Post Date December, 03 2023
People who pay attention to health preservation should pay attention to the maintenance of their kidneys. The kidneys are the foundation of their innate nature, and the stored kidney essence can transform kidney qi. It is one of the main sources of qi and blood throughout the body, playing a decisive role in human growth, development, and reproduction. Whether a person's kidney essence is sufficient, whether their kidney function is good, and whether they have kidney deficiency can be reflected in the human body's symptoms. Today, we will teach you to self test your physical condition.
What is kidney essence?
Firstly, it is necessary to clarify the concept that "the kidney is the innate foundation, and the spleen and stomach are the acquired foundation". The essence stored in the kidneys is the foundation of life activities. Loss of kidney essence can lead to kidney deficiency. So what is "kidney essence"? There are two sources of "essence", one is innate, inherited from parents, and it plays a role as the "root of life" in the entire life activity. One is acquired, that is, the food eaten after birth is converted into water grain essence, which is a nutritional substance. The innate essence needs to be continuously replenished by the acquired essence to ensure its function and maintain human life activities. So, if people want to be healthy and live long, the most crucial thing is to nourish the essence, not only to preserve the innate kidney essence, but also to regulate the acquired water and grain essence.
What are the manifestations of renal insufficiency?
Let's take a test
01
have a pain in the back
When kidney essence is insufficient, the most susceptible area is the lower back, which often causes back pain and discomfort, and in severe cases, it may even be difficult to straighten the waist.
02
Black circles appear under the eyes
Over time, melanin accumulates in the eyes due to insufficient kidney essence, revealing dark circles under the eyes. This is a common manifestation of kidney deficiency in women, and women may also have symptoms of irregular menstruation and dark patches on their faces.
03
Reduced resistance
Kidney essence is the yang qi of the body, supporting all physiological activities of the body. Kidney essence deficiency also reduces the body's ability to resist viruses, leading to a decrease in resistance, resulting in fear of cold and susceptibility to colds and fever.
04
Severe hair loss and early whitening of beard and hair
Observing the moisture level of hair can determine kidney qi. Insufficient kidney qi cannot nourish hair, which can lead to hair dryness, easy shedding, and early whitening of beard and hair.
05
Insufficient energy
Kidney essence is the primary driving force for physiological activities in the human body, and people with sufficient kidney energy will also be refreshed and physically energetic; On the contrary, if kidney essence is insufficient, people will also be listless and yawn repeatedly.
06
Hearing loss
The rise and fall of kidney qi determines the strength of the auditory function of the ear. If kidney qi is insufficient, conditions such as hearing loss and tinnitus may occur. This is mainly a manifestation of kidney qi deficiency in elderly people.
There are many manifestations of renal insufficiency, such as male infertility due to oligospermia, female amenorrhea due to oligomenorrhea, and decreased sexual function; Adult premature aging, hair loss and loose teeth, tinnitus and deafness, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, mental dullness, forgetfulness, thin tongue, and weak pulse; Delayed development of children, delayed closure of halogen doors, short stature, intellectual disability, weak bones, slow movements, etc.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment
Traditional Chinese medicine often uses the method of tonifying the kidney and filling in the essence to treat kidney deficiency. However, due to the deficiency of kidney essence, some patients are partial to yang deficiency and some are partial to yin deficiency. When treating, we should also treat symptomatically according to the specific conditions of yang deficiency and yin deficiency, such as aconite, cinnamon, pilose antler, eucommia ulmoides, mulberry parasitic, and cistanche deserticola in traditional Chinese medicine, which mainly nourish kidney yang, and polygonatum odoratum, wolfberry, privet fruit, rehmannia glutinosa, and yam, which mainly nourish kidney yin. In traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations, Liuwei Dihuang Pill is the representative of kidney yin deficiency, Jinkui Shenqi Pill is the representative of kidney yang deficiency, Shenglixiong Pill is the representative of kidney essence deficiency, mainly treating "kidney essence deficiency, sexual desire decline, frequent nocturnal urination, waist and knee weakness, fear of cold, cold limbs, white hair loss", etc.
Dietary therapy
Secret Recipe One
Medlar and mutton Congee
Method: 20g goji berry leaves, 60g lamb, 1 lamb kidney, 100g japonica rice, and 2 scallions. The goat kidney is first cut open, washed and chopped, and then the medlar leaf is boiled for juice. Then the medlar leaf juice, together with the goat kidney, mutton, japonica rice, and scallion white, is boiled into Congee, and seasoned with salt. It is eaten every morning and evening.
Effect: Suitable for symptoms such as kidney deficiency and impotence, cold pain in the waist and knees, dizziness and ringing in the ears, blurred vision, hearing loss, and frequent nocturia. (The Essentials of Drinking and Eating in the Yuan Dynasty)
Secret Recipe 2
Leek Congee
Method: 60g fresh chives and 60g japonica rice. Wash the leek and cut it into pieces. After the rice porridge is boiled, add the leek and salt, and cook it into porridge. Eat it on an empty stomach in the morning.
Efficacy: It has the functions of tonifying the liver and kidney, warming the waist and knees, strengthening yang, consolidating essence, and warming the stomach.
Secret Recipe Three
Stewed Duck with Caterpillar Fungus Duck
Method: 15 grams of Cordyceps sinensis and 1 old male duck. Place Cordyceps sinensis in the cleaned duck belly, then add water to simmer until cooked, seasoned, and ready to eat.
Effect: Treat kidney deficiency, impotence, ejaculation, low back and knee pain, prolonged cough, deficiency of asthma, and post disease body deficiency. (Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica of the Qing Dynasty)
Secret Recipe Four
Eucommia ulmoides pork loin
Method: 10g of Eucommia ulmoides powder and 1 pork loin. Wash and cut the waist first, then mix in the chopped Eucommia ulmoides, wrap it in lotus leaves, simmer until cooked, and serve.
Effect: Indicating the treatment of kidney deficiency, low back pain, impotence, enuresis, hypertension, fetal restlessness, and other diseases. (Ming Dynasty "Bencao Quandu")
