Kidney deficiency is categorized into kidney qi deficiency, kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. Kidney qi deficiency is mainly manifested as soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, fatigue of the spirit (mental exhaustion and physical weakness), etc. Kidney yin deficiency is manifested as soreness and pain of the waist and knees, and five heart-quietness and heat (warmth of the hearts of the hands and feet, and self-consciousness of the heart and chest being irritated and hot), etc. Kidney yang deficiency is manifested as soreness and coldness of the waist and knees, and pain. In addition to the above symptoms, women with kidney deficiency may suffer from infertility and other gynecological diseases.
1. Kidney qi deficiency: mainly manifested as fatigue, low voice, timid, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, long and clear urine, dysuria, frequent urination, pale red tongue, thin white moss, weak pulse.
2. Kidney yang deficiency: the main manifestations of the waist and knees cold, pain, cold limbs, long urination, swelling, women’s menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, infertility, tongue pale fat, moss white slippery, pulse is thin and weak.
3. Kidney yin deficiency: the main manifestations are soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, five heart-heat, hot flashes, flushed cheekbones, night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, and sweating stops after waking up), a red tongue with little fluid and less moss, or no moss, and a fine pulse (the pulse becomes narrower and finer and the rate is accelerated), etc. The main symptoms of kidney deficiency are no obvious symptoms.
There is no obvious gender difference in the main symptoms of Kidney deficiency. If you have any symptoms of Kidney deficiency, you should consult your clinician and follow the doctor’s instructions for diagnosis and treatment.