People with kidney yin deficiency are more afraid of heat, which is manifested as soreness of waist and knees, fever of facial features, dizziness and tinnitus, insomnia and forgetfulness, night sweats in men, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation in women, amenorrhea, constipation, red tongue with little fur and rapid pulse.

Kidney yin deficiency mainly stresses nourishing yin and tonifying kidney. Eat more cold foods in the diet, such as yam, Euryale ferox, honeysuckle, mung bean, cassia seed, fish soup and so on. Eat less food that is easy to get angry.

You can choose sea cucumber, medlar, turtle and tremella for nourishing.

Applicable recipes for people with kidney yin deficiency:

Stewed turtle:

Turtle 1200g, ginger 30g, codonopsis pilosula 5g, red dates 20g, medlar 15g, lard 50g, cooking wine 20g, and proper amount of white vinegar.

Blanch the chopped soft-shelled turtle in boiling water, put some cooking wine when blanching, take it out and pour it in cold water, put lard and ginger slices in a hot pot, add soft-shelled turtle after frying, add white wine and vinegar after frying, add broth and Codonopsis pilosula after frying, and simmer slowly after increasing the fire.

Add red dates and medlar about one minute before cooking. Add chopped green onion after cooking.

This dish has the functions of nourishing yin, cooling blood, tonifying middle warmer, strengthening exterior surface and promoting granulation.