Post Date December, 03 2023
Many people often believe that the kidney is the most important organ that affects male sexual function. There is often a cognitive misconception in the mind: kidney deficiency leads to poor sexual function, and taking kidney tonifying drugs can tonify the kidney and enhance yang. When it comes to tonifying the kidney, one only thinks about enhancing yang. I think kidney deficiency is kidney yang deficiency, which is a decrease in sexual function, therefore it is necessary to strengthen yang. This concept has a significant misconception.
Kidney deficiency requires differentiation
Kidney deficiency can be divided into kidney yin deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, and kidney essence deficiency. Treatment requires dialectical treatment, and kidney yin deficiency should be nourishing and tonifying the kidney; Kidney yang deficiency is suitable for tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang; If there is insufficient kidney essence, it is advisable to replenish the kidney and fill in the essence, and one should not mistakenly think that tonifying the kidney is promoting yang. Otherwise, the medicine is not correct and the effect is counterproductive.
Kidney tonifying requires separating yin and yang
In traditional Chinese medicine theory, the kidney is not just a tangible organ, but a collective term for the kidney and its related functional activities. Pathological changes in human spirit, bones, hair, teeth, etc. may be closely related to the kidney, and its scope is wider than that of Western medicine.
The essence of the kidney can be divided into two aspects in terms of its function: kidney yin and kidney yang. Kidney yin and kidney yang are interdependent and mutually restrictive, maintaining the dynamic balance of the human body. When this balance is disrupted, pathological changes such as kidney yin, kidney yang deficiency, or excess will occur.
Due to high work pressure and limited physical activity, modern people are prone to systemic organ dysfunction, with kidney deficiency being one of them. In clinical practice, kidney yin deficiency is more common than yang deficiency, and there is a certain misconception that tonifying the kidney is to enhance yang.
Manifestations of kidney yang deficiency: pale or swarthy complexion, cold waist and knees, chills in limbs, mental fatigue, overall fatigue, male impotence, premature ejaculation, decreased libido, irregular or frequent urination, frequent nocturnal urination, pale tongue coating, and diarrhea during the fifth shift
Manifestations of kidney yin deficiency include redness in the face, soreness and pain in the waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, and loose teeth; Male enuresis, premature ejaculation, insomnia and forgetfulness, dry mouth and throat, irritability, sweating when moving, red cheekbones in the afternoon, emaciated body, yellow and little urine, red tongue with little or no fur.
Simple self diagnosis of renal function
People with good kidney function: good spirits, light footsteps, good sleep, and good hearing and vision.
People with poor kidney function: frequent nocturia, dizziness, low back pain, soft legs, dark circles under the eyes, and easy hair loss.
In addition, to judge the quality of one's kidney function, one should also pay attention to daily urine output. Generally, a normal person's daily urine output should be around 1000-2000 milliliters (equivalent to 2-4 mineral water bottles). If it is more than 2500 milliliters or less than 800 milliliters, it may be due to kidney problems.
The principle of tonifying the kidney
Everyone should pay attention to the maintenance of kidney yin water. Daily maintenance is even more crucial. Strengthen physical exercise and timely nourish according to symptoms, improve symptoms of kidney deficiency and aging. If it is not an extremely weak population, tonifying the kidney should focus on calmness, and different methods of tonifying the kidney should be chosen according to different seasons, constitutions, and climates, depending on the time, person, and location.
