In fact, kidney deficiency mentioned by Chinese medicine includes many symptoms, but as long as these symptoms appear, it is not just kidney deficiency. To judge whether there is kidney deficiency, Chinese medicine needs comprehensive analysis after listening, listening and asking. In traditional Chinese medicine, kidney deficiency is an abstract concept and a functional unit, not an organ called "kidney" corresponding to western medicine. It mainly refers to deficiency of kidney essence and deficiency of both yin and yang, covering almost many systems of western medicine, such as endocrine system, reproductive system, urinary system, exercise skeletal system and respiratory system. It is unscientific to blindly tonify the kidney only by one or two consistent symptoms. Most people have misunderstandings about "kidney deficiency":
Myth 1: Hyperhidrosis and frequent urination are kidney deficiency.
Many people think it is kidney deficiency when they encounter excessive sweating, frequent toilet use, weak waist and knees, decreased sexual desire and even other unrelated symptoms. Sweating out, kidney deficiency, weakness of stomach qi, unclear damp heat, and entry of cold pathogens may all be the causes. Moreover, besides kidney deficiency, there may be other more serious symptoms. If you only pay attention to kidney deficiency and ignore other symptoms, it is likely to delay treatment.
Myth 2: Declining sexual function is kidney deficiency.
Clinically, many patients who should have gone to andrology feel that they have "kidney deficiency" and went to the Department of Nephrology. A survey of more than 700 patients with ED in Beijing University of Chinese Medicine shows that only 32.9% of them are caused by kidney deficiency.
Myth 3: Kidney deficiency means that there is something wrong with the kidney.
As soon as many patients hear that it is kidney deficiency, they become dejected and despondent, thinking that sexual ability will definitely fail. In fact, this kind of worry is unnecessary. Kidney deficiency does not represent nephropathy, nor does it represent ED. It is a stage that almost everyone will inevitably experience and an inevitable phenomenon in the process of human aging.
Myth 4: Kidney deficiency only needs to tonify the kidney.
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that it varies from person to person, and kidney deficiency is mainly divided into kidney yang deficiency and kidney yin deficiency. Different types have different treatment principles. Most products on the market are aimed at kidney-yang deficiency. For people with kidney yin deficiency, eating it not only has no effect, but also has side effects and even aggravates the condition.
Others think that "kidney deficiency" is only a man's patent. In fact, women may also have kidney deficiency, especially menopausal women. Most of these women are between 44 and 54 years old, and their ovarian function is declining. They often have symptoms such as menorrhagia, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness of waist and knees, hot flashes and sweating. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this is mostly related to the gradual attenuation of essence in the kidney. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the interaction of liver storing blood, kidney storing essence and essence and blood, and excessive menstrual flow will lead to the loss of liver and kidney essence and blood. Therefore, due to excessive menstrual flow in menopause, Chinese medicine often needs to start with nourishing liver and kidney.
In addition, the well-known Liuwei Dihuang Pill should not be used indiscriminately. Liuwei Dihuang Pill originated from Qian Yi's Pediatric Medicine Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment Tactics in Song Dynasty. Originally used for children with developmental retardation, it is now mainly used for treating kidney yin deficiency, so it is a "yin-nourishing drug", not an "aphrodisiac".
Most people with kidney deficiency have symptoms of backache and weakness of limbs. Among them, people with kidney yin deficiency have red tongue, palms and soles are prone to fever, and red tides will occur on their cheeks in the afternoon. People with these symptoms can take Liuwei Dihuang pills according to the doctor's advice. People with kidney-yang deficiency have pale tongue, fear of cold, pale face, heavy hands and feet, easy fatigue and long urination. Some men with kidney-yang deficiency will also have erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, nocturnal emission and other sexual problems. These people are not suitable for taking Liuwei Dihuang Pills, but they can take Jinkui Shenqi Pills under the guidance of doctors.