What medicine is most effective for kidney deficiency?

When kidney deficiency occurs, many people will immediately think of taking some folk remedies instead of going to more formal examinations and treatments. There are many causes of kidney deficiency, and only treatment based on the specific cause of the disease can achieve more ideal results. There are many kinds of kidney-tonifying medicines available now, and taking the wrong medicine can cause more serious consequences.

First, let’s correct a few misunderstandings:

1. Kidney deficiency means there is something wrong with the kidneys.

"Kidney deficiency" is a concept in traditional Chinese medicine, and does not completely refer to the pathological state of kidney in the scope of Western medicine.

2. Kidney deficiency means poor sexual intercourse.

Disorders in kidney-related functions such as absorbing qi, storing essence, controlling bones, and producing marrow are all manifestations of kidney deficiency, and sexual dysfunction is just one of them.

3. Only men suffer from kidney deficiency.

The kidney is the foundation of the innate constitution and the source of the acquired constitution. It's the same for men and women, they can also suffer from kidney deficiency.

2. Classification of Kidney Deficiency:

Kidney deficiency is divided into kidney yang deficiency, kidney yin deficiency, both yin and yang deficiency, kidney qi deficiency, and kidney essence deficiency. Kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency are the most common, while kidney essence deficiency can indirectly lead to the various kidney deficiencies mentioned above.

Under normal circumstances, kidney essence gives birth to kidney yin and kidney yang, and with the restraint of kidney qi, a balance of yin and yang is achieved, which is the optimal state of the human body.

3. Symptoms of Kidney Yang Deficiency:

Decreased reproductive function; frequent urination, loose stools, food residues, diarrhea in the early morning; sore waist and knees, cold limbs, abdominal distension; dizziness, tinnitus, lack of energy, pale complexion.

4. Symptoms of Kidney Yin Deficiency:

Nocturnal emission in men, oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea in women;

Aches in waist and knees, sweating in palms and soles, hot flashes;

Dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, dry throat, red cheeks, and red tongue with little fluid.

5. Symptoms of Kidney Essence Deficiency:

Growth retardation in children, reproductive dysfunction in adults, premature aging, tinnitus, gray hair, loose teeth, forgetfulness, etc.

5. Dietary treatment for kidney deficiency:

Based on regulating emotions,

Eat more black beans, black sesame seeds, mulberries and other "black" foods;

"Seed" foods such as wolfberry, dodder seed, schisandra chinensis, and leek seeds.

6. Drug treatment for kidney deficiency:

1. Yang-tonifying drugs cannot achieve the effect of scientifically tonifying the kidneys. Do not rush to take Yang-tonifying drugs blindly;

2. The classic medicines for kidney yang deficiency are Guifu Dihuang Pills and Yougui Pills, the classic medicines for kidney yin deficiency are Liuwei Dihuang Pills and Zuogui Pills, and Wuzi Yanzong Pills are used for kidney essence deficiency;

3. If you want to replenish kidney essence while balancing yin and yang, the classic medicine for replenishing both yin and yang is Bazi Bu Shen, which is also the Chinese patent medicine with the most sub-categories of medicines.

Precautions

1. Don’t be superstitious about yang-tonifying medicines if you have kidney deficiency.

2. Kidney deficiency requires comprehensive conditioning of spirit, exercise, food and medicine.