🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Men possess unique anatomical organs such as testes, epididymes, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate, and penis, along with physiological traits like erection and ejaculation. Consequently, men are prone to conditions such as impotence, nocturnal emission, anejaculation, oligospermia, or azoospermia. Traditional TCM male therapy focuses on replenishing essence and blood, warming the kidneys, and strengthening yang. Among these, medicinal chickens are particularly suitable—they combine therapeutic effects of herbs with the nourishing and tonic properties of chicken. Below are commonly used medicinal chicken recipes for male health:
1. Qi-tonifying Medicinal Chickens
1. Ginseng Steamed Chicken: One hen (~750 g), 15 g ginseng, 10 g rehydrated magnolia slices, 15 g rehydrated shiitake mushrooms, 10 g ham, salt, yellow wine, monosodium glutamate (MSG), scallions, ginger, and chicken broth as needed. After slaughtering and cleaning the hen, remove feathers and internal organs, blanch briefly in boiling water, then rinse with cold water. Reserve the broth. Slice mushrooms, ham, magnolia, scallions, and ginger. Soak ginseng in hot water, place in a bowl, steam for 30 minutes. Combine chicken, ginseng, mushrooms, ham, magnolia, scallions, and ginger in a bowl. Add salt, yellow wine, MSG, and broth (covering the chicken). Steam over high heat until tender. Remove chicken to a large bowl. Arrange ginseng, ham, mushrooms, and magnolia on top (omit scallions and ginger). Boil the reserved broth, skim foam, adjust seasoning, pour over chicken. This dish greatly replenishes vital energy, consolidates essence, generates body fluids, calms the spirit—ideal for men suffering from excessive sexual activity, palpitations, insomnia, weakness in limbs.
2. Sautéed Ginseng Mountain Chicken Slices: 15 g fresh ginseng, 200 g mountain chicken breast, 25 g winter bamboo shoots, 25 g cucumber, 1 egg white, seasonings as needed. Wash chicken, slice into 1.5-inch by 0.4-inch pieces. Wash ginseng, slice diagonally. Chop scallions and ginger. Mince cilantro. Marinate chicken with salt and MSG, then coat with egg white and starch slurry. Heat vegetable oil to half-temperature, stir-fry chicken slices until loose, drain oil. Prepare sauce with chicken broth, salt, MSG, and yellow wine. Heat pork oil to six-tenths temperature, sauté scallions, ginger, bamboo shoots, and ginseng, add cucumber and chicken slices, pour in sauce, toss briefly, drizzle with sesame oil. This dish greatly replenishes vital energy, nourishes kidney yin—suitable for men with nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, low semen volume, palpitations, shortness of breath, and hot palms/soles.
3. Ginseng-Braised Black Hen: 10 g ginseng, one black hen, 250 g pork belly, seasonings as needed. Cut ginseng into slices. Clean hen, remove all bones, wash, cut into chunks. Simmer chicken bones, pork belly, and chicken together in a pot with water and ginger over low heat for 3 hours until broth is clear and flavorful. Strain, return to clay pot, add chicken chunks and ginseng. Add salt, ground pepper, MSG, and a small amount of premium wine. Boil, skim foam, simmer gently until chicken is tender and ginseng soft. This nourishes qi and blood, calms the spirit—ideal for men with dream emissions, sperm leakage, premature ejaculation, insomnia, and vivid dreams.
4. Codonopsis Rooster Soup: One rooster, 30 g codonopsis, 3 g cardamom, 5 g tangerine peel and cinnamon twig each, 10 g dried ginger, 10 peppercorns, seasonings as needed. Clean rooster, remove feathers and internal organs. Wrap other herbs in cloth, boil with water, season, simmer over low heat until rooster is cooked. Discard herb bag, eat meat and drink soup. Warms spleen and stomach, boosts qi and blood—ideal for impotence, genital retraction, and nocturnal emission due to spleen-kidney yang deficiency, gastric cold pain.
5. Black Hen Codonopsis Decoction: One black hen, 50 g codonopsis, 30 g white atractylodes and poria, 5 g sand ginger, 15 g cardamom seed and ginger each. Clean hen, remove feathers and internal organs. Place remaining herbs inside hen. Add water, simmer over low heat until tender. Discard herb bag, eat hen and drink soup. Warms the center, tonifies deficiency, strengthens spleen and removes dampness—ideal for weak central yang, impotence, and nocturnal emission.
6. Codonopsis Astragalus Chicken: 30 g codonopsis, 60 g astragalus, 100 g chicken meat, 5 jujubes, 3 slices ginger, salt as needed. Wash chicken, cut into chunks. Remove jujube pits. Grind ginger. Wrap herbs in cloth. Place all in a bowl with water, steam over water until cooked. Discard herb bag, eat meat, drink soup, eat jujubes. Take once every 3–5 days, continue for 3–5 doses. Tonifies middle energizer and qi—ideal for decreased libido, fatigue, shortness of breath due to qi deficiency.
7. Astragalus Chicken Broth Porridge: One hen (~1000–1500 g), 15 g astragalus, 100 g rice. Clean hen, extract concentrated chicken broth. Simultaneously decoct astragalus. Mix both broths with rice, cook into porridge. Consume twice daily, morning and evening. Chicken can be removed and eaten as side dish. Strengthens spleen and qi—ideal for erectile dysfunction, weak erections, dizziness, palpitations, and limb weakness due to excessive sexual activity.
8. Cordyceps Astragalus Steamer Chicken: 2 g cordyceps, 20 g astragalus, one hen, seasonings as needed. Clean hen, remove feathers and internal organs, cut into pieces. Blanch in boiling water for 2–3 minutes. Place in steamer, remove surface foam. Pour broth into steamer, add cordyceps, astragalus, scallions, ginger, pepper, salt, MSG, yellow wine. Seal tightly, steam for 2–3 hours. Discard astragalus, consume. Strengthens spleen and qi, nourishes kidneys and fills essence—ideal for impotence, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, low semen volume, and anejaculation.