Yin deficiency is not allowed to take Cistanchis, which is mainly used to treat kidney yang deficiency. Yin deficiency includes heart yin deficiency, lung yin deficiency, kidney yin deficiency, etc. Doctors will administer medication according to the patient’s specific condition, and patients should follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.
Cistanches, sweet and salty in flavor, warm in nature. It belongs to kidney and large intestine meridians. It has the effect of tonifying kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood, moistening the intestines and laxatives, and is used for kidney yang deficiency, essence and blood deficiency, lumbar and knee soreness, sinew and bone weakness, intestinal dryness and constipation. Yin deficiency does not meet the indications of Cistanchis, and Cistanchis cannot be taken.
1. Heart yin deficiency: mainly manifested as heartburn, palpitation, insomnia, dreamy, dry mouth and throat, emaciation, or feeling of warmth in the hands and feet, hot flashes and night sweating (sweating abnormally after falling asleep, but sweating stops after waking up). You can take Tianwang Xinxin Tonic Dan.
2. Lung Yin deficiency: mainly manifested as dry cough without sputum, or sputum is small and sticky, not easy to be expectorated, or sputum with blood, hoarseness, dry mouth and throat, five heart-quenching heat (the heart of the two hands and the heart of the two feet are hot, and consciously feel hot in the heart and chest (irritability and sultriness)), and so on. You can take Nourishing Yin and Clearing Lung Pills and Lily Solid Gold Pills.
3. Kidney Yin deficiency: mainly manifested as dizziness, tinnitus, loose teeth, spermatorrhea in men, scanty menstruation or amenorrhea in women, metrorrhagia (excessive menstruation or dripping menstruation), insomnia, forgetfulness, and so on. It can be taken as Six-flavored Di Huang Pill, Zuo Gui Pill and so on.
Patients should follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, do not blindly treat yourself, so as not to delay the condition or cause adverse reactions.