Zhang Zhongjing’s treatment for excessive nocturia

Excessive nocturia is mostly identified from Chinese medicine as kidney yang deficiency or kidney qi deficiency, and Zhang Zhongjing used Eight-flavored Kidney Qi Pills to treat kidney yang deficiency. Kidney yang deficiency is mainly manifested as dizziness, lumbar and knee soreness (a feeling of soreness and weakness in the lumbar and knee areas) and pain, pale or grayish-black color, mental depression, generalized fear of coldness, loss of libido, and nocturnal polyuria, and other symptoms. Eight-flavored Kidney Energy Pill is composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae (stir-fried with bran), Poria, Schisandrae Fructus (made with vinegar), Cinnamon, Rhizoma Zedoariae (made with salt), Radix Polygoni Multiflori (made with salt), Peony Tanpi. It has the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang (warming and replenishing kidney yang). It can be used to treat kidney yang deficiency, lumbago and knee weakness, thirst and edema, coughing and wheezing due to kidney deficiency, frequent urination, and loose stools. It should be noted that people with allergies should take it with caution. In addition, its adverse effects and precautions are not clear. It is necessary to use the drug under the guidance of a doctor, do not use the drug blindly, so as to avoid adverse effects.