Post Date December, 02 2023
How to distinguish between kidney yang deficiency and kidney yin deficiency
The effects of kidney tonifying drugs can be quite intense, and most of the time they need to be used under the guidance of a doctor. When using medication for treatment, we first need to clarify the nature of kidney deficiency, that is, whether it is yin deficiency or yang deficiency. Patients with yin deficiency will have a heat like appearance while having kidney deficiency, while patients with yang deficiency will have a cold like appearance while having kidney deficiency, which means they are afraid of the cold. For example, most low back pain is due to kidney deficiency. If the waist is afraid of cold and the body is afraid of cold, this kidney deficiency is a type of yang deficiency. At the same time, looking at the patient's tongue, the tongue quality of the yang deficiency patient is relatively light, and the tongue coating is a white coating, which is a manifestation of kidney yang deficiency. If the tongue is red or the fur is yellow, it is a manifestation of kidney yin deficiency. People with yin deficiency have heat symptoms at the same time as kidney deficiency, such as low back pain, fear of heat, or hot palms and feet, which is kidney yin deficiency.
Taking the wrong tonic is like adding insult to injury
Why emphasize this issue to everyone? Yin deficiency and Yang deficiency complement each other differently. People with yang deficiency need to use drugs to tonify kidney yang, while those with yin deficiency need to use drugs to tonify kidney yin. These two drugs are similar in form to water and fire. Traditional Chinese medicine says that taking the wrong medicine is mainly due to not distinguishing between cold and heat, which means taking the wrong medicine. If it's kidney yang deficiency, giving him the medicine to tonify kidney yin is not adding insult to injury. If it's kidney yin deficiency, giving him the medicine to tonify yang is not adding fuel to the fire. So, be cautious when using medication. Everyone should remember these two concepts. People with yin deficiency have a heat like appearance while those with yang deficiency have a cold like appearance. The general criteria are as follows.
In daily life, people often take the wrong medicine. A few days ago, when I was attending a clinic, I saw such a patient. This patient's sexual function is not very good. He heard from a friend that taking Liuwei Dihuang Wan had a good effect, so he also followed the prescription and took the medicine. As a result, his condition worsened after taking it. Why is this situation happening? The person who recommended the medicine to him is a Yin deficiency, while he is a Yang deficiency. The symptoms of poor sexual function are the same, but the causes are different. This person usually has poor spleen and stomach, and is afraid of cold. Therefore, after taking Liuwei Dihuang Pills, their bowel movements are even worse and they do not want to eat. This is a typical case of taking the medicine wrong way. Therefore, when discussing medication, we must distinguish between kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency.
Kidney tonifying medicine known as the "elixir" by the emperor
About kidney yang deficiency, we can tell you a famous traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations - Guiling Collection, which is a famous traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations for tonifying kidney yang. This medicine has a history. In the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing, the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang VIII, had a weak and sickly constitution. At the age of 29, he was already bedridden and unable to afford childbirth. At this time, there were two famous alchemists in the Ming Dynasty, one named Shao Zhijie and the other named Tao Zhongwen. They were very skilled doctors who drew on the many nourishing medicines in the "Cloud Collection Seven Signs" compiled by Zhang Junfang in the Song Dynasty, supplemented and deleted them, and adopted the technique of "refining the furnace and cauldron" to produce the "immortal medicine" that claimed to be immortal. After taking it in Jiajing, they were indeed in good health and gave birth continuously, At the age of 50, the body is still very healthy. Emperor Jiajing liked this medicine very much and gave it a name called "Guilingji".
It is said that Emperor Qianlong often took this medicine, and many celebrities were also related to Guilingji. There is a famous founding general in China named Su Yu. Mao Zedong asked him to lead the Huaihai Campaign, but he was unwilling to go. Mao Zedong said, "Are you afraid of death?" He said, "I'm afraid of death. I'm not in good health, and I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the task." Mao Zedong said, "I know you're not in good health, and I've already bought the medicine for you." The medicine he bought was Guilingji. So Su Yu relied on this Guilingji to complete the Huaihai Campaign. Ten Marshals Nie Rongzhen also often takes this medicine.
So, people with kidney yang deficiency can eat Guilingji. Guilingji is now a capsule, with a dosage of 0.3g per capsule, two capsules per dose, 0.6g. It should be taken in light saline water two hours before breakfast, once a day, and can be taken for a long time.
Kidney tonifying drugs that can improve sperm quality
In addition to Guilingji, a traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations, I would like to introduce you a better Chinese medicine for tonifying the kidney yang. It is relatively peaceful, called epimedium. You can soak in wine. You can drink 50 grams of epimedium and a jin of Baijiu after soaking for 7 days. You can drink one or two of them every day for a long time. Epimedium can tonify kidney yang, improve sperm quality, and enhance sexual function.
This is about tonifying kidney yang. I recommend Guilingji and Epimedium to everyone.
Kidney yin deficiency can be treated with Liuwei Dihuang Wan
For tonifying kidney yin, it is recommended to take Liuwei Dihuang Wan. Liuwei Dihuang Wan is relatively peaceful and can be eaten by people with kidney yin deficiency. Liuwei Dihuang Wan is composed of six medicines, among which Dihuang is the main medicine, hence it is named Liuwei Dihuang Wan. This prescription is very famous and unique. It is different from ordinary kidney tonifying drugs. The characteristic of Liuwei Dihuang Pill is mainly to tonify the kidney, with three yin tonifying and three laxatives, and tonifying the kidney. There are many medicines for tonifying kidney yin, but the most important one is Liuwei Dihuang Wan. Many drugs for tonifying kidney yin are based on changes in Liuwei Dihuang Wan. So this is a great medicine and also very famous.
People with kidney yin deficiency are lighter. If it's not complicated, you can buy some Liuwei Dihuang pills and eat them yourself. Moreover, there are many ways to add or subtract these Liuwei Dihuang pills. If you have yin deficiency and your eyes are not good, add some goji berries and chrysanthemums. This formula is called Qiju Dihuang pills. Nowadays, people with poor eyesight can take Qiju Dihuang pills. If you feel that your mouth is dry while feeling yin deficiency, and you always feel that your mouth has a bit of bitterness, then look at the person's tongue. The tongue is red with a little yellow fur, and there is also a moist side to yin deficiency. You can take some Zhibai Dihuang Pills. There are many ways to change Liuwei Dihuang Wan. If you have kidney yin deficiency, you can take this medicine.
