Benefits of ingredients such as pomfret and sesame: A guide to male health through dietary therapy to invigorate qi and replenish essence.

The following foods are neutral in nature, rich in nutrients, and can regulate libido, offering good sexual health benefits.

Pomfret

1. Nutritional Components

Pomfret contains protein, cholesterol, carbohydrates, fat, magnesium, iron, calcium, phosphorus, etc.

2. Properties and Efficacy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pomfret is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, tonifying the stomach and replenishing essence. It can be used to treat male impotence and premature ejaculation, female frigidity, weakness of the body and essence, weakness of the legs, and pain in the muscles and bones.

3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

For men with impotence, premature ejaculation, and physical weakness:

Take one pomfret, remove the scales and internal organs, wash it clean, add 10 silkworm cocoons, add an appropriate amount of water and cook together. Drink the soup while it is hot; season the fish meat with MSG, shredded ginger, fine salt, soy sauce, etc. and eat it.

4. Examples of Combining Food and Sexual Health Applications

Pomfret has tender flesh and a delicious taste. It is a delicacy produced in coastal areas and is a precious seafood.

The Lingshui area of ​​Hainan Island in my country is a natural breeding ground for pomfret. The area produces a wide variety of pomfret, all with plump and delicious flesh, with the white pomfret being particularly prized. Steaming the pomfret results in a fragrant, smooth, and tender dish, with the bones easily broken and the fins crisp, allowing you to eat the whole fish without having to spit out the bones.

The preparation method is as follows: Take one pomfret (about 500 grams), 30 grams of shredded lean pork, and appropriate amounts of shredded bamboo shoots, shredded ginger, shredded shiitake mushrooms, scallion segments, star anise, fine salt, cooking wine, chicken oil, clear broth, and MSG. Kill the pomfret, remove the scales, internal organs, and gills, and wash it thoroughly. Make willow-leaf-shaped cuts on both sides of the fish. Marinate with fine salt and cooking wine for 15 minutes. Blanch the marinated pomfret in boiling water for 1 minute, remove and drain. Place it on a plate, sprinkle with fine salt, and top with shredded bamboo shoots, shredded ginger, shredded shiitake mushrooms, scallion segments, shredded lean pork, Sichuan peppercorn powder, and star anise powder. Steam until tender. Remove from the steamer. In a separate hot pan, add clear broth, cooking wine, MSG, and cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce. Pour the sauce over the fish and drizzle with sesame oil.

5. Application Precautions

(1) Pomfret contains a relatively high amount of cholesterol, therefore it is not suitable for obese individuals or patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or coronary heart disease.

(2) Generally speaking, fish roe is also a delicacy with high nutritional value and can be consumed; however, pomfret roe has many side effects, such as causing diarrhea, so it should not be eaten and should be discarded.

Grapes

1. Nutritional Components

Grapes are rich in iron, phosphorus, calcium, organic acids, pectin, lecithin, free amino acids, protein, glucose, fructose, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin B₁, nicotinic acid, vitamin C, etc.

2. Properties and Efficacy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapes are sweet and sour in taste, and neutral in nature, with the effects of replenishing qi and blood, and strengthening muscles and bones. They can be used to treat qi and blood deficiency, lung deficiency cough, rheumatic bone pain, and difficulty urinating.

Grapes are a nourishing, strengthening, and yang-boosting fruit. 3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

Patients with low libido who are thin, short of breath, and anemic can eat grapes regularly. Generally, they should be eaten before meals or two hours after meals, about 200 grams at a time.

4. Precautions for Application

(1) Grapes should not be eaten in large quantities. Eating too many grapes at once can cause blurred vision, chest tightness, and diarrhea.

(2) Grapes have a high sugar content; obese people should eat less.

Sweet Potato

1. Nutritional Components

Sweet potatoes contain estrogen-like substances, mucoprotein, fructose, sucrose, glucose, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin B₁, vitamin B₂, nicotinic acid, vitamin C, iron, phosphorus, calcium, etc.

2. Properties and Efficacy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sweet potatoes are sweet and neutral in nature, and have the effects of nourishing the middle and blood, replenishing qi and promoting body fluids, widening the intestines and moistening dryness, and nourishing yin and strengthening the kidneys. It can be used as an adjunct treatment for blood deficiency, seminal emission, and various symptoms such as diarrhea due to heat accumulation.

3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

For those suffering from seminal emission and urinary tract infections:

Take 1-2 sweet potatoes, bake them, and eat them as a dietary therapy.

4. Precautions for Application

(1) Although sweet potatoes are a good health food, they should not be eaten in large quantities. Eating too many sweet potatoes at once can cause discomfort such as acid reflux, heartburn, and bloating. This is because sweet potatoes contain gas-producing enzymes. When stomach acid acts on the starch in sweet potatoes, the gas-producing enzymes participate in the reaction, producing a large amount of carbon dioxide gas, leading to gastrointestinal discomfort.

(2) One thing that must be taken very seriously when eating sweet potatoes is that sweet potatoes with black spots should never be eaten. This is because sweet potatoes with brown or black spots on the skin are contaminated by black spot fungus. The toxins excreted by black spot fungus contain ipomeamarone and ipomeamarol, which make the sweet potatoes hard and bitter, and have a significant damaging effect on the liver, potentially leading to liver cell necrosis. Sesame

1. Nutritional Components

Sesame contains fatty oil, sucrose, lecithin, pentosans, protein, sesamin, vitamin E, folic acid, niacin, sterols, and abundant calcium and copper.

2. Properties and Efficacy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sesame is sweet, neutral in nature, and non-toxic. It nourishes the liver and kidneys, moistens dryness, and lubricates the intestines. Because it is rich in high-quality protein and vitamin E, it can delay premature decline in sexual function.

3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

For patients with impotence:

Take 500g of roasted sesame seeds, 2 dried placenta pods, 500g of roasted japonica rice, and appropriate amount of honey. Grind the sesame seeds, placenta pods, and japonica rice into a fine powder, mix with honey, and make into pills. Each pill weighs 20g. Take one pill once a day on an empty stomach in the morning with warm water.

4. Precautions

Not suitable for those with loose stools.