What is the best way to treat Qi deficiency and kidney deficiency in women?

Kidney deficiency in women often leads to qi deficiency and blood deficiency, which are terms in traditional Chinese medicine. Blood deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine refers to the pathological phenomenon of insufficient blood volume or abnormal blood quality. Women with qi and kidney deficiency often experience irregular menstruation or abnormal menstrual blood color. These symptoms can be regulated through diet, and the symptoms of weak spleen and stomach and kidney deficiency can be slowly recovered and regulated. So, what should women do if they have qi deficiency and kidney deficiency?

The principles and methods of TCM treatment of blood deficiency mainly include strengthening the spleen and stomach, invigorating Qi to produce blood, nourishing the kidney to produce blood, removing blood stasis to produce blood, and detoxifying to produce blood.

(1) Strengthening the spleen and stomach The spleen and stomach are the source of blood biochemistry. If the diet is moderate and the spleen and stomach function normally, blood production will naturally continue. Therefore, to replenish blood you must first strengthen the spleen and stomach. A strong spleen and stomach will provide an endless source of biochemical energy. Commonly used prescriptions include Sijunzi Decoction, Siwu Decoction, Danggui Buxue Decoction, etc.

(2) Nourishing Qi and Producing Blood The material basis of blood is essence, and promoting the transformation of essence into blood requires Qi as the driving force. In the Qing Dynasty, Li Zhongzi's "Essential Readings in Medicine" said: "Both blood and qi are needed, but nourishing qi comes before nourishing blood; both yin and yang are needed, but nourishing yang comes before nourishing yin." "Treatise on Warm Diseases" said: "Those who are good at treating blood do not seek visible blood, but invisible qi." "The Complete Works of Jingyue" said: "Visible blood is difficult to produce quickly, and invisible qi should be consolidated urgently." In clinical medication, based on the principle that "qi can produce blood", blood-tonifying drugs are often combined with qi-invigorating drugs. Commonly used prescriptions include Guipi Decoction, Danggui Buxue Decoction, etc.; commonly used Qi-tonifying medicines include Astragalus, ginseng, Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Polygonatum, yam, jujube, etc.; and blood-nourishing medicines such as Angelica, White Peony, donkey-hide gelatin, Rehmannia, etc.

(3) Nourishing the kidney and producing blood The kidney is the foundation of our constitution and is responsible for storing our essence. Essence includes both the innate essence and the acquired essence of the five internal organs. Essence can produce marrow, and marrow can turn into blood. At the same time, the life gate in the kidney is the place where the original qi is connected, the root of the twelve meridians, the source of biochemistry, and it is also the driving force that warms and promotes blood biochemistry. Therefore, Traditional Chinese Medicine states that “the root of blood production lies in the kidneys.” Clinically, to treat blood deficiency, it is necessary to tonify the kidney to replenish essence. When the essence is sufficient, the blood will naturally flow. Commonly used prescriptions include Cuscuta Decoction, Erxian Pills, etc. Commonly used kidney-tonifying medicines include deer antler, antler glue, donkey-hide gelatin, tortoise shell glue, Morinda officinalis, Cynomorium songaricum, Epimedium, Psoralea corylifolia, Cuscuta aconite, Cinnamon bark, Polygonum multiflorum, Rehmannia glutinosa, Lycium barbarum, Placenta, etc.

(4) Removing blood stasis and generating blood Regardless of whether it is the vital blood generated by the spleen and stomach or the blood generated by the essence and marrow, both must be released and transmitted through the meridians and medullary channels and circulate throughout the body. Essence turns into blood, which is inherited from the innate and nourished from the acquired. The acquired essence of food and water, and the essence of the five internal organs, also rely on the transportation of meridians to converge in the Chong Mai - the sea of ​​blood, and meet with the kidney's large network to nourish the kidney and nourish the bone marrow. If Qi and blood are blocked and the meridians are blocked, the bone marrow will be depleted due to lack of nourishment, resulting in the inability to produce blood. Commonly used prescriptions include Taohong Siwu Decoction, Buyang Huanwu Decoction, Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction, etc. Commonly used blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs include Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Panax notoginseng, Cortex Moutan, Cyperus rotundus, etc.

The above is an introduction to what to do if women have qi deficiency and kidney deficiency. I hope it will be helpful to you in need. The consequences of qi and kidney deficiency in women can be very serious, such as infertility, more prone to aging, dull skin, and overall poor condition. Therefore, when women have symptoms of qi deficiency and kidney deficiency, they must seek timely treatment.