Does Eight Treasure Porridge nourish the kidneys?

Ordinary Eight Treasure Porridge does not have the effect of nourishing the kidneys, but if appropriate kidney-nourishing ingredients are added, then Eight Treasure Porridge may have the effect of nourishing the kidneys. There is no fixed combination of ingredients for Eight Treasure Porridge. You can combine the ingredients according to your body's needs. Friends who want to nourish the kidneys can add chestnuts, longans and other ingredients to the Eight Treasure Porridge.

Chestnut Laba Congee : nourishing the kidney and replenishing qi

Winter is a good time to eat chestnut roasted chicken, chestnut roasted spareribs, and sugar-fried chestnuts on the street. However, few readers would think of using chestnuts to make porridge. In fact, for the winter season which is suitable for nourishing the kidneys, eating Laba porridge with chestnuts as the main ingredient is a very nourishing dietary therapy. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "chestnuts are sweet and warm in nature, and enter the spleen, stomach, and kidney meridians... chestnuts can treat kidney deficiency, weakness in the waist and legs, and can clear the kidneys and replenish qi."

Sun Simiao, a health expert in the Tang Dynasty, also said, "Chestnut is the fruit of the kidney, so it is good for people with kidney disease." In addition, due to the cold and dry winter, some people's lips will become chapped, and in severe cases, angular cheilitis, cheilitis, etc. may occur. The main reason is the lack of vitamin B2, so you should eat more foods containing vitamin B2. Vitamin B2, also known as riboflavin, is involved in the catalytic process of biological oxidases in the human body. Lack of vitamin B2 will affect biological oxidation, and can also cause diseases such as glossitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis and seborrheic dermatitis.

When the temperature is below 0℃ and the relative humidity is also low, it is easy to induce or aggravate symptoms of vitamin B2 deficiency. The vitamin B2 content of chestnuts is at least four times that of rice, and every 100 grams contains 24 mg of vitamin C, which is unmatched by other grains. After making Laba porridge, the tonic effect is better!

Laba porridge with longan : drive away the cold and keep warm

During the twelfth lunar month, the temperature is cold and many people who engage in mental work have problems with cold hands and feet, especially in the morning and evening. Wang Dongxu, deputy chief Chinese medicine doctor and dietotherapy expert at Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said that from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cold hands and feet are prone to numbness because of poor blood circulation caused by qi deficiency, blood deficiency and yang deficiency, which cannot warm the skin and makes people feel cold.

These people need to eat Laba porridge which has the effects of replenishing qi, activating blood circulation and warming yang to drive away the cold and keep warm. Longan, also known as longan, is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It benefits the heart and spleen, and replenishes qi and blood. It has a good nourishing and tonic effect. Therefore, this type of Laba porridge prefers longan as the raw material. In addition, foods like red dates, peanuts, red beans, brown sugar, ginkgo nuts, and wolfberries are good foods for replenishing blood and warming the yang. You can pair them with longan and cook them together with rice to make Laba porridge, which is a good way to drive away the cold and keep warm.