What should the elderly eat to nourish their kidneys and strengthen their bones?

"Strengthens the bones and tendons, strengthens the waist and knees, and enters the liver and kidneys to nourish the mother and child." This is the praise of Eucommia ulmoides by the ancients. Eucommia ulmoides has always been regarded as a good medicine to nourish the kidneys and strengthen bones and muscles. It is mainly used to treat waist and knee pain and limb weakness caused by liver and kidney deficiency. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the internal organs of the human body correspond to the five elements. The liver belongs to wood and the kidneys belong to water. Water among the five elements can produce wood, so the liver is the son and the kidneys are the mother. Tonifying the kidneys can strengthen the function of the liver.

The ancients began to use Eucommia ulmoides as a health care product very early. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, proposed mutton eucommia ulmoides soup, and Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty used the young leaves of Eucommia ulmoides as a health food. Modern pharmacological research shows that the active ingredients contained in Eucommia ulmoides have good anti-fatigue, anti-aging, memory enhancement and other effects. It has a two-way regulation effect on blood pressure, can reduce blood lipids, prevent arteriosclerosis, and can be used to prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

The use of Eucommia ulmoides as a health care product is becoming increasingly widespread internationally. Experts from NASA use it to process and produce aerospace food and health care products for the elderly. In Japan, eucommia leaves are used as raw materials and processed into various health products, such as eucommia tea, eucommia paste, eucommia noodles and other products.

Now we introduce two medicinal meals made with Eucommia ulmoides

Uzhong Wenshen Decoction

20 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, a pair of pork loin, 50 grams of walnut kernels, add water to cook porridge, season with salt and MSG, eat pork loin and walnuts, and drink the soup. It is a good medicine for replenishing kidney deficiency and treating impotence and spermatorrhea.

Eu Zhong inner gold porridge

20 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, add water and boil, then remove the residue and extract the juice. Stir-fry 20 grams of chicken gizzard and 10 grams of cumin into fine powder in a pot. Wash 100 grams of rice, put it into a pot, add medicinal juice and powdered medicine, and cook it into rice porridge for consumption. It can be used to treat frequent nocturia in the elderly.