Overview
Kidney deficiency refers to the deficiency of essence and yin and yang in the kidneys. There are many types of kidney deficiency, the most common of which are kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency.
Modern science proves that when a person suffers from kidney deficiency, whether it is kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency, it will lead to a decrease in a person’s immune system. There is more evidence that when kidney deficiency occurs, the immune system of the kidneys is reduced, and the microcirculatory system of the kidneys will also become blocked, and the kidney ligaments appear to be blocked. Therefore, the treatment of kidney deficiency should be a combination of prevention and treatment.
Symptoms
The symptoms of kidney deficiency in the brain are: memory loss memory loss, lack of concentration, lack of energy, and reduced work efficiency.
Symptoms of kidney deficiency in the emotional aspect: poor mood emotions often difficult to control, dizziness, irritability, irritability, anxiety, depression, etc.
Symptoms of kidney deficiency in the will: lack of confidence confidence, lack of self-confidence, work without enthusiasm, life without passion, no goal and direction.
The symptoms of kidney deficiency in sexual function are: reduced sexual interest in men, reduced libido, impotence or Yang lifting but not firm, spermatorrhea, slippery sperm, premature ejaculation, microscopic examination can be seen in the reduction of sperm or sperm motility, infertility. Women with uterine dysplasia, such as infantile uterus, premature ovarian failure amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, decreased libido, infertility, etc.
Symptoms of kidney deficiency are manifested in the urinary aspect: frequent urination, waiting for urination, and clear and long urine.
Symptoms of kidney deficiency may also include: premature aging, forgetfulness and insomnia, loss of appetite, bone and joint pain, weakness in the waist and knees, fatigue intolerance, weakness, loss of vision and hearing attenuation. Hair loss and gray hair, hair loss or premature graying of the beard, loose teeth and easy to fall. Premature aging of the face bags under the eyes, dark circles under the eyes, dull and lusterless complexion, rough and dry skin, wrinkles, pigmentation, middle-aged acne, lack of elasticity of the skin; voice gradually coarse and hoarse, female breast began to sag, waist, abdominal fat accumulation; male early baldness, etc.
Causes
1, mostly due to excessive room labor, or frequent masturbation of teenagers.
2, thinking about depression, damage to the heart and spleen, then the disease and Yangming Chong pulse.
3, fear hurts the kidneys, and fear hurts the kidneys.
4, the liver is the main tendon, the yin apparatus is the sink of the zong tendon, if the emotions are not satisfied, worry and depression, the liver loses the discharge of the stripes, the zong tendon is not able to gather.
5.Dampness and heat are injected, and the tendons are relaxed.
Pathogenesis.
Kidney deficiency is a comprehensive concept of various pathologies such as mental fatigue, dizziness and tinnitus, forgetfulness and hair loss, lumbar spine pain, spermatorrhea and impotence, male infertility, female infertility, menopausal syndrome, etc. resulting from deficiency of kidney essence and yin and yang. Regarding the causes of kidney deficiency, it can be attributed to two aspects, one is the congenital deficiency of endowment and the other is caused by acquired factors.
From the point of view of the congenital factors causing kidney deficiency, the first is the weak congenital endowment. Ling Shu. Shoutian Gangruo” chapter says: “The birth of man also, there are rigid and soft, weak and strong.” Due to the parents’ weakness and disease, the essence and blood deficiency when pregnant; or after alcoholic intercourse pregnant; or over 50 years old when the strength of essence is greatly reduced pregnant; or men and women are not old enough, physical development is not fully married, that is, early marriage pregnant, or too much childbirth, excessive depletion of essence and blood; or pregnancy is not regulated, fetal gas deficiency, etc. can lead to the deficiency of the essence of the kidneys become an important cause of the formation of kidney deficiency; second, if the kidneys collect essence Secondly, if the kidney does not function properly, it will lead to abnormal sexual function, decreased reproductive function, and affect reproductive ability, which will cause the next generation to have deficient body, or congenital deformities, dementia, defects, men with infertility, premature ejaculation, and women with amenorrhea and infertility, miscarriage, habitual abortion, etc.
Diagnosis
According to Chinese medicine, kidney deficiency is divided into kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency, and different diagnosis and treatment should be made according to different symptoms. Kidney deficiency is a long-term accumulation of disease, do not be eager to achieve and use the big tonic medicine, or use the unknown composition of the kidney aphrodisiac drugs. Instead, you should take your time.
Yang deficiency symptoms: soreness of the waist and knees, or cold pain in the lower back, cold fear of cold limbs, especially in the lower extremities; dizziness of the head and eyes, depression, white or black face; light fat tongue with white moss, weak pulse; impotence and premature ejaculation in men, and infertility in women; or prolonged leakage of stool, completion of the valley does not change, diarrhea; or swelling, especially below the waist, pressed indentation, even abdominal distension and pain, palpitations and coughing.
Yin deficiency symptoms: soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, weakness of the legs, dizziness and tinnitus, hair loss and loose teeth, night sweating and insomnia, dreaming and grinding of teeth, dry mouth, yellow urine, dry stools, men with strong yang or impotence, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, women with scanty menstruation and menorrhagia, or menorrhagia, emaciation, hot flashes and night sweats, feverishness of the five hearts, dry throat and cheekbones, yellow urine and dry stools, red tongue and little fluid, thin pulse. The kidney is the root of the innate nature, and the yin essence in the kidney is the total source of the yin fluid. Yin essence deficiency can lead to various diseases, such as dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, bone steam and hot flashes, and thirst (diabetes).
Treatment
Western medical treatment for kidney deficiency.
No references are available for the current Western medical treatment of the disease.
Treatment of kidney deficiency in Chinese medicine.
Kidney deficiency is an accumulative disease, do not use the rush and use the big tonic medicine to supplement, but should slowly regulate, you can insist on taking Qian Yang Tang conditioning.
Qian Yang Tang is an ancient Chinese medicine formula, from the Tang Dynasty’s “Yisheng Fangliu” book, the party can be Yin and Yang with the tonic, mild medicine, no harm to the body, for later generations of doctors respected.
Qian Yang Tang is mainly used to treat cough, asthma, impotence, premature ejaculation and chronic nephritis due to deficiency of kidney yang. The composition of this formula is medicinal herbs of the same source, with less side effects, and can be taken as a long-term tonics soup, or ground and made into Qian Yang Tang tea bags to make tea for drinking.
Drug treatment.
1.Basic prescription drugs.
(1) six flavors of Dihuangwan: rehmannia, cornelian, yam, zedoary, danpi, poria, each of the above drugs are finely ground, refined honey for pills, such as wutongzi large, taken on an empty stomach, 10 grams each time, 2 to 3 times a day. If changed to water decoction, the dosage is reduced according to the proportion of the original formula.
(2) Zuo Gui Wan: rehmannia, yam, wolfberry, cornelian, cuscuta, deer antler gum, tortoise shell gum, Chuan Niu Kne, the above drugs together research into the powder, refined honey for the pill, 10 grams each time, 2 to 3 times a day. If it is taken with water decoction, the dosage should be reduced according to the proportion of original power. It is suitable for the evidence of deficiency of essence and blood of Yin consideration.
(3) Yin pill: 120 grams each of Phellodendron Bark and Zhi Mu, 180 grams each of Shu Di and Tortoise Board, all medicines as the final product, steamed pig spinal cord, refined honey as a pill, 10 grams for public consumption in the morning and evening, or as a soup, the amount of control proportional discretion. Applicable to yin consideration and have internal heat evidence.
2, plus or minus biochemical.
For those with very hot flashes of Yin Hu bone steam, add 10 grams each of ground bone bark, Artemisia annua, Yin Chai Hu and Hu Huang Lian to each basic formula; for those with restlessness and insomnia, add sour date palm, cypress root and nightshade vine; for obvious night sweats, add calcined oyster, floating wheat and glutinous rice root; for spermatorrhea and slippery sperm, add gold cherry seeds, gorgonian, Wu Wei Zi1; for coughing up blood and epistaxis, add dry lotus grass, white foxglove root, root of lotus root and cyperus root. For deafness and tinnitus, add magnetite, schisandra, mulberry and chasteberry to formula (1). In case of blood in urine, add Xiaoxi, Bai Mao Root, Dry Lotus Root and Huang Bai in Formula (1). In case of excessive menstrual flow or leakage, add Zhi Mu, Huang Bai, calcined dragon peony, brown shelf charcoal and Xian He Cao in Formula (1).
Auxiliary control.
1, grip solid: clasp the thumb in the palm of the hand, with the fingertip at the root of the ring finger (fourth finger), then bend the remaining four fingers, exert a little pressure, and hold the thumb firmly. Grip solid can hold the essence in the body, usually walking, sitting in the car, gossip, watching TV can be carried out.
2, lifting the heel upside down foot: lifting the heel when the five toes grasp the ground, the two legs together, lifting the anus abdomen, shoulders down, standing item vertical spine, a hundred on the collar; down upside down foot when the body relaxed, gently clenched teeth, first slowly drop half, and then light shock ground. Lift the heel can pull the waist and back leg of the bladder meridian kidney meridian, light shock ground can also drive the viscera and six internal organs.
3, with the heel walk: take a big step, heel first, do not bend the knee. Legs forward, toes straight as kicking a ball; front foot landing, back foot tiptoe. Heel first on the ground, in fact, is to stimulate the “kidney meridian” points, often use this way walking can effectively prevent osteoporosis.
4, Mo kidney acupuncture point: sitting on the edge of the bed with legs, hands clenched fist, fist hollow, respectively, pressed in the back waist, up and down massage waist back kidney acupuncture point, until there is a feeling of heat. This method not only relieves fatigue, but also replenishes energy in a short period of time, replenishes kidney energy and strengthens the body.
5, Sanyuan-style stance: two feet apart, the same width as the shoulders, two hands from both sides of the body forward together in front of the abdomen, positioned at the same height as the umbilicus, two arms holding round; at the same time, the two knees slightly flexed, the center of gravity down, the two knee joints slightly open to the sides. The back is slightly bowed, the chest should be contained, the back should be drawn, the back of the waist is slightly arched backwards, and the life-gate point is open. In this way the front and back, left and right, up and down are all round, and the whole person appears to be very round. This is a basic stance method to replenish vital energy, often do can make the kidney yuan full, strong muscles and bones.
6, hot water foot soak: the most suitable time for foot soak is 7 to 9 pm every night, which is the time when the kidney meridian is the most decrepit, soak feet, massage can improve blood circulation throughout the body, to nourish the kidneys and liver. Soak feet with the container to the wooden basin is good. Foot soak water can not be too hot, to about 40 ℃ is appropriate. Foot soak should not be too long, to 15 to 30 minutes is appropriate.
7, deep breathing: do deep breathing to choose a fresh air environment, try to inhale with the nose. Breathing to maintain a soft, slow, even, deep and long. Take 6 deep breaths as a group. Then rest and adjust, cycle and do it again. Exercise therapy only plays an auxiliary about, not a substitute for drugs.