Post Date December, 03 2023
Core Tip: Many people believe that impotence is caused by kidney deficiency, but it is not actually the case. Some of the patients with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, or even infertility do have the problem of kidney deficiency, but this is only a small number of people. Many people's sexual dysfunction is caused by other diseases, including psychological problems, inflammatory problems, vascular problems caused by hypertension, diabetes, and congenital malformations.
Many people often confuse kidney deficiency with impotence. In fact, impotence is not always caused by kidney deficiency. Lumbar soreness and backache are not just symptoms of kidney deficiency, and men should avoid indiscriminate tonifying.
Impotence does not always arise from kidney deficiency
In the traditional concept of many citizens, when they hear that men have problems such as poor sexual intercourse and decreased sexual function, they like to label others as "kidney deficiency" or "kidney deficiency". Some elderly people who are eager to hold grandchildren often even take traditional Chinese medicine to strengthen their sons' yang and kidney.
Clinically, similar patient visits are often encountered. Due to the influence of traditional knowledge, many people believe that there is an absolute relationship between decreased sexual function and kidney deficiency. Some of the patients with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, and even infertility do have the problem of kidney deficiency, but this is only a small number of people. Many people have sexual dysfunction caused by other diseases, including psychological problems, inflammatory problems, vascular problems caused by hypertension, diabetes, and congenital malformations, Abusing supplements without treating the real cause can only have a negative effect.
Kidney deficiency is divided into three types in traditional Chinese medicine, including kidney yang deficiency, kidney yin deficiency, and kidney qi deficiency. Even if sexual dysfunction is caused by kidney deficiency, it is very inappropriate to blindly supplement without identifying which type of kidney deficiency it is. "Because some patients with" Yin Sheng "should never be treated with" powerful drugs ", otherwise it will be harmful to the body.". However, warm and aphrodisiac drugs such as aconite and deer antler can even cause accidents for impotence patients caused by hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, etc. In addition, although some patients exhibit symptoms of kidney deficiency, such as decreased sexual function, low back pain, and leg pain, it is also mainly due to lifestyle issues such as work fatigue, lack of exercise, and irregular work and rest patterns. Once adjusted, there is no need to take medication at all.
Low back pain is not necessarily kidney deficiency
Many patients often associate low back pain and excessive nocturnal urination with kidney deficiency, and some doctors do not distinguish between them. They blindly prescribe "kidney tonifying and yang strengthening" drugs to cater to the patient's psychology, resulting in a "fever" phenomenon in patients: irritability, irritability, or even congestion in both eyes, fatigue, virtual excitement, and sexual activity that is prone to excitement but not durable.
In fact, in addition to kidney problems, low back pain may more often be caused by other diseases such as lumbar muscle strain; Similarly, if nocturnal urination is frequent, young people may have prostatitis, while middle-aged and elderly men may have prostate hypertrophy. "These diseases may have some similarities to the symptoms of kidney deficiency, but the treatment methods are completely different. Therefore, it is best to go to the hospital for examination and accurate diagnosis before treatment.".
Kidney deficiency is not something wrong with the kidneys
Although the concept of "kidney deficiency" in traditional Chinese medicine is currently filled with advertisements for many drugs and health products, many patients have not yet been able to distinguish what exactly kidney deficiency is. In fact, the term "kidney" in traditional Chinese medicine is not a "kidney organ" in Western medicine, but a broad range. Its functions are scattered in the endocrine, urinary, reproductive, and other systems. Clinical diagnosis and treatment still need to be based on comprehensive overall and local symptoms before reaching a conclusion. In other words, kidney deficiency does not mean that the kidney has any disease; On the contrary, most patients with kidney deficiency have no significant organic changes in the structure of their kidneys or other organs.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney stores essence, governs water, bones, qi, opens the mouth to the ear, and regulates bowel movements. It can be seen that the importance of renal function in the field of traditional Chinese medicine far exceeds that in the field of Western medicine. Let's say that the kidney stores essence, which means that the basic substances of life are stored in the kidney, which is divided into innate essence and acquired essence. The combination of the two, stored in the kidney, provides for the needs of human growth, development, and reproduction. When developing into puberty, the essence of the kidney begins to flourish, women have menstrual cramps, men have semen excretion, and sexual functions gradually mature. These are all related to the essence of the kidney. As the human body ages, the essence of the kidney gradually decreases, and sexual function decreases or even disappears.
Therefore, when people are physically weak, aging, and in the autumn of illness, the body's essence is naturally insufficient, and if there is a problem, as long as attention is paid to rest and maintenance, the "symptoms" will automatically disappear, without the need for medication or tonic.
