Male health-preserving dietary therapy using eel, shrimp, and yellow croaker

Eel

1. Nutritional Components

Eel contains protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin B₁, vitamin B₂, nicotinic acid, niacin, etc.

2. Properties and Efficacy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eel is sweet, warm in nature, and non-toxic. It has the effects of tonifying deficiency and strengthening yang, strengthening muscles and bones, etc. It can be used to treat weakness in the legs and improve libido.

3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

(1) For those with weakness in the legs, soreness in the waist and knees, and low libido: Take an appropriate amount of eel slices, add 20 grams of daylily, minced ginger, cooking wine, and fine salt, etc., and cook together. Drink the soup and eat the eel meat. (2) For male patients with impotence: Take 250 grams of live eel, remove the internal organs and gills, wash and cut into sections. Sauté in hot oil with ginger and scallions, then add an appropriate amount of water and simmer until half-cooked. Eat the meat and drink the soup. Take once daily for three consecutive days.

4. Examples of Combining Food and Sexual Health

Eel is delicious and can be used to cook many delicacies, such as Shanghai-style stir-fried eel paste, Zhejiang-style braised eel shreds, shrimp and eel slices, and stir-fried eel shreds with coriander.

Braised eel shreds is a traditional famous dish from Huzhou, Zhejiang. It is "rich in oil, garlic, and spiciness, tender and fresh," with a unique flavor that is both fresh and fragrant. This dish has high health value and can be considered an ideal health food for patients with enhanced libido, rheumatoid arthritis, and diabetes. 5. Application Precautions

Eels are sweet and warm in nature, therefore those with deficiency-heat should not consume them.

Prawns

1. Nutritional Components

Prawns contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A, vitamin B₁, vitamin B₂, nicotinic acid, etc.

2. Properties and Efficacy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that prawns are sweet and salty in taste, and warm in nature. They have the effects of invigorating yang and tonifying the kidneys, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach. They can be used to treat impotence, premature ejaculation, and cold pain in the stomach.

3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

(1) For impotence, premature ejaculation, and spermatorrhea: Take 50 grams of prawn meat, 5 red dates, and appropriate amounts of rice wine and brown sugar; wash the prawn meat, remove the pits from the red dates, and cook them together with the rice wine and brown sugar. Take once a day for 5 consecutive days. (2) To improve female libido: Take 30 grams of prawns and 2 blocks of tofu, add chopped scallions, ginger, and salt, and stew until cooked.

4. Examples of the combined application of food and sexual health

Many dishes are famous for their flavor, such as Luohan prawns from Beijing, braised prawns from Tianjin, dragon and phoenix prawns and Bohai prawns from Hebei, mushroom and shrimp rice crust and vinegar-braised shrimp cakes from Jiangsu, tomato and shrimp rice crust from Zhejiang, Dongbi lobster from Fujian, three-color prawns and imperial shrimp from Shandong, and oil-fried shrimp and flame-drunken shrimp from Guangdong, etc.

A common home-style dish is stir-fried shrimp with celery, crispy and delicious, a simple and healthy dish. Regular consumption can help treat insufficient breast milk in postpartum women, diabetes, and decreased libido. Preparation method: Take 50g of large shrimp meat, 250g of fresh tender celery, 50g of rendered pork fat, and appropriate amounts of fine salt, cooking wine, MSG, and pork bone broth; quickly wash the shrimp meat; wash the celery, cut it into sections, blanch it in boiling water, remove and drain; heat a wok, add lard, and when the oil is hot, add the shrimp meat and fry until golden brown, then add the celery and stir-fry together. When almost cooked, add cooking wine, fine salt, and MSG, stir-fry evenly, and remove from heat.

5. Precautions for use

Those with allergic diseases should consume shrimp with caution; middle-aged and young men and women with hypersexuality and those who are widowed should eat less shrimp; patients with systemic lupus erythematosus should not eat too much shrimp, and it is best to avoid shrimp altogether.

Yellow Croaker

1. Nutritional components

Yellow croaker contains protein, niacin, nicotinic acid, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B₁, vitamin B₂, etc.

2. Properties and Efficacy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yellow croaker is sweet and warm in nature, and has the effects of nourishing the kidneys, consolidating essence, replenishing qi and nourishing deficiency, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. It can be used as an adjunct treatment for symptoms such as emaciation, impotence and premature ejaculation, dizziness, insomnia, and spleen and stomach deficiency.

3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

For patients with impotence and premature ejaculation:

Yellow croaker can be cooked together with sea cucumber in a conventional way.

4. Examples of Combining Food and Sexual Health Applications

Yellow croaker is delicious and nutritious, making it a delicacy among seafood.

In Ningbo, my country, there is a very distinctive traditional dish—Yellow Croaker Soup with Snow Cabbage. This dish combines the savory flavor of pickled mustard greens with fresh yellow croaker, resulting in a harmonious blend of freshness and natural flavors. The taste is characterized by the fish infused with the aroma of the greens, the greens permeating the freshness of the fish, and a rich, milky-white broth with a delicious and refreshing flavor. In terms of health benefits, it is believed to nourish the kidneys and spleen, and enhance male virility, making it an ideal health-promoting dish for those suffering from emaciation, impotence, or premature ejaculation.

Preparation: 500g fresh, live yellow croaker, 250g pickled mustard greens stems, peanut oil, shredded ginger, scallions, Shaoxing wine, salt, lard, MSG, and clear broth (all in appropriate amounts); kill the yellow croaker, remove scales and entrails, wash and drain; wash the pickled mustard greens stems and chop finely; heat a wok, add peanut oil, and when the oil reaches 60% heat, add the yellow croaker and fry until the skin is slightly yellow. Add shredded ginger and scallions, fry briefly, then add Shaoxing wine, salt, lard, pickled mustard greens stems, and clear broth. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer. When the fish is cooked, add a small amount of MSG and remove from heat.

5. Precautions

Traditionally, yellow croaker is considered a "trigger food," and "excessive consumption can cause sores and increase heat," therefore, those with yin deficiency and internal heat should not eat it; those with high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, high cholesterol, and obesity should not eat too much yellow croaker.