What are the symptoms of kidney fire?

If you experience pain in the ribs, it may be a manifestation of kidney fire. In addition to such symptoms, tinnitus may also occur, which may be due to kidney fire. Of course, more typical symptoms include soreness in the waist and knees, hot flashes, night sweats, irritability, etc. When kidney fire occurs, you must emphasize regulation in time, pay attention to diet, and exercise moderately on a regular basis.

What are the symptoms of kidney fire?

The main symptoms of liver and kidney yin deficiency are: dizziness, dry eyes, blurred vision or blindness, loose teeth and hair loss, tinnitus, hot sensation in the five hearts, insomnia and dreaminess, hot flashes in the afternoon, red cheeks and night sweats, easy fatigue, numbness of limbs, stiffness of tendons and veins, convulsions, dark complexion, dull hair, dry and brittle nails, dull pain in the ribs, weight loss, dry mouth and throat, insomnia and dreaminess, pain in the waist and knees, infertility, red tongue with little coating, oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea in women, spermatorrhea in men, and deep, stringy and rapid pulse. Deficiency of liver and kidney yin leads to loss of nourishment of liver collaterals and unfavorable liver meridian qi, which will cause dull pain in the flank. Deficiency of liver and kidney yin leads to failure of water to contain wood and disturbance of liver yang, which will cause dizziness and vertigo. Deficiency of liver and kidney yin leads to inability to nourish the clear orifices and nourish the waist and knees, which will cause tinnitus, forgetfulness, and soreness of the waist and knees. Deficiency of virtual fire leads to restlessness, which will cause insomnia and nightmares. Deficiency of liver and kidney yin leads to reckless movement of the phase fire, which disturbs the sperm chamber and causes the sperm gate to be loose, which will cause spermatorrhea in men. Deficiency of liver and kidney yin leads to loss of filling of Chong and Ren meridians, which will cause scanty menstruation in women. Deficiency of yin leads to loss of moisture and internal burning of virtual heat, which will cause dry mouth and throat, fever in the five hearts, night sweats and red cheekbones. A red tongue with little coating and a thin and rapid pulse are signs of internal heat due to yin deficiency. The main basis for diagnosis of this syndrome is the co-occurrence of symptoms such as soreness of waist and knees, flank pain, dizziness, tinnitus, spermatorrhea, etc. with symptoms of yin deficiency.

Treat according to syndrome differentiation

Treatment method: Nourish yin and benefit the kidney, replenish blood and nourish the liver. The yin fluids of the liver and kidneys support each other. When the liver yin is sufficient, it is stored in the kidneys. When the kidney yin is abundant, it nourishes the liver wood. Hence, there is a saying that "the liver and kidneys have the same origin." Pathologically, liver yin deficiency can affect kidney yin downward, causing kidney yin deficiency. Kidney yin deficiency cannot nourish liver wood, causing liver yin deficiency as well. Therefore, the surplus or deficiency of yin fluid in the two organs often show the pathological characteristic of being equally prosperous when prosperous and equally declining when declining. Therefore, the treatment should be to nourish yin and kidney, replenish blood and nourish liver. The representative traditional Chinese medicine prescription for treating liver and kidney yin deficiency is Liuwei Dihuang Pills, which can be added or subtracted according to the specific situation.

For example, symptoms include liver and kidney yin deficiency, accompanied by dizziness, tinnitus, photophobia, tears in the wind, blurred vision, etc. Treatment should be aimed at nourishing the kidney and liver. Main prescription: Qiju Dihuang Pills. Prescription: wolfberry, chrysanthemum, raw rehmannia, cornus fruit, yam, poria, oriental water plantain, and moutan bark. Decoction in water, take 300 ml of juice, 1 dose per day, take warm in 2 doses, or make into pills for oral administration.

For those with flank pain, add Chuanlianzi, Red Peony Root, and Curcuma Radix; for those with soreness and pain in the waist and knees, add Eucommia ulmoides, Viscum album, and Rhizoma Achyranthis Bidentatae; if there is hot flashes in the afternoon and fever in the five hearts, add Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Biejia turtle shell, and Tortoise shell; if there is bleeding from the teeth, add stir-fried Gardenia jasminoides, White Peony Root, and Magnolia officinalis; if there is dizziness, add deer antler glue (melted), tortoise shell glue (melted), dragon bone, and oyster; if there is night blindness, take sheep liver pills (sheep liver, Angelica sinensis, Equisetum arvense, cicada shell, and Night-shining Sand); for spermatorrhea, add Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Phellodendron chinense, and calcined dragon bone; for premature menstruation, add Ligustrum lucidum and Eclipta prostrata; for dysmenorrhea, add Cyperus rotundus, Curcuma radical, and Ligusticum chuanxiong; for amenorrhea, add Salvia miltiorrhiza and Cuscuta chinensis.