Yizhiren with Pork Kidney Soup
Ingredients
- Yizhiren (Alpinia oxyphylla) 20 g
- Pork kidney 1
- Cooking wine, scallion, ginger, salt, MSG to taste
Principle
Yizhiren warms spleen–kidney and astringes essence; pork kidney tonifies kidney qi. Warms yang and reduces leakage.
Effects & uses
Kidney yang deficiency incontinence—clear copious urine, nocturia, cold limbs (pattern differentiation required).
Method
- Clean kidney, slice with yizhiren; simmer with wine, scallion, and ginger until tender; season.
How to use
- Eat kidney and drink broth in one sitting.
Caution
Avoid with yin deficiency fire or bladder damp-heat. Combine with pelvic-floor exercises. Food-care only.
Source
Wuhan Third Hospital TCM care sheet. Pending manual verification.