Kidney deficiency is divided into yin deficiency and yang deficiency, and the difference lies in the different nature, different symptoms and different medications. In addition, the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency are mainly characterized by deficiency heat, while kidney yang deficiency is mainly characterized by deficiency cold, as follows.
1. Different in nature: Kidney yin deficiency is hot in nature, which refers to a series of symptoms mainly manifested by deficiency heat due to insufficient yin fluid in the kidneys. Kidney yang deficiency is cold, which refers to a series of symptoms mainly manifested by deficiency of yang qi in the kidneys.
2. Symptoms are different: Kidney yin deficiency is mostly caused by over-serving warm and dry yin-robbing products, and injuring yin in the later stages of warm and hot diseases.
It often manifests itself in hot flashes and night sweats (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, and the sweating stops after waking up), heartburn and heat (heat in the hearts of the hands and feet, and self-consciousness and heat in the heart and chest), dizziness and tinnitus, insomnia and dreams, etc. Kidney yang deficiency is often caused by the use of warm and dry yin robbing products.
Kidney yang deficiency is mostly caused by overwork, prolonged illness, old age, etc. It can be manifested as coldness, impotence, premature ejaculation, loose stools and other symptoms.
3. Different medications: Kidney yin deficiency commonly used medications are Dajian Yin Pill, Liu Wei Di Huang Pill, Zhi Bo Di Huang Pill, etc. Kidney yang deficiency commonly used medications are Jin Gui Kidney Qi Pill, Yu Gui Pill, Gui Sui Di Huang Pill, etc..
Kidney deficiency should be taken seriously, consult a doctor to confirm the diagnosis, and if necessary, be treated under the guidance of a doctor. Medications should be used under the guidance of a physician and should not be taken on your own.