Dietary therapy for decreased libido and conditioning of male deficiency syndromes: syndrome differentiation and dietary therapy

(v) Dietary therapy for decreased libido

1. Causes of decreased libido

Decreased libido, or a reduced sexual desire in adults, is often caused by psychological factors and affects sexual desire.

Misconceptions about life, marital discord, high work and life stress, etc.; endocrine disorders

The causes are also quite common, such as various primary and secondary hypogonadism, and hypergalactia.

Conditions such as hemoglobinemia and pituitary tumors. Other causes include chronic wasting diseases and the use of medications that affect libido.

Treatment for low libido should first target the underlying cause. Psychological causes should be addressed through psychotherapy.

Treatment can help cultivate marital affection and improve the couple's sex life; endocrine disorders require treatment of the primary cause.

If the illness is caused by medication, discontinue the medication or switch to an alternative medication.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Low Libido

Decreased libido refers to a decline in a man's normal sexual desire, or even the complete absence of sexual desire.

Traditional Chinese medicine classifies male decreased libido into five types for treatment:

(1) Kidney Qi Deficiency

Type: Accompanied by fatigue, lower back pain, tinnitus, and lack of sexual pleasure.

Symptoms include a pale tongue with a white coating and a weak pulse. Treatment involves: 15g Rehmannia glutinosa (processed), 20g Cistanche deserticola.

Morinda officinalis 10g, Dioscorea opposita 10g, Epimedium brevicornu 15g, Cnidium monnieri 10g, Lycium barbarum

15g, dodder seed 12g, leek seed 10g, black bean 20g, celery 30g, licorice

Take 10 grams of the herb, decoct it in water, and take it in two divided doses.

(2) Liver Qi stagnation

Symptoms: Accompanied by depression, chest and rib distension, and frequent sighing.

The tongue is red with a white coating, and the pulse is wiry. The treatment is: Bupleurum 12g.

(Stir-fried with vinegar), 7g of peppermint (added later), 12g of turmeric, 8g of green tangerine peel, 8g of white peony root, 6g of angelica root, 10g of poria cocos.

Take 15 grams of Epimedium, 30 grams of celery, and 10 grams of licorice root, decoct in water, and take in two divided doses.

(3) Deficiency of both heart and spleen type: accompanied by pale complexion,

Poor appetite, fatigue, palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness, dizziness

Dizziness, pale tongue with thin coating, and weak pulse. Treatment method: Cinnamon twig 9g, white peony root 15g, licorice root 6g, fresh ginger 3 slices, and large...

Take 5 dates and 8 grams of maltose (melted and dissolved in water), decoct in water and drink.

(4) Heart and kidneys not communicating

Type: Accompanied by irritability, insomnia, dizziness, tinnitus, fever, and night sweats.

The tongue tip is red with little coating, and the pulse is thready and rapid. The treatment is: Coptis chinensis 9g, Cinnamomum cassia 6g, and Ligustrum lucidum.

Take 9 grams of the seed and 9 grams of Eclipta prostrata. Decocted in water and taken orally.

(5) Physically strong but weak type: accompanied by obesity, shortness of breath upon exertion, pale tongue, and weak pulse.

The treatment method is as follows: 30 grams of Shenqu (medicated leaven), 10 grams of hawthorn, 9 grams of prepared Pinellia ternata, and 9 grams of dried tangerine peel.

Forsythia 9g, Radish Seed 3g, Poria 9g. Decocted in water and taken orally.

3. Dietary therapy for decreased sexual function

(1) Yiyang Sparrow

Ingredients: 15 sparrows, 10 grams each of fennel seeds, star anise, and garlic, 9 grams of ginger, and appropriate amount of vegetable oil.

Preparation: Remove the feathers and internal organs from the sparrows, and deep-fry them until crispy. Combine the fried sparrows with the medicinal ingredients...

Place the ingredients in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for about 1 hour.

Dosage: Take out sparrows and eat them, 3 to 5 sparrows per day. You will see results after half a month.

Efficacy: Tonifies Yang and strengthens the kidneys. Suitable for impotence, premature ejaculation, and decreased libido due to kidney Yang deficiency.

Contraindications: Not suitable for those with yin deficiency and internal heat.

(2) Yangyuan Chicken Eggs

Ingredients: 2 eggs, 10g each of aconite root and yam, 5g fennel seeds, 2g salt.

Preparation: First, put the fennel seeds, yam, aconite root, and rock salt into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of...

Boil the herbs in water for at least 2 hours. Crack the eggs into a bowl and pour in the boiling liquid.

It's ready. You can also add a little honey.

Dosage: Take once every morning, and you should see results after a month or so.

Efficacy: Tonifies the kidneys and strengthens yang, replenishes essence and enhances vitality. Suitable for premature aging and decreased libido due to kidney yang deficiency and kidney essence depletion.

Symptoms include decreased libido and impotence.

(3) Pigeon eggs for raising Yang

Ingredients: 2 pigeon eggs, 9 grams each of star anise and fennel seeds, 3 grams each of Sichuan peppercorns and ginger.

Preparation: Put the fennel seeds, star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, and ginger into a gauze bag and place it in a pot.

Add an appropriate amount of water to the decoction and boil to obtain about 300 ml of liquid. Remove the herb bag and filter the herbs.

Add the liquid to the pot and bring it to a boil. Crack the pigeon eggs into the pot and cook until done.

Dosage: Eat the egg and drink the soup once every morning for more than a month.

Efficacy: Tonifies the kidneys and strengthens yang, replenishes essence and enhances vitality. Suitable for premature aging and decreased libido due to kidney yang deficiency and kidney essence depletion.

Decreased libido, impotence, etc.

(4) Processed dried shrimp

Ingredients: 500g shrimp, 30g green tangerine peel, 1 pair of geckos, 100g star anise, Sichuan peppercorns

50 grams, appropriate amount of salt, 60 grams of costus root, 1000 ml of white wine.

Preparation: Peel the shrimp, stir-fry with salt, then stir-fry with wine. Once the wine has evaporated, add more wine and stir-fry again.

The aroma should be strong; geckos should be roasted with salt and wine until crisp (remove head and feet); fennel should also be used...

Stir-fry with salt and wine; stir-fry Sichuan peppercorns to remove the seeds; stir-fry green tangerine peel with wine. Take the stir-fried gecko and peppercorns...

Shells, fennel, green skin, and processed dried shrimp (as above), then in a hot pan

Mix together, adding the costus root and mixing well. While still hot, pour the mixture into a bowl, seal, and let it cool before eating.

Dosage: Take about 20 grams regularly each time. Long-term use is beneficial.

Efficacy: Nourishes essence and strengthens yang, stimulates libido. Suitable for decreased sexual function and impotence due to kidney yang deficiency.

Symptoms such as impotence, premature ejaculation, and premature aging.

Contraindications: Not suitable for those with edema.

(5) Medicated sheep kidney

Ingredients: 1 sheep kidney, 5g Eucommia ulmoides, 1g fennel seeds, 2g Morinda officinalis, and leek seeds.

2 grams, with a suitable amount of salt.

Preparation: Cut the sheep kidneys open from the inside, remove the fascia, and wash them clean. Place all the herbs and salt into the sheep kidneys.

The kidney is cleaned by tying it tightly with thread and steaming it in a pot for 30-50 minutes.

The medicine powder can be sliced.

Dosage: Take once daily after dinner.

Efficacy: Tonifies Yang and nourishes the kidneys. Suitable for those with kidney Yang deficiency, decreased libido, premature ejaculation, impotence, and lower back pain.

Knee pain and coldness, frequent and clear urination.

(6) Braised prawns in Shaoxing wine

Ingredients: 10 sparrows, 200g mantis shrimp, and appropriate amount of Shaoxing wine.

Preparation: Remove the feathers and internal organs from the sparrow; wash the shrimp. Place the sparrow and shrimp together in a pot, add appropriate amount of...

Stew together with a suitable amount of Shaoxing wine.

Dosage: Eat sparrow and shrimp meat.

Efficacy: Tonifies the kidneys and strengthens yang. Suitable for kidney yang deficiency, insufficient vital fire, low libido, and impotence.

Symptoms include lower back and knee pain, and difficulty urinating.

(7) Dragon Horse Chicken

Ingredients: 15g shrimp, 10g seahorse, male shrimp

One chicken, cooking wine, salt, ginger, scallions, cornstarch, and clear broth (all in appropriate amounts).

Preparation: Remove the feathers and entrails from the young rooster, wash it clean and set aside.

Soak the seahorse and shrimp in warm water for 10 minutes.

Minutes later, place the chicken on top and add scallions.

Add sliced ​​ginger, clear broth, and cooking wine to a steamer.

Steam until thoroughly cooked and tender. After removing from the steamer, discard the ginger and scallions, then add MSG and salt.

Thicken the sauce with cornstarch and pour it over the chicken.

Dosage: Serve with meals, including seahorse, shrimp, and chicken.

Efficacy: Warms the kidneys and strengthens yang, replenishes qi and nourishes essence. Suitable for decreased libido, impotence, premature ejaculation, and smallpox.

Frequent bowel movements, tinnitus, dizziness, weakness or cold pain in the lower back and knees.

(8) Stewed ox penis with rock sugar

Ingredients: 1 bull penis, 50 grams of rock sugar.

Preparation: Soak fresh ox penis in cold water for half an hour, then wash it clean. Cut it lengthwise.

Remove the urethral lining from the mouth, discard it, and rinse several times. Add an appropriate amount of water to the clay pot.

Take a quantity of ox penis, put it in the pot, bring it to a boil over a fire, and when it's about 70-80% cooked, remove it, let it cool, and then cut it into pieces.

Thinly slice the beef tendon and place it in an iron pot. Stir-fry it briefly with rock sugar residue and the beef tendon, then add water as needed.

Take the appropriate amount of ingredients, stew until the ox penis is tender, remove it, place it in a container to cool, and it will become a jelly-like consistency. Dosage: Cut into pieces and eat in several portions.

Efficacy: Tonifies the kidneys and strengthens yang, astringes semen. Suitable for those with low libido, impotence, and premature ejaculation due to kidney yang deficiency.

Symptoms such as premature ejaculation and seminal emission. The bull penis in this formula is a nourishing and aphrodisiac ingredient, possessing kidney-tonifying and aphrodisiac properties.

Benefits: Rock sugar can replenish vital energy. The combination of the two has unique effects.

(9) Shrimp powder

Ingredients: 500g raw shrimp, 80g walnuts, 200g epimedium, 250ml white wine.

Preparation: First, put the wine in a pot and heat it. Once the wine is hot, add the raw shrimp and soak them thoroughly.

Take the shrimp and dry them until they are completely dry; peel the walnuts, salt them, dry them, and grind them together with the shrimp into a fine powder, then divide it into 20 packets.

Dosage: Take one packet daily, divided into two doses. Each dose consists of 10 grams of Epimedium brevicornu decocted in 100 ml of water.

1 ml, divided into doses of shrimp powder, 1 month as one course of treatment.

Efficacy: Warms and tonifies kidney yang. Suitable for kidney yang deficiency, weakened vital fire, low libido, and impotence.

It can be used for impotence, and can also be used for lower back and knee pain, coldness in the lower body, difficulty urinating, deep and thready pulse, pale tongue with white coating.

Dos and don'ts: Sexual intercourse is prohibited while taking this medication.

1010 Vitality Treasure

Ingredients: 5 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 2 grams of ginseng, 15 grams of Epimedium, and 1 black-boned chicken.

Preparation: Remove the feathers and internal organs from the black-boned chicken, cut it into pieces, put it in a pot with an appropriate amount of water, and add cordyceps.

Stew together herbs, ginseng, and epimedium (wrapped in gauze).

Dosage: Eat the meat and drink the soup. Take once in the morning and once in the evening.

Efficacy: Replenishes essence, nourishes qi and blood, and has anti-aging effects. Suitable for those with deficiency of yin, yang, qi and blood, and impaired sexual function.

Decreased libido, accompanied by symptoms such as fatigue, forgetfulness, insomnia, pale complexion, dizziness, and vertigo.

(11) Epimedium noodles

Ingredients: Noodles (as needed), 40g yam, 10g epimedium, 50g longan pulp, sauce

Add appropriate amounts of oil and other seasonings.

Preparation: Boil epimedium in an appropriate amount of water to extract the medicinal juice. Add an appropriate amount of water to a pot, then add the mountain...

After the herbs are ground into powder, add them to the mixture. Once cooked, add epimedium juice and longan pulp, as well as...

Prepare a noodle sauce using soy sauce, scallions, and other seasonings. Cook noodles in a separate pot and pour the sauce over them before serving.

Dosage: Eat as a staple food.

Efficacy: This product enhances sexual function and brain activity, improves brain health and calms the mind, and strengthens the body's reproductive system.

Spleen. Suitable for neurasthenia, decreased sexual function, etc.

(12) Sea cucumber porridge

Ingredients: Sea cucumber (appropriate amount), 100g of japonica rice.

Preparation: Soak the sea cucumber thoroughly, clean it, slice it, and then boil it.

Cook the rotten grains with rice into a thin porridge. Dosage: Can be consumed freely.

Efficacy: Tonifies the kidneys and replenishes essence, nourishes blood. Suitable for those with deficiency of essence and blood.

Weak constitution, decreased sexual function, nocturnal emission, urinary incontinence

Frequent symptoms, etc.