Why do I feel weak?

If you feel weak at ordinary times, it may be related to overwork. In addition, poor diet, bad mood and busy work may also cause this phenomenon. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, physical weakness is divided into qi deficiency, blood deficiency, yin deficiency or yang deficiency. Different physical deficiencies have different causes and the methods of conditioning will also be different. Therefore, you should understand the specific situation in time and then adjust it accordingly.

Why do I feel weak?

1. Qi deficiency:

The main symptoms of Qi deficiency are: shortness of breath, laziness to speak, fatigue, low voice, shortness of breath when moving, easy sweating, dizziness and palpitations, sallow complexion, loss of appetite, false heat, sweating, rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse, pale and fat tongue, tooth marks on the edge of the tongue, weak pulse, etc. These are functional declines, not necessarily diseases. People with Qi deficiency need to replenish Qi. The drugs for replenishing Qi can be ginseng, astragalus, codonopsis, etc.

2. Blood deficiency :

The main symptoms of blood deficiency are: pale complexion, pale lips and nails, dizziness, fatigue, blurred vision, palpitations, insomnia, dry stool, delayed menstruation for women, scanty and pale menstruation, pale tongue, slippery tongue coating with little fluid, weak pulse, etc. Tonic should be adopted to replenish blood, nourish blood, and produce blood. Blood-replenishing drugs can be selected from angelica, donkey-hide gelatin, cooked rehmannia, mulberry fruit, etc.

3. Yin deficiency:

It is also called Yin deficiency and fire, commonly known as virtual fire. The main manifestations of Yin deficiency are: fear of heat, irritability, cheek fire, dry mouth and sore throat, dry stool, short red or yellow urine, less saliva on the tongue, hotness in the five hearts (two palms, two soles and the top of the head), night sweats, backache, nocturnal emission, red tongue, thin or bare fur, thin and rapid pulse, etc. Tonic should be adopted to replenish Yin, nourish Yin, and nourish Yin. The drugs for replenishing Yin deficiency can be selected from Rehmannia, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum, pearl powder, Tremella fuciformis, Cordyceps sinensis, Dendrobium, Tortoise shell, etc.

4 Yang deficiency :

It is also called Yang deficiency and fire decline, which is the further development of Qi deficiency. The main manifestations of Yang deficiency are: in addition to the manifestations of Qi deficiency, usually afraid of cold, cold limbs, like hot drinks, low body temperature, sore waist and weak legs, impotence and premature ejaculation, cold pain in the lower abdomen, fatigue, difficulty in urination, pale tongue, white fur, deep and thin pulse, etc. Supplements should be used to replenish Yang, benefit Yang, and warm Yang: drugs for replenishing Yang deficiency can be selected from red ginseng, deer antler, Eucommia, cordyceps, cinnamon, seahorse, etc.

Through the above introduction, we now know what causes physical weakness. In daily life, we must pay attention to the conditioning of the body, especially to have regular living habits and reasonable eating habits. In addition, we also need to exercise the body every day, which is also an effective way to improve physical fitness.