Dietary therapy for erectile dysfunction: Dietary conditioning for syndromes of liver qi stagnation and deficiency of kidney yang

Dietary therapy for erectile dysfunction

(1) Liver Qi stagnation

Its main symptoms are impotence, depression, chest and rib distension, irritability, frequent sighing, pale red tongue, thin white coating, and wiry pulse.

Treatment should focus on soothing the liver and relieving depression, clearing the meridians and invigorating the body.

A medicinal diet and food therapy recipe is to stew pig tail with Cyperus rotundus (from "Nutritional Meal Planning and Food Therapy for Common Chronic Diseases - Sexual Dysfunction"): 20g Cyperus rotundus, 1 pig tail, 5g soy sauce, 3g chopped green onion, and 2g rice vinegar.

Preparation and Usage: ① Wrap the Cyperus rotundus seeds in a clean double-layered gauze. Clean the pig tail, remove the hair, and cut it into sections. ② Place the Cyperus rotundus seeds and pig tail in a casserole dish, add 600ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, reduce heat to low and simmer until the pig tail is tender. Remove the Cyperus rotundus seed packet, add soy sauce and stir well. After removing from heat, add vinegar and chopped green onions to taste.

How to eat: Serve as a side dish, eating the pig's tail and drinking the soup. Once a day for one week.

(2) Weakness of the Fire of the Gate of Life

Its main symptoms are impotence, pale complexion, dizziness, lethargy, weakness in the lower back and knees, aversion to cold, cold limbs, and tinnitus. The tongue is pale with a white coating, and the pulse is deep and thready.

The treatment should focus on warming the kidneys and replenishing essence, as well as invigorating yang and relieving impotence

A medicinal diet and food therapy recipe is wolfberry and lamb kidney porridge (from "Essentials of Diet and Nutrition"): 250g wolfberry leaves (or 30g wolfberries), 60g lamb meat, 1 lamb kidney, 60g japonica rice, 2 scallions, and appropriate amount of salt.

Preparation and Usage: Cut open fresh sheep kidneys, remove the inner fascia, wash thoroughly, and finely chop; wash and chop the mutton; boil wolfberry leaves to extract the juice, then strain. Alternatively, chop wolfberry leaves and cook them with sheep kidneys, mutton, rice, and scallions into porridge. Once the porridge is cooked, add a little salt and simmer briefly. Take morning and evening daily.

Precautions: This product is contraindicated for those with fever due to external pathogens, yin deficiency with internal heat, or excessive phlegm and fire.

Wei'an Decoction (from "Nutritional Meal Planning and Dietary Therapy for Common Chronic Diseases - Sexual Dysfunction"): 30g wolfberry, 15g dodder seed, 30g cistanche, 15g achyranthes bidentata, 9g scorpion, and 1 pair of sheep kidneys.

Preparation and usage: ① Add 500ml of water to wolfberry, dodder seed, cistanche, achyranthes bidentata, and scorpion, and decoct twice in a clay pot. Filter out the residue and combine the two filtrates to obtain about 300ml.

② Boil the medicinal liquid together with sheep testicles, add 5ml of cooking wine, 5g of ginger, and 2g of salt, and cook until the sheep testicles are tender. How to eat: Eat the sheep testicles and drink the soup. Add 3g of chopped green onions when eating. Take once a day before bedtime.

Single Whip Saves the Master (from "Nutritional Meal Planning and Dietary Therapy for Common Chronic Diseases - Sexual Dysfunction"): 1 bull penis, 100g mutton, 300g chicken, 30g wolfberry, 30g dodder seed, 30g cistanche.

Preparation and usage: ① Soak the bull penis (male penis and testicles) in warm water until it swells, remove the outer skin, cut it in half along the urethra, and also cut the testicles open. Wash them with clean water, blanch them in boiling water to remove the fishy smell, rinse them in cold water, and set aside for use.

② Place the processed bull penis in a pot, add 2000ml of water, bring to a boil and skim off the foam. Add 5g of Sichuan peppercorns, 10g each of old ginger and cooking wine, along with chicken and mutton. Bring to a boil again over high heat. Strain out the Sichuan peppercorns and ginger from the broth. Place the pot back on the stove and add a gauze bag containing wolfberries, dodder seeds, and cistanche (tie the bag tightly). Continue to simmer until the bull penis is tender.

③ Remove the bull penis, mutton, and chicken, cut them into thin strips, add 2g of salt, and pour in hot soup before serving.

How to eat: Once a day, eat 100g of meat and 1 small bowl of soup each time.

Cuscuta Porridge (from "Nutritional Meal Planning and Dietary Therapy for Common Chronic Diseases - Sexual Dysfunction"): 15g dodder seeds, 10g leek seeds, 100g japonica rice.

Preparation and usage: ① Stir-fry the dodder seeds and leek seeds over low heat until cooked;

②Cook it with rice to make porridge.

Chicken Stew with Cordyceps (from "Nutritional Meal Planning and Dietary Therapy for Common Chronic Diseases - Sexual Dysfunction"): 250g chicken, 10g cordyceps, 5g cooking wine, 2g salt, 2g pepper.

Preparation and usage: Select a rooster, slaughter it, and take the cleaned meat; wash the cordyceps to remove the dirt.

Place the chicken and cordyceps in a clay pot, add 1500g of water and cooking wine, bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, add salt, and simmer over low heat until the chicken is tender. Add pepper to the soup before serving. Eat the chicken and cordyceps and drink the soup on an empty stomach in the morning and evening.

(3) Deficiency of both heart and spleen

Its main symptoms are impotence, lethargy, insomnia, forgetfulness, timidity, suspicion, palpitations, spontaneous sweating, poor appetite, and pale complexion. The tongue is pale with a thin white coating, and the pulse is thready and weak.

Treatment should focus on replenishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the heart.

A medicinal diet and food therapy recipe is longan and jujube porridge (from "Traditional Chinese Medicine Diet and Food Therapy"): 15g of dried longan pulp, 3-5 jujubes, and 100g of japonica rice.

Preparation and Usage: Place the ingredients in a clay pot, add water, and cook into porridge as usual. Those who prefer a sweeter taste can add a little brown sugar for flavor. Eat once a day for 15 consecutive days, or intermittently.

(4) Damp-heat accumulation

Its main symptoms are penile flaccidity, weak erection, damp and smelly scrotum, heaviness and soreness in the lower limbs, yellow urine, difficulty in urination, and dribbling after urination. The tongue is red with a yellow and greasy coating, and the pulse is slippery and rapid.

The treatment should focus on clearing heat and promoting diuresis.

Talc porridge (from "Taiping Shenghui Fang") can be used for medicinal diets and food therapy.

Ingredients: 20g talc, 50g japonica rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Preparation and Usage: Grind talc into a fine powder, wrap it in a cloth, place it in a pot, add 500ml of water, and simmer over medium heat for 30 minutes. Discard the cloth and keep the liquid. Wash the rice and put it in a pot, add the talc liquid and an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until it becomes porridge. Once the porridge is cooked, add white sugar and eat it warm. Take 1 bowl twice a day.

Precautions: Talc porridge has the ability to promote blood circulation and break up blood stasis, so pregnant women should avoid taking it; it is also not suitable for those with weak spleen and stomach, spermatorrhea, or frequent urination.