Firstly, the kidney tastes salty.
Saltiness damages the kidneys. Excessive salty diet can damage the kidneys and essence, leading to a deficiency in essence and an increase in deficiency fire, which can result in symptoms such as hypertension and stroke. Salt should be avoided after a fracture, as the kidneys are the main bone. Once the bone has been fractured, the kidneys cannot be further damaged. Therefore, all bone diseases, including tuberculosis, bone cancer, osteoporosis, etc., should avoid or reduce salt intake in order to achieve better treatment results. Even if no kidney injury has been observed, it is necessary to consume less salt in daily diet. Modern research suggests that each person should not exceed six grams of salt per day, which is difficult to control, but it is important to avoid consuming salty foods.
Some people say that if the dish or soup is too salty, would it be better if I add some water and finish it. This is actually meaningless because the salt entering the body is not small. The patients who have been seriously ill for a long time need to avoid salt. They need to take a light diet, take care of themselves slowly, and drink cereal Congee to recover. Moreover, for kidney diseases such as acute or chronic nephritis, renal failure, renal dysfunction, etc., salt should be avoided until the disease is cured. If salt cannot be avoided, the condition may be lingering and difficult to cure, and in severe cases, it may lead to unpredictable consequences. Modern research suggests that patients with hypertension and heart disease should not eat too salty food, otherwise it will increase the burden on the heart, which is actually a manifestation of salt damage to the kidneys.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that if evil qi enters the kidneys, its symptoms are often manifested as abdominal distension, lower limb swelling, heaviness, drowsiness, bone pain, etc. Furthermore, if it belongs to kidney yin deficiency, it manifests as symptoms such as dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, forgetfulness, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, hot flashes and night sweats, red cheekbones and dry mouth, dizziness and tinnitus, nocturnal emissions, and female dream intercourse; If it belongs to kidney yang deficiency, it manifests as symptoms such as mental fatigue, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, cold limbs, clear and long urine, impotence and nocturnal emissions, premature ejaculation and cold semen, and female uterine cold infertility. Anyone with such symptoms should pay attention to eating less or no salt to avoid excessive damage to the kidneys and affecting the recovery of the condition.
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that sweetness is superior to saltiness. Sweet taste can alleviate the laxative effect of salty taste. People with kidney deficiency may want to eat some sweet and dark foods appropriately, which can utilize the effect of sweetness over saltiness to achieve kidney tonifying effects. In fact, kidney nourishing foods such as “Black Five Categories” are mostly sweet in taste.
Secondly, the kidney is afraid when it is in the state of mind.
It may harm the kidneys. Fear makes one feel angry. When people encounter fear, they often experience lower limb soreness, almost inability to stand up, and even urinary and fecal incontinence, which is a manifestation of fear of kidney injury. The kidneys are not easy to maintain, so efforts should be made to avoid damaging them. Therefore, things that are prone to fear should be avoided as much as possible. For example, don’t walk alone at night. Night belongs to yin, especially when walking at night in the mountains and forests. If the body’s yang energy is insufficient, it is easy to be invaded by the yin energy of night and get sick. If there are ghosts and monsters in the heart, walking at night will scare oneself and even harm the kidneys and essence. Especially when a person passes by a cemetery at night, it is the biggest taboo for nourishing the kidneys.
Some people are afraid of heights, and if they stand high and look down, their lower limbs will become weak. So try not to stand too high and look down, in order to avoid damaging your kidneys due to fear. For example, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, which is hundreds of meters away, is the best place for people who are afraid of heights. Horror movies are very popular, I really can’t understand. I’m so scared that I dare not turn off the lights and sleep, and I dare not stay alone in the room. Why bother. Watching a horror movie once can create years of terrifying memories, and every time it’s dark or someone is sleeping, they become fearful, which can keep their kidneys drained.
Some people enjoy listening to ghost stories, even telling ghost stories. Startling others in a daze can be very stimulating for oneself, and one may not know that listening to ghost stories can create fear in one’s heart, which can also harm the kidneys and essence. Why does Confucius not speak of strange powers and chaotic gods? I think strange powers and chaotic gods belong to the realm of delusion, which not only harms the kidney qi but also does not contribute to the progress of life. Why bother to talk about them. Some people like to scare others, hiding in a corner and waiting for someone to come over, suddenly jumping out to scare them; Or, jumping out at night wearing ghost clothes to scare people; Even some students in medical school are lying in the autopsy room, suddenly sitting up to scare people while they are studying, and so on. It is very inappropriate to harm others’ kidney essence in order to seek stimulation for oneself. People may experience fear and shock, ranging from palpitations and palpitations due to lack of focus, to coma and death caused by gallbladder rupture and kidney deficiency. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that thinking triumphs over fear. Do you still remember the fable of the cup bow and snake shadow? This is the case of the triumph of thought over fear. Once you understand, you won’t be afraid anymore.
Three things, the kidneys in the fluid are saliva.
Saliva is produced by the essence and qi in the kidneys. Saliva generates kidney qi and is most helpful in warming the kidneys. During leisure time, you can gently bite your teeth 72 times, then stir your tongue left and right in your mouth 12 times each, gradually producing saliva. Then slowly swallow in three small sips, and use your mind to guide the saliva into the dantian. This method is the most beneficial for maintaining health and aiding digestion. Spitting is a bad habit. Spitting saliva indiscriminately is not only unhygienic but also harmful to kidney qi.
Not spitting saliva can nourish kidney qi, while spitting it out can harm the kidneys. The ancients said: Spit far and hurt far, spit near and hurt near, do not spit, do not hurt. When I was young, I was ignorant and competed with my children to see who could spit far away. Now thinking about it, this is not a good game, at least it will hurt the kidneys. It’s just that children’s kidney qi is strong and they don’t feel its harm. Furthermore, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, spitting from afar can damage qi, while spitting more can damage the spirit. Because saliva is the fluid of the kidneys, the heart is responsible for storing the spirit, and the essence can transform qi and generate spirit. Therefore, spitting far away can lead to the loss of yin essence in the kidneys, which can damage qi and spirit. Saliva is different from phlegm. If there is phlegm in the mouth, it needs to be spit out, which is not related to spitting saliva.
Four, the kidneys are black in color. Black kidney nourishing.
There is a saying in Chinese folklore that “black food must be replenished”, which believes that black food has unique effects such as anti-aging, health care, longevity, disease prevention, treatment, and black hair beauty. In fact, it is a manifestation of black entering the kidneys. To nourish the kidneys, you can eat more black foods, such as black beans, black sesame seeds, black dates, black rice, black fungus, and other five types of black foods. For example, black herbs in traditional Chinese medicine often have the effect of tonifying the kidneys and nourishing the kidneys, such as Rehmannia glutinosa, mulberries, deer antler gum, and Polygonum multiflorum. In addition, dark chocolate also has kidney nourishing properties. Modern research suggests that it has antioxidant properties, which may also be a manifestation of its kidney nourishing effects. And it is believed that the darker the chocolate, the higher the cocoa content, and the stronger its antioxidant effect, especially precious is the completely sugar free pure cocoa stick.
In addition, juice drinks made from blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc. have a black color, a sweet taste, and good kidney tonifying effects. Black boned chicken has a black bone color and enters the kidneys. Stewing soup with black boned chicken can best nourish kidney essence. There is an ancient Chinese medicine called Wuji Baifeng Wan, which has the effect of nourishing the kidneys and regulating menstruation. There are many ways to nourish the kidneys, and the above are just a few of them.
Furthermore, prolonged sleep can deplete the essence and qi in the kidneys, so it is important to avoid prolonged sleep when nourishing the kidneys; Sleeping during the hour of Hai can nourish the kidneys; Besides being bones, having healthy teeth can also nourish the kidneys; The kidney’s vitality is developing, so nourishing the hair can nourish the kidneys; The kidneys are located in the ear and two Yin organs. Rubbing the ears or massaging the scrotum and testicles during normal times can nourish the kidneys; Nourishing the mind and spirit can prevent the heart fire from moving recklessly, and the kidney essence will be at ease; The essence and blood are of the same origin, and the liver and kidney are of the same origin. The essence and blood are converted into each other. If the blood is damaged, it will damage the essence, and if the liver is damaged, it will damage the kidneys; The kidneys are responsible for water and water is cold in nature. Cold can also damage the kidneys, so keeping warm and preventing cold is necessary to nourish the kidneys; Such and so on, are all methods of nourishing the kidneys. If we generalize the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, then all of them have profound meanings.
Winter is a great time to nourish the kidneys, especially during the period from the Xiaoxue solar term to the Great Cold. At this time, the yang energy of heaven and earth converges and decreases, and the earth is cold on the ground, but it is very warm below. If the kidneys are warmed and tonified appropriately, it can help maintain health. Moreover, if patients with kidney deficiency and chronic illnesses can use the power of heaven and earth to nourish their kidneys appropriately in winter, it can also help them recover as soon as possible.
