For the Chinese, food called Yang Tonics can increase the burning fire of kidneys. (strengthening your sexual performance/virility)

Some of the Yang tonic foods includes the following:

Animal kidneys:

  • For non-Chinese they might not believe that animals’ kidneys are highly recommended as yang tonic. Based on traditional Chinese belief that when human internal organs are weakening, it is beneficial to eat the animal’s corresponding organs. Hence, when the human kidneys are weak, they advocate eating animal kidney.
  • Normally, the Chinese herbalist would advocate the following medicines for women’s infertility or man’s impotency:
  • Preparation of Yang tonic wind: prepare 2 lamb pork or beef testes, four kidneys and 50 gram of black dates; stir them in rice wine until thoroughly soaked; then steam them. Place the steam ingredients in a bottle of wine and store for three months before itis ready to drink
  • Eating kidneys(pork,beef, lamb or chicken) using the following ways:-
  • : cut the kidney in large slices; put 1 tablespoonful oil in a frying plan and as soon as the pan is hot, add sliced ginger, garlic and chive; stir-fry with the kidney for a few minutes. Garlic, ginger and chives are condiments and also yang tonics.
  • : first, cut the kidney in half, remove all unwanted parts and wash it; bring water to a boil and add a little wine;drop in the kidney and simmer until fully cooked;drain and slice into small pieces. Prepare a sauce with ginger, green onion, green pepper, soy sauce, sugar,sesame oil and vinegar. Pour the sauce over the kidney and it is ready to be eaten.

Liver:

  • is also recommended by the Chinese as a yang tonic to increase the burning fire of the kidneys. Livers are cooked to make it pleasing to the taste. Fry the liver very quickly in vegetable oil with condiments such as ginger, garlic or celery;use black pepper and wine as seasoning.

Shrimps:

  • can dramatically increase the sexual desires
  • interestingly, some Chinese herbalists believe that if one consumes too much shrimp without sexual intercourse, one may develop nosebleed due to excessive fire built up in the body.

Mussel:

  • also an effective yang tonic.
  • mussel has a warm energy ( clam has cold energy)
  • it is believed that “cooked mussel” can promote erection, heal lumbago and raise body temperature particularly in the genitals which is why it is beneficial to sexual impotence in men and frigidity in women.

Besides the abovementioned yang tonics from animals, the following fruits and vegetables are also used as yang tonics:

Dried Green Raspberries:

  •  can produce effects similar to those of a femal hormone, according to an experiment on rabbits and rates

Yam:

  •  believe to be able to acts on the kidneys and stops seminal emission in men and vaginal discharge in women and it stop frequent urination in both sexes.

Walnut:

  • tones up the kidneys and benefits the lungs

Chive seed and bitter gourd seed :

  • both good for a wide variety of purposes particularly in relation to sexual weakness.

(Source: Chinese System of Food Cures by Henry C.Lu)