Chinese people have a misconception that 'tonifying the kidney' means nourishing sexual function. People with poor sexual function should take kidney tonifying drugs, including kidney tonifying foods, various types of whips, and so on. In fact, this is wrong. According to current clinical statistics, among people with sexual dysfunction, less than one-third are actually caused by kidney deficiency, especially young people. They are not due to kidney deficiency, but because of dampness, heat, or qi stagnation, both of which cannot be replenished, especially kidney tonifying drugs with high heat. If they take them, they will become weaker and weaker.
This blind tonifying of the kidney, commonly referred to as "staying behind the enemy behind closed doors", means that his problem or disease is caused by evil energy in the body. To treat this disease, one must first expel evil spirits, and then, according to the situation, if the constitution is indeed weak, it is due to the deficiency that leads to sexual dysfunction before tonifying the kidney. If the evil does not go and directly supplements, it is equivalent to closing the house at night and locking a thief in a room, which must cause internal turmoil.
Sexual function, like the function of all organs, is dominated by the upper nervous system. Our cerebral cortex is the highest central nervous system, from which our emotional changes are sent. If the emotion continues to be tense, the cerebral cortex will fail to command the subordinates, including the failure of sexual function. This failure is not weakness, but disorder. At this time, the real treatment should be in the cerebral cortex, which can be achieved simply by relaxing the mood. In serious cases, drugs are needed.
At this time, most of the traditional Chinese medicine used is to soothe the liver and relieve depression. For example, the "Xiaoyao Pill" that women often take is used here to adjust the function of the lower layer. In women, it may be a menstrual problem, while in men, it may be a sexual function problem. In other words, many people with sexual dysfunction end up not being cured by expensive kidney tonics, but by taking liver soothing drugs, which are very cheap.
The so-called damp heat refers to the fact that there are many dirty things in the body that have not been discharged, such as high blood lipids and arteriosclerosis. People are prone to damp heat problems, which affects the blood supply to blood vessels. Once the blood supply to any part is insufficient, it will affect its function. A common stroke is cerebral vascular insufficiency, while sexual dysfunction may be due to insufficient blood supply to the reproductive system. At this time, unblocking blood vessels, clearing dirt, and lowering blood lipids are the correct treatments. If such people not only fail to clean up and eliminate pathogens, but also nourish the kidneys, it would be a big mistake. Although they are not due to weakness, they will become increasingly weak because they have taken the wrong medicine.
Those who truly need kidney tonifying are generally elderly people. In addition to weakened sexual function, they also have other problems, such as fear of the cold, especially in the waist and legs. The indicator of "fear of cold" is a typical kidney deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine. This type of person, even if they are only afraid of cold and have not yet experienced sexual function problems, will be instructed by doctors to tonify the kidney. By tonifying the kidney, it is not only sexual function problems that can be corrected, including fear of cold. Various premature aging symptoms will also be alleviated, because all of their problems are due to kidney deficiency.