9 Traditional Chinese Medicine Recipes for Kidney and Spleen Health

1.Yipin Shanyao (Chinese Yam Dish)

[Source] Folk Recipes

[Functions] Nourish Kidney and tonify yang.

[Indications] Applicable for signs of imbalance such as Kidney deficiency, physical weakness, diabetes mellitus, frequent urination, and spermatorrhea.

[Formula] 500 grams of fresh Chinese yam, 150 grams of wheat flour, an appropriate amount of walnut kernels, assorted candied fruits, white sugar, lard, and bean flour.

[Preparation Method] Wash the fresh Chinese yam, peel it, steam until cooked, and place it in a large bowl. Add 150 grams of flour, knead into a dough, place it on an enamel plate, press it into a round cake shape, and arrange walnut kernels and assorted fruit pieces on top. Put the porcelain plate with the yam cake into a steamer and steam over high heat for 20 minutes. Place honey, white sugar, lard, and a small amount of bean starch in another pot, boil into a sugar syrup, and pour it over the round cake.

[Usage] Take freely as desired.

2.Chinese Yam, Gordon Euryale Seed and Coicis Seed Porridge

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

[Functions] Tonifying the Spleen and Kidney, stopping diarrhea and eliminating turbidity.

[Indications] wellness such as loose stools, spermatorrhea, leukorrhea, and white turbid discharge caused by Spleen-Kidney deficiency.

[Formula] Rhizoma Dioscoreae 30g, Semen Euryales 15g, Coicis Semen 30g, Millet or Rice 250 – 300g.

[Preparation Method] Cook the above ingredients together to make porridge. After the gordon euryale seeds and rice are thoroughly cooked, take it warm.

[Administration] Take it in divided doses within one day and it can be taken regularly.

3.Shanyao Neijin Powder

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

[Functions] Strengthen the Spleen and tonify the Kidney, nourish blood and unblock the meridians.

[Indications] Amenorrhea, poor appetite, emaciation, and other signs of imbalance.

[Formula] Rhizoma Dioscoreae 90 g, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli 30 g.

[Preparation Method] Grind the two ingredients into a fine powder together.

[Usage] Take 12 grams each time, administered with glutinous rice wine or yellow rice wine, twice a day.

4.Schisandra chinensis Paste

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

[Functions] Tonify the Kidney and astringe essence.

[Indications] wellness and signs of imbalance such as spermatorrhea and frequent urination caused by Kidney deficiency.

[Formula] Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. (Bei Wu Wei Zi) 500 grams, Winter Honey (Dong Mi) 1000 grams.

[Preparation Method] Wash the Schisandra chinensis and soak it in water, then remove the stones. Place the flesh in a casserole, decoct it with water, filter to obtain the juice, add 1000 grams of winter honey, simmer over low heat to form a paste, store it in a bottle, and take it after 2 to 3 days.

[Usage] Take 1 to 2 tablespoons each time, mix evenly with warm boiled water, and consume on an empty stomach.

5.Asparagus Root Brown Sugar Water

[Source] Dietary Therapy Desk Calendar

[Functions] Nourishes yin and moistens dryness, nourishes the Kidney and replenishes blood, generates body fluids and helps with occasional thirst.

[Indications] It can be used as an adjuvant therapy for conditions such as menorrhagia in women, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, vaginal bleeding in pregnant women after heavy lifting, and mammary gland hyperplasia in women.

[Formula] 30 grams of Ophiopogonis Radix (Tian Men Dong), appropriate amount of brown sugar.

[Preparation Method] Wash the Asparagi Radix (Tian Men Dong), add 3 bowls of clean water to a sand pot and decoct it into one and a half bowls; add an appropriate amount of brown sugar and boil it once more.

[Administration] Take it warm, once a day, for several consecutive doses.

6.Wuwei Nüzhenzi Decoction

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

[Functions] Tonifies the Lung and Kidney.

[Indications] Cough, asthma, spermatorrhea, and night sweats caused by Lung-Kidney deficiency.

[Formula] Schisandra chinensis Turcz. (Fructus) 10-12 g, Ligustrum lucidum Ait. (Fructus) 12 g.

[Preparation Method] Decoct both herbs together in water. After the water has boiled for 1 hour, take the decoction and consume it warm.

[Usage] One dose per day, decoct each dose twice and take it in two divided doses.

7.Zhuanxi Dasheng Ointment

[Source] Wen Bing Tiao Bian

[Functions] Nourish yin and clear heat, replenish essence and marrow, strengthen the Spleen, and astringe essence.

[Indications] Deficiency of Liver and Kidney, depletion of essence and blood, Yin Deficiency with exuberant fire, frequent spermatorrhea accompanied by persistent erection and anejaculation, dry mouth and throat, restlessness and insomnia, etc.

[Formula] 1 pair of black-bone chickens, 8 pairs of lamb Kidneys, 250 grams of pig spinal cord, 20 egg yolks, 500 grams each of ginseng, poria, abalone, sea cucumber, white peony root, ophiopogon root, donkey-hide gelatin, and lotus seeds, 200 grams each of tortoise plastron, soft-shelled turtle shell, oyster shell, tribulus terrestris, white honey, and wolfberries, 750 grams each of gordon euryale seed and prepared rehmannia root, and 100 grams of schisandra fruit.

[Preparation Method] Prepare glue separately from tortoise plastron and turtle shell. Place the animal and plant medicinal substances into four copper pots respectively, and slowly refine them over a low fire for three days and nights. Remove the dregs, then continue to boil for another six days and nights. Gradually combine them into one pot, and refine into a paste. Then add donkey-hide gelatin, tortoise plastron glue, and turtle shell glue, and mix thoroughly with honey. Grind Poria (Fuling), White Peony Root (Baishao), Lotus Seed (Lianzi), and Gorgon Fruit (Qianshi), which are powdered and juice-free in the formula, into a fine powder, and combine with the paste to form pills.

[Usage] Take 6 grams each time, three times a day.

8.Twin Sparrow Eggs

[Source] Collection of Folk supports

[Functions] Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, replenishes essence.

[Indications] signs of imbalance such as impotence, premature ejaculation, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees due to deficiency of both Liver and Kidney.

[Formula] Cuscutae Semen (Tu Si Zi) 15 grams, Lycii Fructus (Gou Qi Zi) 15 grams, 10 sparrow eggs.

[Preparation Method] First, boil the sparrow eggs until cooked and peel them. Then, add water and boil the two herbs for about half an hour. Next, add the sparrow eggs and continue boiling for another 15 minutes.

[Usage] The soup can be drunk and the eggs eaten. This can be done multiple times in succession.

9.Wood Ear Mushroom Soup

[Source] Yuyaoyuan Fang

[Functions] Tonify the Kidney and replenish essence.

[Indications] Impotence and infertility due to Kidney essence deficiency and decline in men.

[Formula] 30 grams of Tremella fuciformis, 7.5 grams of Colla Cornus Cervi, 15 grams of Rock Sugar.

[Preparation Method] Soak Tremella fuciformis (white fungus) in warm water, remove impurities, wash it, and place it in a sand pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer over low heat. When the fungus is fully cooked, add Colla Cornu Cervi (deer antler glue) and rock sugar, allowing them to dissolve and blend well. Continue to simmer until thoroughly cooked.

[Usage] It can be consumed in divided doses or all at once.