What are the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency in women?

Now more and more people are suffering from sub-health status, which fully demonstrates that environmental pressure affects our physical health. Physical weakness can cause the greatest harm to the kidneys. Due to the differences in physiological structure between men and women, the symptoms are also different. Do you know what are the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency in women? Let's take a look below.

Symptoms of kidney deficiency in women: insomnia, hot body, difficulty concentrating

Women with kidney yin deficiency are easily irritable, have difficulty concentrating, and often suffer from insomnia and nightmares. In addition, I often feel soreness in the waist and knees. (Kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency, one is cold and the other is hot, no matter which one you have, it is enough to give people a headache.

Symptom analysis: Kidney Yin deficiency will cause internal disturbance of virtual fire, making people irritable; the inability of Yin Qi to be absorbed at night will lead to insomnia and nightmares. In addition, yin deficiency and essence deficiency lead to malnutrition of bones, so people with kidney yin deficiency often feel soreness in the waist and knees.

Remedies: Great work pressure, tense emotions, excessive sexual intercourse, or eating a lot of warm and dry foods may all lead to kidney yin deficiency, so you must be moderate in your daily life. 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. This way you won’t have to worry about not being able to sleep at night or missing work because of a lack of concentration.

Symptoms of kidney deficiency in women: fear of cold

Does the temperature that others think is appropriate in the office always make you shiver, making it difficult for you and your colleagues to reach an agreement on the air-conditioning temperature? Also, do you always wear more clothes than others? Do you get diarrhea when you catch a cold? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that these are all caused by kidney yang deficiency.

Symptom analysis: As recorded in "Lingshu·The Origin of All Diseases", deficiency of kidney yang will cause cold. Clinical studies have found that people with kidney deficiency have a hyperactive parasympathetic nervous system, which leads to a slower heart rate, lower blood pressure, and a lower basal body temperature.

Remedy: In your daily diet, you can pay attention to choosing foods that warm and nourish the kidney yang, such as lamb, dog meat, beef, leek, pepper, onion, ginger, longan, etc. These things are the favorites of the kidneys in a yang deficiency state.

Symptoms of kidney deficiency in women: puffiness

Am I fat? This is a question that almost every woman asks herself repeatedly when facing the dressing mirror. However, few people will associate obesity with kidney deficiency and ask themselves: Am I weak? But the fact is, one of the main culprits of your weight gain is kidney deficiency.

Symptom analysis: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the basic causes of obesity are phlegm, dampness, and stagnation, and further, it is due to qi deficiency. Therefore, women with kidney deficiency often tend to gain weight. Modern medicine explains the relationship between obesity and kidney deficiency as follows: people with kidney deficiency have weakened endocrine function, reduced secretion of adrenal cortex hormones (which promote fat decomposition and inhibit synthesis), and a lower basal metabolic rate, resulting in reduced consumption of calories in the body, leading to obesity.

Remedial 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, it is necessary to eat more duck, goose, and rabbit meat. In addition, carp, japonica rice, glutinous rice, millet, jujube and other qi-replenishing foods are also very necessary.

Symptoms of kidney deficiency in women: swollen eyelids, worsening dark circles, and pale complexion

Many women will find a completely unfamiliar self when they look in the mirror after getting up in the morning: swollen eyelids (sometimes affecting the lower limbs, I wonder if you have noticed), ugly dark circles, and pale and dull complexion. Don’t simply think that you look strange because you are not wearing makeup! Let me remind you now that the reason may be kidney deficiency.

Symptom analysis: The kidney controls water. Kidney deficiency will lead to poor water metabolism and cause edema, and the eyelids are the most easily discovered part. As for the dark circles under the eyes and pale complexion, they are caused by kidney deficiency which leads to blood circulation problems.

Remedial measures: Drink less water before going to bed. You can do kidney-strengthening exercises: keep your feet parallel, shoulder-width apart, look straight ahead, let your arms hang naturally, put your palms on the crotch of your pants, spread your fingers naturally, lift your heels, and breathe continuously for 9 times without touching the ground.

The above are the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency in women. Frequent insomnia, headaches, inattention, cold hands and feet are all symptoms of kidney deficiency. Therefore, if you encounter such symptoms, you should seek treatment in time. It is recommended that female friends can regulate their health through Chinese medicine conditioning methods.