What medicine should I take for kidney deficiency?

Modern men are under a lot of pressure in life, as they have to take care of the elderly and children, as well as care for their wives. Such consequences make men most susceptible to kidney deficiency. When physical strength and energy are over-consumed, it is time to treat kidney deficiency. Kidney deficiency should be treated and regulated through food supplements and medicine supplements. So what medicine should you take? Today I will tell you what medicine you need to take for kidney deficiency.

Traditional Chinese medicine has many methods to treat kidney deficiency, and can often achieve quite satisfactory results. The drugs used can be roughly divided into four categories according to the characteristics of the above syndromes:

1. Medicinal products that replenish the kidney essence, such as Cordyceps sinensis, Polygonatum sibiricum, Cornus officinalis, Polygonum multiflorum, Ligustrum lucidum, Ginseng, Astragalus, Placenta (human cell), Chinese Yam, etc. Among them, the medicines after Ginseng are more inclined to replenish kidney essence;

2. Products that warm and support kidney yang, such as velvet antler, epimedium, dodder seed, psoralea corylifolia, Morinda officinalis, Cistanche deserticola, Bombyx mori, aconite root, curculigo, Eucommia bark, Chuan Duan, and mistletoe, etc. Among them, Eucommia bark, Chuan Duan, and mistletoe have good effects of strengthening tendons and bones and relieving back pain;

3. Products that nourish yin, strengthen the kidney and clear away heat, such as cooked rehmannia, donkey-hide gelatin, mulberry fruit, wolfberry fruit, tortoise shell, turtle shell, rhizoma anemarrhenae, phellodendron, etc. The latter few herbs have better effects of nourishing yin, strengthening the kidney and clearing heat;

4. Intake and astringent products, such as Cornus officinalis, Schisandra chinensis, Prunus mume, Myristica fragrans, Silkworm cocoon, Ginkgo biloba, Gecko, etc.; these medicines are mainly used for the symptoms of weak kidney qi; among them, the last three medicines are particularly good at treating the kidney's inability to absorb qi. Kidney tonification can not only improve the pathological state of kidney deficiency, but also relieve certain symptoms of aging and delay the aging process, so its significance is relatively universal. However, in order to obtain satisfactory therapeutic effects, it is necessary to clearly identify the type of kidney deficiency, so as to choose the appropriate medicine, and do not take it blindly.

Patients with kidney deficiency should also strengthen physical exercise while taking medication. Adhere to exercise as an auxiliary treatment. When exercising, joints, tendons and other tissues can also move. Joints and tendons are controlled by the liver. Proper exercise can nourish tendons and bones, relax muscles and tendons, promote blood circulation, strengthen the kidneys and body, and enhance one's own resistance. Patients with kidney deficiency can engage in exercise such as walking, jogging, yoga, playing tennis, and Tai Chi, and they must persist in doing so.