Food therapy for Nourishing Yin

The medicated diets for nourishing yin are cooked by mixing Chinese materia medica chosen for this purpose into certain foods. They have the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, replenishing the vital essence to promote the generation of marrow, and are applicable to deficiency of yin, manifested as emaciation, giddiness, dry mouth and throat, Insomnia due to vexation, hectic fever, night perspiration, redness in the zygomatic region, red lips, dysphoria with feverish sensation in the chest, palms and soles, lassitude in the loins and knees, emission, forgetfulness, reddened tongue with little fur, and thready and rapid pulse.