Everyone is familiar with kidneys.
The kidney is the foundation of yin and yang of the human body and the source of life, so it is called the innate foundation.
The kidney has the function of storing and sealing the essence of the human body. The essence in the kidney can not only promote the growth, development and reproduction of the body, but also participate in the generation of blood and improve the body's disease resistance.
But seeing today's "kidney-tonifying" advertisements flying all over the sky, people start to murmur in their hearts: Are there 10 kidneys and 9 empty ones? Why do so many people say they need to nourish the kidneys?
said "empty", it is a little serious, and the kidneys are not so fragile. However, if there are these major symptoms of weakness in daily life, it is not far from the kidney deficiency.
1. Look at the limbs: The hands and feet are cold, and even the elbows and knees have chills. This symptom can also cause soreness in the waist and knees, mental exhaustion, and looks particularly lackluster.
2. Looking at the urine : the urine is white, there is obvious pain, the urination always feels unsmooth, unfavorable, incessant urination, discomfort in the lower abdomen.
3. Look at the waist: Low back pain is divided into internal injury and strain. Internal injury: Kidney deficiency generally refers to congenital insufficiency, chronic physical weakness or excessive fatigue. In mild cases, it is difficult to bend over or stand upright, and in severe cases, heel pain and low back weakness may occur.
Strain: works in the same fixed posture for a long time (using a computer, driving, etc.), which will damage the kidney qi for a long time, resulting in insufficient kidney essence .
4. Look at the lower abdomen: It is not fragrant to eat, the abdomen is bloated after meals, the belly becomes larger, and there is a lot of fat, which is often a manifestation of kidney deficiency.
5. Look at the spirit: Even if I don't stay up late, I can't help yawning all day long. I always feel weak and dizzy.
How to distinguish types of kidney deficiency?
Differentiating the types of kidney deficiency is the key to nourishing the kidney. kidney deficiency is further divided into kidney qi deficiency , kidney yang deficiency, kidney yin deficiency three types.
. The performance of kidney yin deficiency :
The first is that is afraid of heat, because yin deficiency is easy to get hot , there are always small flames in my heart, is upset .
So I have a strong desire in my heart, I can’t fall asleep easily at night, and it’s easy to get an erection with a single evil thought, but it’s easy to ejaculate prematurely.
Severe dreams are prone to nocturnal emission, light sleep is easy to wake up with heat, and when you wake up, you find your body sweating, which is called Yin deficiency and night sweats.
Some people also have symptoms such as soreness and pain in the waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, loose teeth, and easy hair loss.
For girls, there may be fewer and fewer aunts, and sometimes they do not come for a few months...
In addition, has red cheeks, thin body, dry throat, yellow urine, dry stool, little or no moss, and thin pulse It is also a symptom of kidney yin deficiency.
The main reasons for kidney yin deficiency are: congenital insufficiency, long-term consumptive disease, old age and frailty, modern young people just stay up late or overindulge, or eat too much spicy, warm and dry food such as spicy barbecue hot pot.
.The performance of kidney yang deficiency is just the opposite:
First, is afraid of cold, cold hands and feet, soreness and pain in the waist and knees, pale complexion can also become dark complexion, listlessness, early gray hair, dizziness, low libido, Impotence in men and infertility in women.
Urine is frequent and long, and nocturnal urination is frequent; prolonged ejaculation, abdominal pain and diarrhea are easy to occur at dawn, that is, five-point diarrhea, the food is not digested, and it is directly excreted. Abdominal fullness and pain. pale tongue fat white fur, weak pulse, etc.
So the symptoms of kidney yang deficiency are almost opposite to those of yin deficiency.
Causes of kidney yang deficiency: congenital, old age and frailty, chronic illness, excessive indulgence, and other viscera diseases involving the kidney.
If the symptoms of yin deficiency and yang deficiency coexist at the same time, such as weak waist and knees, dizziness, impotence, nocturnal emission, fear of cold, cold hands and feet, body fever, night sweats and other symptoms, that is yin and yang deficiency.
Kidney deficiency should be supplemented in this way
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment. Different symptoms of kidney deficiency correspond to different conditioning methods. If you regulate blindly, no matter how much medicine you supplement, it will only increase the deficiency, and may even cause other discomforts , Kidney deficiency should be more reasonable.
Kidney yin deficiency: mainly to nourish kidney yin and reduce fire It is the main point of conditioning kidney yin deficiency.
In terms of diet, Chinese medicine assigns different colors of food to the five internal organs of the human body, while the corresponding kidney is black.In daily life, we can eat more black foods to nourish the kidneys, such as black sesame, black rice, black fungus, etc. At the same time, we also need to eat less spicy, irritating, fried, fried and other foods that are easy to get angry. Tips for dietary therapy for patients with kidney yin deficiency.
Drynaria Stewed Pig Trotters
Method: Take 20 grams of Drynaria, Achyranthes sichuanensis, 30 grams of Cuscuta, 15 grams of sichuan broken, and 2 trotters.
Wrap the above-mentioned four medicinal gauze, put them in the pot together with the pig's trotters, add water and rice wine, simmer until the pig's trotters are cooked, eat the pig's trotters and drink the soup, once a day. Note: People with hot constitution and colds should not eat it.
In addition, the proper use of traditional Chinese medicine for conditioning has a more obvious effect on kidney yin deficiency. Common traditional Chinese medicines include ginseng, Rehmannia glutinosa, dogwood, mulberry, wolfberry and so on.
Kidney-Yang Deficiency: Mainly Warm Tonic.
In terms of kidney-yang deficiency, traditional Chinese medicine believes that kidney-yang deficiency is usually accumulated over a long period of time.
In the daily three meals, consider adding mutton, beef, peppercorns, peppers, chestnuts and other ingredients. Secondly, it is also necessary to eat less food and fruits that promote internal cold. Many people like to eat cold food and cold drinks in summer, which is not suitable for people with kidney-yang deficiency constitution.
Ligustrum lucidumporridge
Methods: Take 20 grams of Ligustrum lucidum, 50 grams of wolfberry fruit, 50 grams of yam (mashed), and 100 grams of rice.
First, decocted privet and wolfberry with appropriate amount of water, filtered to extract the juice, and then added yam and rice to make porridge, which can be eaten for breakfast.
In addition, if it is necessary to supplement and regulate medicine, Chinese herbs such as aconite, cinnamon, and cinnamon twigs can be used to regulate the deficiency of kidney yang, and proper consumption will have a good effect.
If you observe the suspected manifestation of kidney deficiency, but you are not sure about your own syndrome differentiation, it is recommended that you go to the specialist in the corresponding hospital for diagnosis, and you can also take the corresponding medicated diet or Chinese patent medicine according to the doctor's doctor's advice and your specific situation. .
Finally, in general, kidney deficiency may occur in different groups of people of all ages, men and women, and everyone is treated equally, so this is not a difficult thing to talk about, and the same is true for actively nourishing and nourishing the kidneys.
In terms of nourishing the kidney and nourishing the kidney, we need to keep in mind that once we encounter kidney deficiency, the premise is to distinguish the symptoms first, otherwise, it will only be supplemented and will be blocked.
