Kidney deficiency is often caused by overwork, indolence or chronic illness, and vitamins generally cannot treat kidney deficiency. The kidney deficiency can be treated with medicines such as Jin Gui Ren Qi Pill, Yu Gui Pill, Liu Wei Di Huang Pill and so on.
1. Jin Gui Kidney Qi Pill: It consists of Dihuang, Chinese yam, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Poria, etc. Its effects include warming and tonifying the kidney yang, transforming qi to move water (promoting the movement of gas, thus promoting the movement of water and liquid). If there is kidney deficiency and edema, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, dysuria (unsmooth urination), coldness and coldness of the limbs, it can be treated with Jin Gui Ren Qi Pills.
2. Right Angelica Pill: composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Cinnamomum Cassiae, Cortex Cinnamomum and Rhizoma Coptidis, its effects include warming and tonifying the Kidney-Yang, filling up the Essence and stopping spermatogenesis (filling up the solid Essence and Qi, preventing spermatogenesis and sperm slippage). If there is deficiency of kidney yang, coldness in the waist and knees, lack of energy, coldness and fear of cold, impotence and spermatorrhea, loose stools and frequent and clear urination, it can be treated with Right Angelica Pill.
3. Six-flavored Dihuang Pill: It is composed of ripened rhubarb, cornelian cherry, peony bark and Chinese yam, and its effects include nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys. It can be used to treat kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, lumbar and knee pain and weakness, hot flashes (a burst of heat, feeling that the heat is coming from inside the bones to the outside) and night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, but sweating stops after waking up), as well as spermatorrhea.
In general, the rational use of the above medicines is conducive to the improvement of kidney deficiency. Chinese medicine emphasizes on the identification of symptoms and use of medicines, so in order to use medicines safely and reasonably, it is recommended to use medicines under the guidance of a doctor’s identification of symptoms to prevent mistakes.