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What medicine should be used to replenish yang?

Asked by:Natalie

Asked on:Apr 11, 2026 08:28 PM

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  • Bridget Bridget

    Apr 11, 2026

    We often hear people say that they are weak and need to be replenished, especially some men who need to replenish their yang energy. What medicine is better for replenishing yang? In fact, no medicine can improve the body as well as diet. As the saying goes, medicine is three parts toxic. Taking too many medicines may cause other diseases in the body. There are many foods that can replenish yang. These foods are also commonly used medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s learn more about them together.

    1. Curculigo

    Curculigo, a medicinal plant, has the functions of nourishing the kidneys and yang, replenishing essence and blood, strengthening muscles and bones, promoting blood flow and reducing swelling. Treat kidney yang deficiency, low back pain, impotence, cold sperm and infertility, uterine cold infertility; rheumatism and cold paralysis, cold pain in the waist and knees, muscle and bone weakness. This product has hot and dry properties and has the disadvantage of damaging yin. People with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it.

    2. Gecko

    The taste is salty and flat. A little poisonous. Enters the lung and kidney meridian. Nourishes the lungs and kidneys, relieves asthma and cough. It is used for asthma due to kidney deficiency and cough and asthma caused by lung deficiency. This product is good at nourishing the lungs and kidneys, and can especially absorb and absorb kidney qi. Therefore, it can be used in conjunction with ginseng, poria, Fritillaria, licorice, etc. for cough due to deficiency of the kidney, asthma due to kidney deficiency, and cough and asthma caused by lung deficiency.

    3. Cordyceps sinensis

    Nourishes the lungs and kidneys, stops bleeding and resolves phlegm. It is used for coughing up blood due to lung deficiency and impotence due to kidney deficiency. This product has the effect of nourishing lung yin and tonifying kidney yang. It is a medicine that tonifies yin and yang. Folks use this product to decoct it as a single ingredient as a tonic after illness. For example, it can be used in conjunction with Adenophora adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia glutinosa, etc. to treat hemoptysis due to fatigue; to treat impotence and spermatorrhea, it can be used equally with wolfberry, cornus, and yam.

    Cordyceps sinensis is a valuable Chinese herbal medicine. It can also help us replenish our yang energy. If we are weak, we can try cordyceps sinensis. Not only that, it can also help us exercise better.

    4. Cynomorium cynomorium

    Tonifying kidney, strengthening yang and replenishing essence, moistening dryness and smoothing intestines. It is used for kidney deficiency, impotence, waist and knee weakness, spermatorrhea and diarrhea. This product is sweet, warm and moisturizing, can replenish essence and yang, nourish tendons and prevent impotence. It can treat impotence due to kidney deficiency, weakness of waist and knees, etc. It is often used in combination with Achyranthes bidentata, wolfberry, cornus, Schisandra chinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, etc.

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