What is Kidney Yin Deficiency? Causes of Kidney Yin Deficiency

The phenomenon of kidney yin deficiency is relatively common in life, which can easily cause patients to experience symptoms such as weak waist and knees, weak legs, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia and nightmares, which affect work and physical health. Chinese medicine can be used for conditioning.

Kidney Yin Deficiency

A type of kidney deficiency, a term in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It refers to the symptoms caused by kidney yin deficiency, lack of nourishment, and endogenous heat, which is called kidney yin deficiency syndrome in clinical Chinese medicine. It is mostly caused by long-term illness, insufficient constitution, excessive sexual intercourse, or excessive intake of warm, dry and yin-depleting foods. Symptoms include soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, fever in the five parts of the body, hot flashes and night sweats, spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation, dry throat and red cheeks, red tongue with little fluid and no coating, and thin and rapid pulse. Treatment should be aimed at nourishing yin and reducing fire.

Symptoms

Clinical manifestations: soreness of waist and knees, powerless legs, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia and nightmares; strong erection or impotence and spermatorrhea in men, oligomenorrhea and amenorrhea in women; or metrorrhagia, weight loss, hot flashes, night sweats, fever in the five parts of the body, dry throat and red cheekbones; premature graying of hair, talking in sleep and grinding of teeth, frequent urination, yellow urine and dry stool, red tongue with little fluid, and thready and rapid pulse. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys are the foundation of one's innate constitution, and the yin essence in the kidneys is the total source of yin fluid in the body. Deficiency of Yin essence can cause various diseases, such as: dizziness, tinnitus, weakness in the waist and knees, bone steaming and hot flashes, thirst (diabetes), etc.

Drug treatment

Drug treatment for kidney deficiency should use drugs that nourish yin and tonify the kidney. This type of medicine includes both mild and sweet and cold medicines, such as wolfberry, processed Polygonum multiflorum, Rehmannia root, Schisandra chinensis, Polygonatum sibiricum, Eclipta prostrata, Ligustrum lucidum, tortoise shell glue, Dendrobium, Polygonatum odoratum, Cornus officinalis, American ginseng, etc. Many people regard "Liuwei Dihuang Pills" as a "secret recipe for replenishing kidney yin" and take it for a long time, but they feel that the more they replenish themselves, the weaker they become - some of their original symptoms become more and more serious, and some even develop gastrointestinal discomfort. It is understood that most of those who "complained" about Liuwei Dihuang Pills in the hospital bought them at pharmacies as home supplements. Liuwei Dihuang Pills are effective for kidney yin deficiency, but they cannot treat the symptoms caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire. Many people report that they get inflamed after taking Liuwei Dihuang Pills, so you can’t “take it blindly”. In addition, Chinese patent medicines will reduce the efficacy of medicinal materials and greatly reduce the effects. It is recommended to use Gan [qián] Yuan Soup for conditioning. Gan [qián] Yuan Soup can nourish kidney yin and dispel liver fire at the same time, which has a very good regulating effect. It can also be ground into powder and made into tea to avoid the loss of the medicinal effect of the medicine.