Warming and tonifying kidney yang is a method of restoring yang energy to the kidneys by using yang-strengthening and fire-nourishing medicines. It is a specialized term for the treatment of Chinese medicine.
The main physiological function of the kidneys is to store essence, and the essence of the kidneys transforms the kidney qi, which is divided into yin and yang, and the kidney yang is the part of the kidney qi that has the function of warming, promoting and exciting. Kidney yang is a body of yang, can promote the stimulation of internal organs and meridians function, warm internal organs and official orifices, and promote the production of blood and fluids and the transmission of the operation of the cloth.
When there are symptoms such as soreness of the waist and knees, lack of energy, cold hands and feet, fear of cold and fear of wind, diarrhea, swelling, etc., then the body may be deficient in kidney yang, and should be warmed to tonify kidney yang. Specific prescriptions include Si Shen Wan and Yu Gui Wan. Yu Gui Wan consists of Radix Polygoni Multiflori, Radix Cinnamomum Cassiae, Radix et Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Cornus Officinalis, Fructus Lycii, Rhizoma Coptidis, Semen Cuscutae, Fructus Cortex Eucommiae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, and others.
Si Shen Wan is composed of nutmeg, tonic oil, schizandra, Wu Wei Zi, Wu Zhu Zi, etc. It has the efficacy of warming the kidney, warming the spleen, fixing the intestines and stopping diarrhea. The adverse effects of the above drugs are not clear.
Patients with kidney-yang deficiency should consult a doctor as soon as possible, who will formulate an individualized treatment plan according to the specific condition, so as to avoid delaying the condition.