Commonly used Chinese medicines to tonify the kidney include Liu Wei Di Huang Pill and Jin Gui Ren Qi Pill.
1. Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (六味地黄丸), which has the function of filling the essence and nourishing yin to tonify the kidneys, is mainly used for treating kidney yin insufficiency, which can be seen as soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, deafness, night sweating (sweating abnormally after falling asleep, but sweating stops after waking up), spermatorrhea, thirst, tidal fever of bone vaporization (a bout of heat, feeling that the heat is penetrating outward from inside the bone), heat of the heart of the hands and feet, teeth shaking, and pain in the heel.
Contraindications and adverse effects of the drug are not clear, and when symptoms such as loss of appetite, gastric discomfort, loose stools and abdominal pain occur during the period of taking the drug, one should go to the hospital for consultation.
2. Jin Gui Kidney Qi Pill, this drug has the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang, transforming gas and promoting water (promoting the operation of gas, thus promoting the operation of water), and is mainly used for treating kidney yang deficiency, which can be seen as lumbar pain and foot softness, a feeling of coldness in the lower half of the body, constriction of the abdomen (discomfort of abdominal tugging), dysuria (unsmooth urination), or urinary reflux, especially in the night, and impotence and premature ejaculation.
The adverse effects of the drug is not clear, pregnant women should not take. Avoid room desire, gas, avoid eating cold food during the period of taking the medicine.
If you need to use drugs, you should go to the hospital, by the Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the symptoms of treatment, choose the right drug, not self-medication, to avoid adverse consequences.