbers in water, wash them clean, and cut them into small dices with a knife. Slice the bamboo shoots, pork leg meat, and shiitake mushrooms into thin pieces the size of fingernails. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add the sea cucumbers, stir them up and down, then remove and drain. Place a wok over high heat, add 6 grams of lard and heat it up. Stir-fry the scallions and ginger until fragrant, then add the white stock. Use a strainer to remove the scallions and ginger. Add the meat slices and stir them apart with your hands until they are no longer pink. Add the sea cucumbers, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, salt, monosodium glutamate, and yellow rice wine, and bring to a boil. Sprinkle in wet starch, stir evenly with a ladle to form a thin sauce, then add rice vinegar and pepper powder and mix well. Remove from the wok, place in a bowl, and sprinkle with minced ham.

[Usage] Take at will.

7.Sea Shrimp and Scallion Leaf Powder

[Source] Empirical formula

[Functions] Tonify the Kidney and replenish essence, unblock yang and promote the flow of qi.

[Indications] Impotence with inability to achieve an erection, premature ejaculation, and other related signs of imbalance.

[Formula] 7 sea shrimp meats, 3 pieces of green onion leaves (preferably thick, green ones with abundant mucilage).

[Preparation Method] Stuff the shelled shrimps into the scallion leaves, dry them in the sun, and grind them into powder.

[Administration] Take twice daily with tea.

8.Cynomorium Congee

[Source] Ben Cao Qiu Zhen

[Functions] Invigorating yang and stabilizing essence.

[Indications] Kidney deficiency with spermatorrhea, impotence, premature ejaculation.

[Formula] Cynomorii Herba 30 grams, Setaria Italica (Foxtail Millet) 50 grams.

[Preparation Method] Wash and chop Cynomorii Herba, add an appropriate amount of Japonica Rice and water, cook into porridge, and season.

[Usage] Consume at will. Cynomorium may be discarded.

9.Walnaqi Congee

[Source] Empirical formula.

[Functions] Warming the Kidney and boosting yang.

[Indications] signs of imbalance caused by decline of the fire of Mingmen, such as impotence with inability to achieve erection, cold semen and infertility, or morning diarrhea.

[Formula] Testis and Penis of Seal 30 g, Coiced Rice 50 g.

[Preparation Method] First, wash and chop the ambura grisea, then cook it together with rice to make porridge. When the porridge is ready, add a small amount of salt.

[Usage] It is suitable to be eaten for breakfast.

10.Dragonfly Decoction

[Source] “Male Bodybuilding”

[Functions] Tonifying the Kidney and strengthening yang.

[Indications] Sexual dysfunction, impotence and premature ejaculation.

[Formula] 4 dragonflies, 15 grams each of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. (cynomorium herb) and Cistanche deserticola Ma (desertliving cistanche).

[Preparation Method] Remove the wings and feet of the dragonfly, stir-fry slightly, and then decoct together with Cynomorium songaricum and Cistanche deserticola.

[Usage] Take once a day for 10 consecutive days.

11.Drunken Shrimp

[Source] Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica

[Functions] Warming the Kidney and strengthening yang.

[Indications] Impotence, premature ejaculation, decreased sexual function.

[Formula] 1 pair of prawns, an appropriate amount of distilled liquor.

[Preparation Method] Rinse the live giant tiger prawns (or fresh ones) thoroughly with clean water, place them in wine to inebriate them to death, then remove them and add garlic-soy sauce (a mixture of soy sauce, mashed garlic, cooking wine, monosodium glutamate, ground pepper, and sesame oil).

[Usage] Consume with meals in the morning and evening.

12.Carp and Pork Loin Soup

[Source] “Male Bodybuilding”

[Functions] Warming and tonifying Kidney yang.

[Indications] Impotence due to Kidney deficiency.

[Formula] 1 male crucian carp (approximately 500 grams), 10 grams each of dried ginger and wolfberries.

[Preparation Method] Open the belly of the carp, take only the internal fishy parts, add dried ginger and wolfberries, and simmer together. Bring to a boil, add cooking wine and salt, and finally add an appropriate amount of monosodium glutamate for seasoning.

[Usage] Take it on an empty stomach, once every other day, for a total of 5 doses.

[Annotations] The male crucian carp has a large amount of milky white jelly-like substance in its abdomen, which resembles tofu. This is referred to as “fish seminal fluid”. It is a substance similar to the semen of male crucian carp, rich in proteins, androgens, various vitamins, and minerals, and has the effects of tonifying the Kidneys, enhancing yang, and benefiting essence.

13.Loach and Shrimp Soup

[Source] “Tonic Products, Tonic Drugs, and Beneficial Tonic Prescriptions”

[Functions] Tonifying the Kidney and strengthening yang.

[Indications] Impotence caused by Kidney yang deficiency.

[Formula] 100 grams of loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), 10 grams of shrimp.

[Preparation Method] Wash the loaches with warm water and remove their internal organs; wash the shrimps. Boil them together until cooked, add a small amount of ginger and salt, and consume the soup along with the loaches and shrimps.

[Usage] Consume at will, or take it as a side dish with meals.