🌿 Folk Prescriptions

"Men are tired, men are stressed." Indeed, men face immense pressure. Career struggles, business competition, life burdens, and varying physiological states all bring great mental stress and physical exhaustion, so men need more nourishment. However, food supplementation is better than medicinal supplements, and soups are ideal for men. Men can choose different soups based on their physical condition. Note: To improve constitution and health, soup supplementation requires long-term consistency—continue for a period until symptoms improve, then switch to other targeted soups.
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Double Whip Yang-Strengthening Soup
Ingredients: 10 grams of goji berries, 10 grams of dodder seed, 6 grams of cistanche, 100 grams of ox penis, 10 grams of dog penis, 100 grams of lamb, 50 grams of hen meat, appropriate amounts of Sichuan pepper, old ginger, cooking wine, monosodium glutamate, pork fat, and salt.
Preparation:
(1) Soak ox penis in water to swell, remove outer skin, split along urethra, wash thoroughly, then soak in cold water for 30 minutes. Fry dog penis in sand until crisp, soak in warm water for about 30 minutes, scrub clean. Wash lamb, blanch in boiling water to remove blood, then rinse in cold water.
(2) Place ox penis, dog penis, and lamb in an aluminum pot, add water, bring to a boil, skim off foam, add Sichuan pepper, old ginger, cooking wine, and hen meat. Boil again, reduce heat and simmer slowly until six-tenths cooked. Filter out Sichuan pepper and old ginger using clean cloth, place dodder seed, cistanche, and goji berries in a muslin bag, tie securely, add to soup, continue simmering until ox and dog penises are tender. Remove the herb bag, take out ox penis, dog penis, lamb, and hen meat, slice ox penis into 3.3 cm strips, dog penis into 1 cm segments, slice lamb, cube hen meat, mix in a bowl, add monosodium glutamate, salt, and pork fat for seasoning.
Usage: Eat meat and drink soup—can be served as a meal or eaten alone.
Effect: Warms the kidneys, strengthens Yang, nourishes essence and marrow. Suitable for deficiency due to overwork, kidney Qi deficiency, impotence, premature ejaculation, and seminal leakage. (Folk remedy)
Editor’s Note: Busy urban lifestyles and intense work pressure also affect women, leading to issues like "cold vagina" (sexual apathy). While caring for men, we must also pay attention to women’s sexual health. Here are some dietary tips to overcome sexual apathy—see: Food Therapy to Restore Passionate "Sexual Happiness"
Yang-Strengthening Dog Meat Soup
Ingredients: 250 grams of dog meat, 15 grams of processed aconite root, 10 grams of dodder seed, appropriate amounts of salt, monosodium glutamate, ginger, green onion, and cooking wine.
Preparation:
(1) Wash dog meat, place whole in boiling water, blanch until cooked, transfer to cold water to remove blood residue, cut into 3.3 cm cubes; prepare ginger and green onion.
(2) Sauté dog meat with ginger slices in a wok, add cooking wine, transfer to a clay pot. Place dodder seed and processed aconite root in a muslin bag, tie securely, add with salt and green onion to the pot, add sufficient clear broth, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until meat is tender.
Usage: Remove herb bag before eating, add monosodium glutamate, eat meat and drink soup. Twice daily, as a meal supplement.
Effect: Warms the kidneys, strengthens Yang, nourishes essence. Suitable for Yang deficiency, lethargy, weak waist and knees, etc. (Folk remedy)
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Recovery Soup
Ingredients: 50 grams of Chinese yam, 20 grams of cistanche, 10 grams of dodder seed, 2 walnuts, 500 grams of lean lamb, 1 lamb spine, 100 grams of rice, 3 green onions, appropriate amounts of ginger, Sichuan pepper, cooking wine, white pepper powder, star anise, and salt.
Preparation:
(1) Chop lamb spine into several pieces, wash with water. Wash lamb, blanch to remove blood, then wash again, cut into 5 cm thick chunks. Place Chinese yam, cistanche, dodder seed, and walnuts in a muslin bag, tie securely. Crush ginger, cut green onions into sections.
(2) Place all ingredients—including herbs and food—in a clay pot, add sufficient water, bring to a boil over high heat, skim off foam. Add Sichuan pepper and star anise, cooking wine, reduce heat and continue stewing until meat is soft and mushy. Transfer to a bowl, add white pepper powder and salt for seasoning.
Usage: Serve as a meal.
Effect: Warmly tonifies kidney Yang. Suitable for kidney Yang deficiency and essence depletion causing tinnitus, blurred vision, weak waist and knees, impotence, and premature ejaculation. (Folk remedy)
Deer Head Soup
Ingredients: 1 deer head, 2 deer hooves, 5 grams of piper longum, 3 grams of ginger, appropriate amounts of salt, star anise, fennel, monosodium glutamate, and white pepper powder.
Preparation:
(1) Remove hair and debris from deer head and hooves, wash clean. Wash piper longum and ginger, crush with a knife.
(2) Place deer head and hooves in a clay pot, add sufficient water, add piper longum, ginger, star anise, and fennel, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until fully cooked.
(3) Remove deer head and hooves, carve meat into coarse strips, return to soup, bring to a boil, add salt, monosodium glutamate, and white pepper powder.
Usage: Can be served as a meal or eaten alone.
Effect: Strengthens Yang and nourishes essence. Suitable for deficiency of Yin and weak constitution, kidney essence deficiency causing soreness and weakness in waist and knees, cold intolerance, impotence, and premature ejaculation. (From "Yinshan Zhengyao")
Ginseng Deer Meat Soup
Ingredients: 5 grams each of ginseng, astragalus, lotus seed, goji berries, 3 grams each of white peony root, poria, rehmannia, cistanche, cinnamon, angelica, epimedium, curculigo, alisma, jujube seed, Chinese yam, polygala, angelica root, dodder seed, eucommia, epimedium, and ginger, 250 grams of deer meat, and appropriate amounts of green onion, white pepper powder, and salt.
Preparation:
(1) Remove tendons and membranes from deer meat, wash, briefly blanch in boiling water, cut into small pieces, break bones. Place all herbs in a muslin bag, tie securely.
(2) Place deer meat and bones in a pot, add herb bag, sufficient water, add green onion, ginger, white pepper powder, and salt, bring to a boil over high heat, skim off foam, reduce heat and simmer for 2–3 hours until meat is tender.
Usage: Serve as a meal, twice daily.
Effect: Fills essence, strengthens kidneys, greatly replenishes primordial Yang. Suitable for physical weakness, sallow complexion, cold limbs, sore waist and knees, impotence, and premature ejaculation. (Folk remedy)
Caution: Not recommended for robust individuals or those with Yin deficiency and fire excess, nor during hot summer months.