To determine whether kidney dampness and cold or kidney dampness and heat, the main point of differentiation is between dampness and heat and cold and dampness, which can be diagnosed from the different symptoms reflected in the disease. Such as kidney cold dampness to the waist and knee heavy cold pain, activity is limited, fear of cold limbs cold as the main symptoms; kidney dampness and heat to the body heavy and pain, abdominal fullness, less food, short urine and yellow red and other symptoms. Kidney cold and dampness, mainly manifested as cold pain in the waist, unfavorable rolling, aggravated by cold or rainy days, pale tongue, white greasy moss, sunken and sluggish pulse. Kidney Damp-Heat is mainly manifested by heavy and hot pain in the waist, aggravated by rainy and cloudy days, summer and wet seasons, heavy and sleepy body, short and red urine (small amount of urine with dark yellow color), red tongue with yellowish greasy moss, and stringy or moist pulse. To determine whether Kidney Cold-Dampness or Kidney Damp-Heat, differential diagnosis should be made under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine doctor according to the symptomatic manifestations, tongue and pulse conditions.