1. Leeks and leek seeds.

Leeks and leek seeds are both very good vegetables that warm and replenish yang energy. They can replenish liver and kidney deficiency, expel wind and cold.

Leek seeds can be cooked and eaten alone, while leeks and walnuts are fried in sesame oil and eaten, which has the effect of nourishing the kidneys and warming the waist.

2. Walnut kernels.

It has the functions of nourishing the kidneys, warming the lungs, moistening the intestines and laxative.

"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" lists walnuts as top quality for lightening the body, replenishing qi, and prolonging life.

It is most suitable for people with insufficient kidney yang, listlessness, cold pain in waist and knees, frequent urination, and chronic cough due to lung deficiency.

3. Lychee.

"Jade Catalpa Medicinal Explanation" says that it "warms and nourishes spleen essence, warms and nourishes liver blood".

People with yang deficiency, insufficient qi and blood, menorrhagia, hernia and abdominal pain can often eat lychees.

4. Ginger.

Ginger tends to dispel cold, while dried ginger has the effect of warming the middle and restoring yang, especially warming the spleen yang.

It is suitable for people with yang deficiency who are afraid of cold, cold and painful epigastrium, loose stools and diarrhea, and cold limbs.

5. Cinnamon.

Commonly used seasoning foods have the functions of replenishing yang, warming the spleen and stomach, dredging the blood vessels, and dispersing cold.

All the famous prescriptions for treating yang deficiency in ancient times, such as Yougui Pills, Jingui Shenqi Pills, etc., all use cinnamon as the main medicine.

Cinnamon is sweet, pungent and hot. It can not only replenish yang energy, but also dispel cold evil. Therefore, it is most suitable for people with yang deficiency who are afraid of cold, cold limbs, loss of appetite, and cold pain in waist and knees.

6. Fennel.

It has the functions of warming yang and replenishing fire, dispersing cold and regulating qi.

Li Dongyuan, a physician in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, believed: "Fennel replenishes the fire of the gate of life."

Fennel is pungent, sweet and warm. As a condiment, it is suitable for people with yang deficiency, fire deficiency and cold and qi stagnation.