Kidney Yin Deficiency – Nourishing Kidney Yin
Symptoms]
Soreness in the lower back and legs, weakness and even pain in the legs, dizziness and tinnitus, insomnia and dreaminess, emaciation, heart trouble, night sweating, heat in the hands and feet, dry throat, hypersexuality, low menstrual flow or even amenorrhea in women.
Typology and Ointment】
Most of the medicines that nourish kidney yin are used, such as chasteberry, rehmannia, yellow essence and tortoise shell. For those who also have obvious deficiency heat, add dry lotus herb, Zhi Mu, Sheng Di Huang and other nourishing drugs to clear heat in the kidney.
Overview
In Chinese medicine, the kidney is like the source of life, so it is called the “essence of the innate nature”. The kidney has a powerful function, from birth to growth, can not be separated from the support of the kidney. Therefore, among the five internal organs, kidney is the most important organ in the human body. As we grow older, the kidneys of the human body also have the process of growing stronger and older, there will be “kidney deficiency”, such as slow movement, hunchback, hair graying or even falling out, thinning teeth, male and female sexual function, low fertility, etc., are all manifestations of kidney deficiency.
Many people believe that the function of the kidney is limited to reproduction, so “kidney deficiency” is one-sidedly labeled as “low sexual function”, which has become a flirtatious word for many people, and is even difficult to hide. In fact, the function of the kidney is related to many aspects. The kidney contains kidney yin and kidney yang, the yin of the kidney is vital in the yin of the five viscera and six bowels, as the yin of the whole body. When people have back pain, they directly think that the kidney is the problem. This is true to a large extent, because “the waist is the house of the kidney”. The waist is synonymous with the kidneys.
How to determine if the kidney yin is deficient? First of all, the most direct manifestation of kidney yin deficiency is the soreness and weakness of the waist and legs, the lack of strength to walk, and the heaviness of the lower limbs. When kidney yin is deficient, kidney yin loses its physiological role of tranquility and coolness, and many people experience tinnitus, a sharp sound like the sound of cicadas, which is also a sign of kidney yin deficiency. But there is another kind of tinnitus, tinnitus with a loud sound like a train rumbling past, which is mostly seen in conditions such as dampness and heat, and is different from tinnitus from kidney yin deficiency.
Kidney yin deficiency and insomnia are closely related. Insufficient kidney yin, the body’s yin and yang cannot be balanced, Yang is hyperactive and yin is weak. At night, when sleeping, Yang is supposed to be restrained, and insufficient kidney yin cannot restrain Yang, which is also known as Yang not entering Yin, which will lead to difficulty in falling asleep, more dreams after sleep, and hot hands and feet during sleep, all caused by insufficient kidney yin, and insomnia is one of the most common afflictions of the elderly.
In addition, young men have hyperactive sexual function, low sexual function, premature ejaculation, and some have kidney yin deficiency, while young women have menstrual disorders, such as amenorrhea, and sometimes lead to elongated menstrual periods and dripping. At this time, look in the mirror and find yourself with a tender red tongue color, little tongue coating, and then and above discomfort, is a typical kidney yin deficiency performance.
So why is there a kidney yin deficiency? In fact, as we age, for example, when women enter menopause, kidney yin will relatively decay and recede, and corresponding “menopausal symptoms” such as irritability, hot flashes and night sweats, and irritability will appear. Kidney yin deficiency is most common in men and women during menopause, especially in women. In addition, modern lifestyle and rhythm can not avoid irregular habits such as staying up late, as well as staying up late, excessive sexual intercourse, excessive exertion, spicy and stimulating diet, over time, it will form a kidney yin deficiency, and even lead to more serious diseases.
[Typing and Ointment]
Select medicines that nourish kidney yin, such as Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, and Radix et Rhizoma Tortoise. For those who also have obvious deficiency heat, with heart trouble, sweaty hands and feet, dry throat, etc., add Xuan Shen, Zhi Mu, etc. to nourish the kidney and clear heat. For women with menopause, add angelica, etc.
There are numerous medicines in Chinese medicine that nourish kidney yin, and the following cream can be made at home, especially for menopausal women.
200g of Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, 200g of Gum Kappa, 150g of Fritillaria, 200g of Semen Cuscutae, 200g of Radix Rehmanniae, 150g of Rhizoma Polygonati, 150g of Rhizoma Polygonati, 150g of Rhizoma Polygonati.
In case of deficiency heat, add 100g of Xuan Shen, 100g of Zhi Mu, 100g of Sheng Di Huang, and for female menopause, add 150g of Angelica Sinensis and 100g of Cistanches, to make a paste for consumption. Put the decoction in a porcelain bottle as a January dose, and take it 2~3 times a day with boiled water before meals in the morning and evening, 1 tablespoon each time, and take it continuously according to your condition until the symptoms disappear.
Other]
This is a special tip, nourishing the kidney yin drugs must have a degree, if excessive will cause excessive dampness, if you take the cream after the stomach discomfort, loose stools, we should reduce the amount of cream to take, or stop a few days on it. In addition, we should always pay attention to sleep, night sweats and other conditions in the process of use, to grasp the course of treatment, so as not to hurt the kidney Yang too much Yin, only Yin and Yang secret, Yin and Yang reconciliation is the best state. In addition, late autumn and winter is usually the best time to nourish kidney yin. At the same time, if you adjust your lifestyle and eating habits, have a healthy and regular lifestyle, eat a light diet, and balance yin and yang, you will be able to correct your kidney yin deficiency.
Kidney Yang deficiency – warming up Kidney Yang
Symptoms
Fear of cold, mental fatigue, sleep, cold pain in the lower back, cold extremities, especially the lower extremities, the face is white and lusterless, some faces are dark, obscure and lusterless, wear more than others in winter, frequent urination pale and colorless, nocturnal urination, reduced sexual function, impotence, premature ejaculation in men, infertility in women, leucorrhea clear and thin.
[Overview].
The human body has Yang Qi to produce heat and to resist external evil, so Yang Qi is very important, just like the classical Chinese medicine saying “the sky should be bright with the sun”. The human body cannot be separated from the Yang energy, as the Heaven and the Human are in harmony. Especially kidney yang. In Chinese medicine, kidney yang is also called “yuan yang” and “true yang”, as the name implies, kidney yang is very important, it is the root of the body’s yang energy. The kidney yang is like the source of yang energy, the sun in winter, all other organs of the body even the whole body depends on the warmth of the kidney yang to work properly.
The kidney yang will also appear waist discomfort, “waist for the kidney of the House”! But not like the above kidney Yin deficiency waist pain, but the waist and cold and pain, Yang deficiency heavier, but also the lower extremities cold, some described as “like ice”, wear more does not work.
Chinese medicine believes that the kidney has a solid role, kidney Yang deficiency, but also common urine frequency, especially at night to frequent urination, up to 7-8 times per night urine, the impact on sleep is particularly large.
Chinese medicine has a term called “fire does not warm the earth”, that is to say, the kidney yang deficiency, it should be heated spleen can not be warm, there is a cold spleen diarrhea, especially every morning 5, 6 o’clock diarrhea five more leaks, is also a kidney yang deficiency caused by the trouble.
In addition to the feeling of discomfort, the examination indicators to the hospital, such as low basal body temperature, reduced bone density, osteoarthritis, low thyroid function, etc., all belong to the deficiency of kidney yang. Therefore, deficiency of kidney yang is very common in the population.
So, how does the deficiency of kidney yang occur? Excessive intercourse, depleting kidney qi and kidney yang, young women usually love to eat cold drinks and do not pay attention to keep warm in cold weather, elderly people have too restrained and too light diet so that kidney yang is not replenished, etc., all may affect kidney yang.
In short, the kidney Yang deficiency is very important, how to identify it? Remember a few points: fear of cold, cold pain in the waist and knees, mental fatigue, excessive night urination in the elderly, low menstrual flow and dysmenorrhea in young women, more uncomfortable in winter.
[typing and cream recipe]
Most use Epimedium, deer horn gum, cuscuta and other drugs that nourish kidney yang. For obvious fear of cold in kidney yang deficiency, add deer antler, deer gum, etc. For kidney yang deficiency with lower limb swelling or generalized edema, add Oxalis, etc.
The following cream recipe, which can be boiled at home, has the effect of warming kidney yang: 300g raw astragalus, 200g Epimedium, 200g Semen Cuscutae, 200g Zihejiang, 150g Sha Yuanzi, 200g Shu Dihuang, 150g Poria, 100g Chen Pi, 50g Sha Ren, heated and concentrated after decoction, for heavier yang deficiency, add 200g deer gum, 200g tortoise gum, 200g for obvious edema, add Chuan Niu Knee 150g, Poria 150g, Che Qian Zi 150g.
Other]
Spring and summer nourish yang, autumn and winter nourish yin, in autumn and winter take the cream to warm the kidney yang is the best time for patients with kidney yang deficiency, in addition should also pay attention to keep warm, less cold food. The elderly pay attention to the back of the warmth, can wear an undershirt, especially in winter should not leave the undershirt.