Fear of cold in winter is kidney deficiency? Don't blindly define yourself as' kidney deficiency '

At present, there are over a thousand types of health products in China, including not less than hundreds for tonifying the kidneys. Faced with endless advertisements for tonifying the kidneys and overwhelming amounts of aphrodisiac health products, one cannot help but ask: Is it true that everyone has kidney deficiency today?

What is kidney deficiency? We should start with the Chinese traditional medicine, which invented the proper noun.

The basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is the root of human life, also known as the "innate foundation". It "stores essence, governs bones, generates marrow, communicates with the brain, governs water, its essence lies in the hair, opens the orifices in the ears, and communicates with the two yin"; The kidney governs the absorption of qi; The waist is the mansion of the kidneys.

From the perspective of western medicine, the "kidney" of traditional Chinese medicine includes the immune system, endocrine system, nervous system, blood system, respiratory system, and many functions of urology, gynecology, orthopedics, and five sense organs.

Kidney deficiency simply refers to these functional deficiencies of the kidneys. The most typical symptoms in clinical practice are mental fatigue, back pain and leg pain, dizziness and fatigue, tinnitus and deafness, hair loss, and male ejaculation.

In traditional Chinese medicine, there is also the saying that "the essence of the five organs and six organs is stored in the kidneys", and "after the age of half a hundred, the kidney qi is naturally half." Therefore, in this sense, there are many people who have weak kidney qi after reaching middle age.

However, the commonly referred to "kidney deficiency" in current society actually refers to a narrow sense of "kidney deficiency", which refers to sexual dysfunction, such as ejaculation, impotence, premature ejaculation, frigidity, infertility, and so on. So, how much is this kidney deficiency?

Never label yourself as kidney deficiency. Professor Li Riqing, Dean of the First Clinical Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chairman of the National Committee of Traditional Chinese Medicine Sexology, said.

Many young people demand kidney tonification as soon as they see a doctor, but in fact, kidney deficiency is only common in middle-aged people. Erectile dysfunction in young people is not simply caused by kidney deficiency. Problems with the "liver" and "heart" in traditional Chinese medicine can also cause erectile dysfunction. Among middle-aged and elderly men, sexual dysfunction only accounts for 5-10%, and kidney deficiency is only a part of it. This type of kidney deficiency is not as severe as people imagine, and there is no need for everyone to be at risk Even if it is true that kidney deficiency is present, it is not advisable to blindly tonify the kidneys. Random tonifying is harmful and beneficial

Mr. Wu introduced: Kidney deficiency can be divided into five categories: yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency, essence deficiency, and fluid deficiency. At least it should be divided into two categories: yin deficiency and yang deficiency, and it must be treated with careful differentiation of symptoms and signs. Those who come to see me for treatment, even those who come to me, have taken tonics first. Many people eat them worse and worse, and nosebleeds and boils are small things. Some eat them so that they can't even have semen. Isn't that right? In order to expand sales, health products on the market often do not differentiate between tonifying yin or yang, or simply say‘ Yin Yang double tonifying ', the patient doesn't know what kind of deficiency they are, and taking medicine is not right. Isn't this spending money to suffer

The knowledge of tonifying the kidney in traditional Chinese medicine is great! The experts introduced some basic common sense. For example, to test whether one is suffering from kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency, one can simply distinguish whether they are afraid of cold or heat. Most people with yin deficiency have red faces and restless hearts; Those with yang deficiency are afraid of the cold, with cold limbs and a pale complexion. For example, yang tonifying drugs are mostly hot drugs, such as aconite, cinnamon, deer antler, moxa hupehensis, Rouyi Rong, and Morinda officinalis; Yin tonifying drugs are mostly sweet and cold medicines, mainly including Dendrobium, Polygonatum, Cornus officinalis, goji berries, Ligustrum lucidum, Mulberry parasitic, American ginseng, etc. The representative of traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations for tonifying yin is Liuwei Dihuang Pill, and the representative of traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations for tonifying yang is Jinkui Shenqi Pill. At the same time, due to the emphasis of traditional Chinese medicine on the mutual root of yin and yang, it is necessary to achieve the principle of "those who are good at tonifying yin seek yin from yang; those who are good at tonifying yang seek yang from yin" in treatment.

Look, how complex kidney tonifying is! So if you are really sick, you must first see a doctor, and be sure to take medication or health products under their guidance. Because it is impossible for you to receive professional guidance from salespeople in the market, once indiscriminate use of aphrodisiacs worsens the condition, it is not worth the loss!

Some people may ask, can we maintain kidney cells in our daily diet and daily life? Can, for example, provide dietary supplements according to one's own needs. Foods for tonifying kidney yang include dog meat, venison, shrimp, oxtail, and leeks; There are black chickens, turtle shells, turtle shells, goji berries, etc. that can tonify kidney yin. More importantly, it is important to persistently maintain a regular lifestyle, maintain a comfortable mood, and engage in more activities and exercise. In this way, it is possible to achieve the ideal state that the ancients said: "Only by having a balanced diet, regular living habits, and proper sexual activity can one live a hundred years.