Some time ago, a special patient. He complained of back and leg pain, tenderness, and coldness in the lower limbs for many years, and had been diagnosed as kidney deficiency. Since he thought that this was a problem he had often heard about and could be solved by himself, he tried all kinds of kidney tonics over the years with his “common sense”, but his symptoms did not improve significantly and even worsened from time to time. Through consultation and pulse diagnosis, we found that the problem was mainly caused by kidney yang deficiency and the symptoms were typical, so he was given Jin Kui Kidney Qi Pills orally along with manual treatment. When he came to the clinic recently, he felt much better than before, and his symptoms of soreness and coldness in the waist and knees had improved. Why did this happen? We often hear this statement through various channels in our life: the increase in age and weakness of the waist and knees must be due to the weakness of kidney energy, so what should we do? Kidney supplement ah! And when it comes to kidney, many people’s first reaction will be more quickly: it is very simple, with six flavor Dihuangwan ah. In fact, this understanding is wrong, the kidney, and not so simple. Here, we want to give you a warning: kidney deficiency has a subdivision, kidney supplementation needs to be careful. Kidney deficiency can be divided into four types in Chinese medicine, namely kidney qi deficiency, kidney yin deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, kidney yin and yang deficiency. These four conditions are especially common with kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. Both of them can have soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, but because their nature is not the same, the accompanying symptoms are also different. Kidney yang deficiency is mainly caused by deficiency of kidney yang, in addition to weakness of the waist and knees, there are also symptoms of yang weakness, such as fear of cold, cold limbs, fatigue and shortness of breath; kidney yin deficiency is caused by deficiency of kidney yin, in addition to weakness of the waist and knees, there are also symptoms of deficiency heat, such as dry mouth, irritable heat, sweating and so on. The two are very different before, so the corresponding treatment methods are not the same. The Six Flavored Dihuang Pills we often hear about are precisely for the treatment of kidney yin deficiency, while the Jin Kui Kidney Qi Pills are mainly for the treatment of kidney yang deficiency. From this we can see that although it is the same as kidney deficiency, the treatment methods are not the same due to the different pathogenesis. Although the media is now very developed and we have some so-called “common sense” through various channels, but these “common sense” may not always be correct, when you encounter such problems, it is best to go to a regular hospital for medical consultation, do not rely on the so-called “common sense” to solve Do not rely on the so-called “common sense” to solve health problems.