Symptoms of heart-kidney disharmony in women

Many women pay special attention to their figure and take care of their health in life, but there are always many girls who gain weight for no reason, suffer from insomnia, lose a lot of hair, have frequent urination and have dark circles under their eyes that cannot be removed. When this happens, girls will obviously feel that their skin becomes rough and dull, and no matter how they use skin care products, they cannot alleviate the situation. When such a phenomenon occurs, it means that women have a problem with heart-kidney disharmony.

1. Gaining weight for no apparent reason

Condition Analysis: Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the basic causes of obesity are phlegm, dampness, and stagnation. To go further, it is kidney deficiency that causes women to gain weight.

Preventive and therapeutic measures: Rub your palms together to warm them up, then place them on your waist until you feel warm. Do this several times in the morning and evening to replenish kidney energy. In addition, eat more duck, goose, and rabbit meat. It is also advisable to eat more qi-replenishing foods such as carp, japonica rice, glutinous rice, millet, and jujube.

2. Hair is becoming thinner

Condition Analysis: The period when a woman's kidney energy is at its peak is around the age of 22. After the age of 25, it begins to gradually decline. Traditional Chinese medicine says that "the kidneys control water, and its beauty is in the hair." The good or bad function of the kidneys is reflected in the hair. Flexible and shiny hair indicates healthy kidneys. People with kidney deficiency often have brittle and dull hair and are prone to hair loss.

Prevention and treatment measures: Eat more kidney-benefiting foods. For example, yam is a good tonic food that replenishes both qi and yin. You can also cook wolfberry and mutton soup to warm and nourish the kidney qi. In addition, 8 hours of sleep a day is also very important. At the same time, you should drink less alcohol, eat less spicy food, strong coffee, strong tea and other stimulating foods.

3. Always want to go to the bathroom

Condition Analysis: Usually one of the most obvious characteristics of frequent urination in women is "small amount and frequent urination". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when physical fitness declines, kidney qi becomes deficient, the bladder will show weakness in gasification, the muscle fiber tension of the bladder smooth muscle will decrease, the elasticity of the bladder will decrease, and the kidney gate will not be solid, just like a door that is not closed tightly, so frequent urination and urinary incontinence will occur.

Prevention and treatment measures: Keep warm and eat more kidney-nourishing foods, such as wolfberry, yam, leek, lamb, dog meat, walnut kernels, etc. If you have frequent urination and a large amount of urine, such as a total urine volume of more than 2500 ml in 24 hours, you should be alert to the possibility of diseases such as diabetes. In addition, mental factors may also cause polyuria, which is more common in middle-aged women and is accompanied by frequent insomnia, indigestion, or severe neurasthenia. The symptoms vary from time to time and generally do not cause any harm to physical health.

4. Panda eyes that are always embarrassing to show

Condition Analysis: In traditional Chinese medicine theory, black represents the kidneys, and dark circles under the eyes indicate kidney deficiency. The kidneys control water. If the kidneys are deficient, the body's water metabolism will be unfavorable, leading to edema, which is usually first noticed in the eyelids.

Prevention and treatment measures: Stay up late less and drink less water before going to bed; eat peach kernel sesame paste often: 30 grams of peach kernel, 50 grams of black sesame, 15 grams of southern almond, 25 grams of coix seed, and 30 grams of rock sugar. Wash the first 4 herbs, put them into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, simmer for 2 hours, add rock sugar for seasoning, and you can drink the soup.

5. Insomnia, lying in bed counting sheep every day

Condition analysis: Kidney yin deficiency causes internal disturbance of virtual fire, making people irritable; heart-kidney disharmony causes insomnia and forgetfulness. Kidney yin deficiency may occur due to nervousness, excessive sexual intercourse, or eating large amounts of warm and dry foods.

Prevention and treatment measures: Reduce activities that excite the nerves at night, such as talking loudly, listening to or watching exciting programs, and avoid strenuous exercise. In addition, you can consume more foods such as duck meat, turtle, lotus root, lotus seeds, lily, wolfberry, fungus, grapes, mulberries, etc. in your diet.

6. Afraid of cold and prone to diarrhea

Condition analysis: Kidney Yang is the foundation of the body's Yang energy. Life activities all depend on the stimulation of Yang energy. If the kidney Yang is insufficient and cannot warm the body, you will feel cold.

Prevention and treatment measures: You can participate in more fitness exercises to speed up blood circulation and enhance your ability to resist cold; you should pay attention to choosing foods that warm and nourish the kidney yang, such as lamb, dog meat, beef, leek, pepper, onion, ginger, longan, etc. in your daily diet.