Spleen and kidney yang deficiency is a condition in which both spleen yang and kidney yang are deficient. For mild symptoms of Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency, abstinence from intercourse (i.e. sex) is recommended; for more severe symptoms of Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency, strict abstinence is recommended.
Spleen and kidney yang deficiency are often the cause and effect of each other, and can be caused by kidney yang deficiency (deficiency of yang energy in the kidneys), which fails to warm and nourish the spleen yang, leading to spleen yang deficiency as well; there can also be a prolonged deficiency of spleen yang, which fails to warm and nourish the kidneys yang, leading to kidney yang deficiency as well.
Clinical symptoms are characterized by “deficiency” and “coldness”, such as fear of cold, lack of warmth in the hands and feet, fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), prolonged diarrhea, swelling of the limbs and face, or even distension of the epigastrium (abdomen), palpitations (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), wheezing (shortness of breath), and so on. (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), shortness of breath (shortness of breath), and so on.
Chinese medicine emphasizes “want to have a taboo”, “want to avoid” that is to say, in some cases to prohibit sexual intercourse, especially in the period of illness or recovery, if not restrained sexual intercourse, is bound to damage the positive qi, aggravate the condition, leading to adverse consequences. Specifically depends on the severity of the disease.