Food Therapy for Tonifying the Kidney

Medicated diets for nourishing the kidney are cooked by mixing Chinese materia medica chosen for replenishing the kidney-qi, warming the kidney-yang, tonifying the kidney-yin into certain foods.  They have the effects of warming the kidney, strengthening yang, replenishing the vital essence and promoting the generation of marrow, and are applicable to syndromes such as deficiency of the kidney including deficiency of the kidney-yin and kidney-yang, manifested as lassitude in the loins and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, insomnia, forgetfulness, emission and frequent urine, tidal fever, night sweating, dry mouth, or intolerance of cold, cold limbs and asthma.