Are big eye bags a sign of kidney deficiency? Causes of eye bags

If you have bags under your eyes, you should pay attention to the fact that it is spleen deficiency. Kidney deficiency can cause dark circles, and spleen deficiency can cause bags under the eyes. You can undergo Chinese medicine conditioning. The treatment principle is to insist on strengthening the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and nourishing blood. You can eat more dates, donkey-hide gelatin, and angelica.

1. Eye bags are caused by spleen deficiency

The spleen and stomach are responsible for transporting and transforming water and food. The function of the spleen and stomach directly affects muscle function and the metabolism of body fat. If the spleen and stomach function is weakened, water and moisture cannot be transported smoothly, the skin and muscles lack nutrition, become loose and inelastic, and over time the eyelids will droop and bags under the eyes will form. When the bags under the eyes are large, you may need to be cautious about whether you have spleen deficiency. Improving the spleen and stomach function can help eliminate the bags under the eyes.

Methods to strengthen the spleen and remove eye bags: Appropriate Chinese medicine conditioning can also speed up the recovery of eye bags. You can choose jujube, angelica, donkey-hide gelatin, coix seed, white atractylodes, poria, codonopsis, etc., which mainly replenish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the human body, so nourishing the spleen and stomach is the key and prerequisite for improving spleen deficiency and kidney deficiency. Patients with spleen and kidney deficiency should also pay attention that the temperature of the food should be “neither hot nor cold”. You also need to maintain good work and rest habits, get enough rest, and try not to stay up late often.

2. How to treat eye bags

Wolfberry Pork Kidney Porridge

10 grams of wolfberry, one pig kidney, 100 grams of polished rice, a little onion, ginger and salt, cook together into porridge. It is beneficial to kidney yin, replenishes kidney yang, consolidates essence and strengthens the waist. It is suitable for kidney deficiency and strain, and pain in the waist and spine, soreness of the waist and knees, weakness of the legs and feet, dizziness and tinnitus caused by deficiency of both yin and yang.

Fried prawns with chives

250g green shrimps and 100g leeks. Clean the shrimps and cut the chives into sections. First, stir-fry the prawns with vegetable oil, add rice wine, soy sauce, shredded ginger and other seasonings, then add the leeks and stir-fry until tender.

Loach stewed with tofu

500g loach, 250g tofu. Remove the gills, intestines and internal organs of the loach, wash it and put it in a large pot, add a little salt and appropriate amount of water and cooking wine, simmer it until it is half cooked, add tofu, and simmer until the fish is cooked through. Eat the fish and tofu and drink the soup.

3. How to treat spleen deficiency?

Regular diet: Diet has the most important impact on the spleen and stomach. Three meals a day should be eaten regularly, and special attention should be paid to eating breakfast. Porridge is the best breakfast for nourishing the spleen. It can be made mainly of millet, and can be added with spleen-strengthening foods such as dates and yam. If you have deficiency of qi and blood, add black sesame and peanuts; if you have heavy moisture, add coix seed; if you have trouble sleeping, add sorghum rice.

Avoid coldness: Eat less cold food and try to eat less cold food, such as bitter melon.

Eat a light diet: Avoid eating "fatty and sweet" foods. Foods that are too sweet, greasy, or salty are not good for the spleen's function. It is best to eat more light, easily digestible and varied foods. Eat until you are 70% full at each meal and don't overeat.

Massage: Massaging the abdomen helps regulate the spleen and stomach and enhance digestion. If you have dry stools, you can rub your stomach in a clockwise direction. If you have loose stools, you can rub your stomach in a counterclockwise direction.

Regular work and rest schedule: You should also pay attention to adjusting your emotions, keep a regular work and rest schedule, and develop the habit of taking naps, which can replenish qi and nourish blood.

People who have spleen deficiency for a long time are prone to stones and cysts, so we should pay attention to maintaining a good lifestyle, treat minor illnesses with minor treatments, discover problems in time, treat them quickly, and prevent problems before they occur.