Do you know the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency?

Kidney deficiency is a health topic that people are very concerned about. Back pain and leg pain may be manifestations of kidney deficiency. Kidney deficiency can be divided into kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. The symptoms and treatments of different types of kidney deficiency are different, so we can only better prescribe the right medicine if we understand their symptoms. So what are the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency?

1. Ten characteristics of kidney yin deficiency

1. Pain in waist and knees

Taoist medicine believes that the waist is the home of the kidneys. If the kidney yin is insufficient, it will lead to reduced marrow and weak bones, and malnutrition of bones, which will cause pain in the waist and knees.

2. Dizziness and tinnitus

Patients with kidney yin deficiency often experience symptoms of dizziness and tinnitus. Why is this? This is mainly caused by a lack of brain capacity.

3. Insomnia and dreaminess

Patients with kidney yin deficiency often suffer from insomnia and nightmares. This is due to the imbalance of water and fire, hyperactivity of heart fire, and restlessness.

4. Erectile dysfunction

Many people misunderstand the phenomenon of strong and easy erection, thinking that it is a manifestation of sufficient kidney qi. In fact, it is the result of kidney yin deficiency causing the abnormal movement of yang fire. The term "Yang Qiang Yi Ju" is not easy to understand, so let's first explain it in basic science. The so-called easy erection means that the penis can maintain an erection for more than 20 minutes without a real sexual object and without masturbation, accompanied by symptoms such as swelling and discomfort in the penis and lower abdomen. There are also cases where the penis is still erect and not flaccid after sexual intercourse, and there is pain and swelling in the penis. In severe cases, the patient cannot even sit, and there is a feeling of dissatisfaction from not being able to orgasm.

5. Sperm leakage and nocturnal emission

Nocturnal emission or wet dreams is also a common symptom of kidney yin deficiency, which is mainly caused by the restlessness of the monarch fire, which disturbs the sperm chamber.

6. Oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea

If kidney yin deficiency occurs in women, in addition to common symptoms, there will also be less menstrual volume or even amenorrhea. Why is this? It is mainly due to kidney yin deficiency and insufficient source of menstrual blood.

7. Menorrhagia

For women, when kidney yin deficiency occurs, there are often two extremes in menstruation: one is scanty menstruation or even amenorrhea, and the other is metrorrhagia. Why does kidney yin deficiency cause metrorrhagia? The main reason is that yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity cause the deficiency heat to force the blood to flow, resulting in blood heat and metrorrhagia.

8. Emaciation, dry throat and red cheeks

Common manifestations of kidney yin deficiency include weight loss, dry throat and red cheeks. These symptoms are mainly due to kidney yin deficiency.

9. Hot flashes, night sweats, fever in the five parts of the body, yellow urine and dry stools

Generally speaking, to identify whether it is Yin deficiency or Yang deficiency, you can judge by cold and heat. There is a saying in TCM that "Yang deficiency produces external cold, while Yin deficiency produces internal heat." Therefore, when kidney Yin deficiency occurs, there are often clinical manifestations of internal heat such as hot flashes, night sweats, fever in the five hearts, yellow urine and dry stools.

10. Red tongue with little fluid, weak and rapid pulse

Kidney Yin deficiency can also be judged from the tongue and pulse. Generally speaking, the tongue image of kidney Yin deficiency syndrome is mostly red tongue with little fluid. From the pulse image, the main feature is usually a thin and rapid pulse.

2. Ten Characteristics of Kidney Yang Deficiency

1. Weakness and pain in waist and knees

Taoist doctors believe that the waist is the home of the kidneys, and that the kidneys are responsible for bone and marrow production. If the kidney yang is weak, the waist and bones will not be properly warmed and nourished. In this case, how can the waist and knees not be sore and weak? How can they not be painful?

2. Impotence and premature ejaculation in men, and infertility due to uterine coldness in women

Taoist medicine believes that the kidney controls reproduction. If the kidney yang is deficient, then there will be insufficient kidney yang, decline of the fire in the gate of life, and decreased reproductive function. Men will suffer from impotence and premature ejaculation, while women will suffer from uterine cold and infertility.

3. Chronic diarrhea, indigestion, diarrhea at dawn

Kidney Yang is insufficient, and the fire of Mingmen is weak. When the fire is weak, it cannot produce earth. The spleen and stomach are the center of the human body. When the center of the human body lacks the source of life, the spleen will not function properly. Clinically, there will be prolonged diarrhea, incomplete digestion of food, and even diarrhea at dawn.

4. Clear and long urination, frequent urination at night

Taoist medicine believes that the kidneys control urination and defecation, and are the exterior and interior of the bladder. If the kidney yang is insufficient, it will affect the bladder's gasification, and clinically symptoms such as prolonged urination and frequent urination at night will appear.

5. Why is there swelling below the waist?

Taoist medicine believes that the kidney governs water and plays an extremely important role in regulating the water balance in the body. If the kidney yang is deficient, it will cause water to stagnate and overflow into the skin, resulting in edema. Since water flows downward, edema usually occurs below the waist.

6. Dark and dull complexion

The kidney corresponds to black among the five colors. If the kidney yang is extremely weak, the turbid yin of the human body will permeate the skin, resulting in a dark and dull complexion.

7. Why are the lower limbs cold and afraid of cold?

The Yang energy of the human body has a warming effect. If the Yang energy in the kidneys is deficient, the human skin will have difficulty getting the warmth from the kidney Yang, and this will cause symptoms such as chills, cold limbs, especially the lower limbs.

8. Mental depression

Everyone knows that lack of spirit is mostly due to insufficient Yang Qi. If the Yang Qi in the kidneys is insufficient and unable to invigorate the mind, mental depression will occur.

9. Pale complexion and dizziness

Generally speaking, kidney yang deficiency can lead to weak circulation of qi and blood, which cannot nourish the clear orifices. In clinical practice, symptoms such as dizziness and pale complexion often occur.

10. Pale, fat tongue with white fur, weak and slow pulse

In the field of Taoist medicine, tongue and pulse are very important diagnostic bases. So, what kind of tongue and pulse will generally appear in patients with kidney yang deficiency? In tongue diagnosis, patients with kidney yang deficiency often have a pale and fat tongue and a white tongue coating. In the field of pulse diagnosis, patients with kidney yang deficiency often have a weak and slow pulse.