Seven Major Symptoms of Yang Deficiency
1. Sensitivity to cold, especially in the neck, back, waist, and legs, often accompanied by cold hands and feet.
2. Preference for hot foods; consuming cold foods easily leads to diarrhea.
3. Pale complexion, lacking luster.
4. Lack of energy, feeling fatigued easily.
5. Enlarged tongue, pale tongue body with tooth marks.
6. Poor digestion, easily experiencing diarrhea from cold, clear and frequent urination, and loose stools.
7. Decreased sexual function.
Recipe for Nourishing Liver Yang Deficiency — Angelica and Ginger Lamb Soup
For abdominal pain due to cold hernia and hypochondriac pain with urgency, Angelica and Ginger Lamb Soup is the main remedy.
“Jin Kui Yao Lue: Abdominal Fullness, Cold Hernia, and Food Stagnation Disease”
For postpartum abdominal pain, Angelica and Ginger Lamb Soup is the main remedy, and it also treats abdominal cold hernia and deficiency.
“Jin Kui Yao Lue: Diseases of Women After Childbirth”
Angelica and Ginger Lamb Soup Recipe
Three taels of Angelica (Dang Gui), five taels of Ginger (Sheng Jiang), and one pound of lamb (Yang Rou).
Combine the three ingredients with eight sheng of water, boil down to three sheng, and take warm in seven he (approximately 1.5 cups), three times a day. If there is much cold, add one pound of ginger; if there is much pain and vomiting, add two taels of tangerine peel (Ju Pi) and one tael of White Atractylodes (Bai Zhu). If adding ginger, also add five sheng of water, boil down to three sheng and two he, and take it.
【Notes】
1. Li Shan in “Jin Kui Yao Lue Guang Zhu”:
Postpartum abdominal pain is due to excessive blood loss, resulting in a deficiency-cold syndrome. Angelica nourishes the blood, ginger disperses cold, and lamb supplements deficiency. As the classics say: “For those with insufficient essence, supplement with flavors,” thus also treating the disease of deficiency and fatigue. To treat cold hernia, hernia arises from cold, and all three ingredients are warming and nourishing Qi and blood medicines.
2. You Zai Jing in “Jin Kui Yao Lue Xin Dian”:
Postpartum abdominal pain is different from abdominal pain during pregnancy; the former is due to blood deficiency and dampness disturbing the interior, while the latter is due to blood deficiency and cold moving within. Angelica and ginger warm the blood and disperse cold; Sun Simiao states: “Lamb stops pain and benefits postpartum women.”
Angelica (Dang Gui):
Angelica is quite understated in this recipe, but its effects should not be underestimated. Angelica can nourish the blood and simultaneously strengthen the heart.
Many people experience cold hands and feet when the weather turns cold; what is the reason for this?
Each of us has a little sun within, warming our limbs and brightening our complexion, which is what the ancients referred to as “the righteous Qi resides.”
However, many people, due to weak innate constitution or neglecting their health, such as consuming raw and cold foods, blindly dieting, staying up late, and excessive consumption, have depleted too much energy, leading to weakened solar energy.Thus, the feet, being the farthest from the heart, become cold first, followed by the hands; therefore, if both hands and feet are cold, it indicates that the body is in poor condition.Insufficient Yang Qi and heavy body cold lead to sensitivity to cold, making it impossible to warm the body.The function of Angelica in nourishing blood and strengthening the heart is not only a blessing for women with blood deficiency but can also enhance the energy of your inner sun!
Ginger (Sheng Jiang):
The role of ginger is to disperse cold, reduce stomach Qi, and restore spleen and stomach function.
Many friends start various tonics in the autumn and winter seasons. However, one point to note is that tonics are not just about consuming various supplements.
Because the food consumed needs to be digested and absorbed by the spleen and stomach, if your spleen and stomach function is weak, you must pay attention to restoring stomach Qi when tonifying; otherwise, it can easily lead to dampness obstructing the stomach.
Not only will you not be able to tonify, but you will also hinder the spleen and stomach, which is known as “deficiency cannot receive tonics.”
By adding ginger to the formula, this issue can be avoided. Ginger restores stomach Qi, improving the functioning of the spleen and stomach, allowing for effective tonification.
Especially for those who often experience abdominal bloating, a large belly, and poor appetite, ginger is indispensable. Moreover, ginger’s warming effect is essential for driving away cold in autumn and winter.
Lamb (Yang Rou):
According to the “Song of Medicinal Properties,” lamb is sweet in flavor, specifically supplements deficiency and weakness, opens the appetite, and nourishes the kidneys.
Consuming lamb soup frequently in autumn and winter has the effect of warming the middle and warming the lower. Eating lamb can achieve both tonification and cold prevention.
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