Generally speaking, the presence of kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency is not related to gender, so there is no such thing as whether women are prone to kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency.
Kidney yin deficiency can be caused by the depletion of yin fluid in the kidneys after a long period of illness, congenital endowment insufficiency (poor constitution and functioning of the body at birth), and over-exertion of the house, etc. It is common to see soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, hot flashes and night sweating (sweating abnormally after falling asleep, but sweating stops after waking up), etc. It can be treated with medicines such as Liufidiyinhuangwan (Six-flavored Di Huang Pills) and Zuoguiwan (Zuo Gui Pills).
Kidney yang deficiency can be caused by yang deficiency in the body, kidney deficiency in old age, kidney injury due to prolonged illness, etc. Clinically, it is common to see symptoms such as soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, cold hands and feet, depression, infertility in women with uterine cold, etc. It can be treated with medicines such as Jin Gui Kidney qi Pill and Yu Gui Pill.
If you have any of the above symptoms, it is recommended that you consult a doctor promptly. Taking the above medications requires a doctor’s guidance.