Food and medicine to treat nocturia

Frequent urination at night causes insomnia, fatigue and weakness, significantly affects health and is a fairly common phenomenon in the elderly.

Frequent urination at night causes insomnia, fatigue and weakness, significantly affects health and is a common phenomenon in the elderly. In Oriental medicine, this disease is called "urinary frequency" and is treated with many different methods. The book "Chinese Herbal Medicine" writes: "The elderly have weak kidneys, frequent urination, weak back and knees..."; On the other hand, when old, the ability to absorb is poor, the ability to excrete, the urinary system is reduced or due to the effects of drugs to treat high blood pressure, edema due to heart failure, kidney failure and cirrhosis... gradually leading to the condition of having to urinate frequently.

Below we would like to introduce some remedies from foods that have the effect of warming the kidneys, strengthening yang, stopping urination... to treat nocturia for your reference:

Recipe 1: Astragalus 30g, Rehmannia glutinosa 30g, chicken 500g, spices to taste. Put all in a pot, simmer until soft. Eat the solids, drink the decoction, discard the residue. Benefits: nourishes the spleen and stomach, blood and qi, improves nocturia.

Recipe 2: 15g rabbit ty tu, 1 set of rooster liver, 60g rice, enough spices. Put all in a pot to cook into porridge to eat every day. The effect is astringent, nourishes the liver and kidneys, treats back and knee pain, frequent urination, loose stools.

Recipe 3: 20g golden needle, 1 pig bladder, enough spices, stew until cooked and eat daily. Or: 6g golden needle, steep and drink as tea every day. Uses: strengthens vital energy, stops urination

Lesson 4: 12g of Chinese clematis seed, chicken intestines, enough spices, cook soup and eat daily. Use to treat frequent urination and urinary incontinence.

Lesson 5: 5 sparrows, 100g rice, enough spices. Cook porridge, divide into several meals a day. Uses: strengthens yang and benefits essence, warms the back and knees, and stops urination.

Sparrow porridge is good for the essence, warms the back and knees and stops urination.

Lesson 6: Cook 50g of dried amaranth and 100g of rice into porridge, add spices, and divide into several meals a day. Uses: strengthens the kidneys, nourishes the spleen, and stops urination.

Lesson 7: Roast ginkgo biloba until golden brown, grind into fine powder, drink 6g daily with warm water; Uses: stops lung qi, treats frequent urination at night.

Lesson 8: Clean and slice pig's testicles, add 50g of Chinese clematis, season to taste, cook until done, eat during the day. Uses: cure kidney failure, weak spleen, poor appetite, nocturia.

According to Giadinh.net