Do middle-aged men need to take kidney supplements?

　　“"Village" is mostly caused by psychological stress.

　　In traditional Chinese medicine, the concept of "kidney" is mainly from the perspective of physiological functions, which covers the human body's reproductive, urinary, and nerve Various tissues and organs such as bones and bones play the role of providing "vital energy" and "primitive power" for life activities. “"Deficiency" is mainly the result of low function and nutritional deficiencies. Kidney deficiency May exhibit renal-related hypofunction. For example, slow brain response, low sexual function, easy fractures, anemia , unable to hold back urine, weakness in waist and legs, etc. These are also common symptoms among middle-aged people. However, the above symptoms in middle-aged people are mostly caused by excessive psychological pressure, not kidney deficiency in the true sense. Therefore, these patients do not need kidney-tonifying treatment.

　　There are many misunderstandings about nourishing the kidneys

　　There are many people who do not need to replenish the kidneys at all. Fatigue and age are not the criteria for replenishing the kidneys. If people who don't need to take kidney-tonifying medicine take kidney-tonifying medicine, it will not only be useless to the body, but also destroy the balance of yin and yang in various organs in the human body and aggravate the condition. Therefore, some people think that the view that "people in middle age should nourish their kidneys even if their spleen and stomach are not good" is wrong. In addition, kidney deficiency can also be divided into "kidney yin deficiency" and "kidney yang deficiency". If you supplement "yang deficiency" when you should supplement "yin deficiency", it will worsen the condition.

　　Pay attention to protecting kidney qi

　　There are three key points to protect kidney qi. First, appropriate exercise can improve physical fitness and strengthen muscles and bones, thereby strengthening kidney qi; second, sexual life should be moderate and not indulgent; in addition, adequate sleep is also an important guarantee for restoring kidney qi. If you don't pay attention to protecting kidney qi in daily life, no matter how many kidney-tonifying medicines you take, the effect will not be good. Traditional Chinese medicine often says that "medicinal supplements are not as good as dietary supplements." The foods we often eat have kidney-tonifying functions, such as pork kidneys, oysters, and walnuts. Pork kidneys and oysters contain a lot of zinc, which is very good for nourishing the kidneys. Of course, if you suspect that you have kidney deficiency, you still need a final diagnosis from an expert before you can start taking supplements. This is the safest method.