Is women’s fear of cold due to kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency?

The kidney is one of the five internal organs in traditional Chinese medicine. You must have heard some old Chinese medicine practitioners often talk about kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. What exactly is yin deficiency and what is yang deficiency? Only by distinguishing them clearly can you prescribe the right medicine. Otherwise, if you confuse them, the medicine you take will not only be ineffective but will also aggravate the symptoms. For example, some women may often feel cold even in summer. Is this kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency?

Yin deficiency type: manifested by weight loss, flushed cheeks, dry mouth and tongue, yellow urine, constipation, irritability and lack of sleep, etc. These people should strengthen their self-care, develop a calm and composed character, should not participate in intense social activities and competition, should practice more qigong, tai chi, fishing, etc., to adjust their spirit and thus strengthen their physical fitness.

Yang deficiency type: manifested as a plump body, preference for heat and fear of cold, fatigue in the limbs, loose stools, fearfulness and sadness, and bad mood. These people should be good at regulating their emotions, listen to more music, make more friends, and participate in more social activities. Walking, jogging, playing table tennis and swimming are the most suitable sports activities for these people.

There are many reasons for being afraid of cold: people with iron deficiency have less hemoglobin, which affects the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity and causes disorders in tissue energy metabolism. People will feel abnormally cold due to insufficient heat generation; people with low blood pressure have insufficient peripheral blood circulation, and human tissues also do not get enough oxygen and energy, and they will also feel cold; in addition, when the body's thyroid hormone secretion is insufficient, the blood circulation in the skin and other parts slows down, and insufficient heat production will make the reaction to cold more intense; the estrogen level in menopausal women is lower, which affects the stability of nerves and blood vessels, and they are prone to coldness in the waist, abdomen, hands and feet and the whole body.

From the above analysis of the symptoms of Yin deficiency and Yang deficiency, it can be seen that if women often feel cold, this is a manifestation of Yang deficiency. The above also provides us with some analysis of other reasons based on the judgment of Western medicine. I believe that through the knowledge introduced in the article, everyone now has a certain ability to analyze the symptoms of fear of cold, so we can choose some dietary therapy recipes according to our own constitution.