Which Chinese medicines are good for kidney tonification and yang enhancement?

Insufficient kidney energy in men means kidney deficiency, which has a great impact on men's lives. Kidney deficiency will also affect men's physical health, significantly reducing the body's resistance and making it easy to get sick. Therefore, if you find yourself having symptoms of kidney deficiency, you should pay attention to kidney tonification. It is better to use some Chinese medicine to nourish the kidneys. In life, what are the common Chinese medicines for nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang?

There are many traditional Chinese medicines that have the effect of strengthening yang, such as aconite, dried ginger, cinnamon, Cistanche, Curculigo, Epimedium, Actinolite, Drynaria, Morinda officinalis, Chuanxiong, Cibotium bark, Psoralea corylifolia, yam, walnut meat, Rosa rugosa, Alpinia oxyphylla, Silkworm cocoon, Raspberry, Cuscuta australis, and deer antler.

The kidneys are the foundation of one's innate constitution. They have the functions of controlling bones and producing marrow, storing essence and absorbing qi. Kidney yang deficiency can cause symptoms such as fear of cold, cold limbs, back pain, premature ejaculation, decreased libido, edema, oliguria, dull complexion, fat tongue, and clear and long urination. For example, chronic nephritis with clinical manifestations asthenia, adrenal cortex insufficiency, hypothyroidism, neurasthenia, etc., for the above symptoms caused by kidney yang deficiency, kidney-tonifying and yang-enhancing drugs and prescriptions should be used for treatment.

When using these drugs in clinical treatment, the dosage should be increased or decreased according to the patient's presentation, symptoms, tongue quality, changes in tongue coating and pulse.

For example, when accompanied by impotence and premature ejaculation, use Euryale ferox, Rosa laevigata, Actinolite, lotus seed meat, etc.; when accompanied by edema, often use Alisma orientalis, Plantago, Poria, Polyporus, etc.

When accompanied by frequent urination and enuresis, it is often used in combination with Alpinia oxyphylla, Sangsilk Silkworm Cocoon, and Raspberry Fruit.

When the patient is weak or has shortness of breath or cold limbs, it is often used in combination with drugs such as aconite, codonopsis, astragalus, dragon bone, and oyster shell.

Commonly used prescriptions for tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang include Yougui Pills, Jinkui Shenqi Pills, Suquan Pills, Zhenwu Decoction and Wuling Powder, all of which can be used with modifications according to symptoms.

1. Yougui Pills

Drug formula: 240g Rehmannia root, 120g Chinese yam, 90g Cornus officinalis (fried with wine), 120g Lycium barbarum, 120g Cuscuta seed, 120g Deer antler glue, 120g Eucommia ulmoides (fried with salt), 120g Cinnamon bark, 90g Angelica sinensis, 60g Aconite root (fried with roasted Aconite slices).

Main functions: Warming and nourishing kidney yang, replenishing essence and nourishing marrow. It is mainly used to treat deficiency of fire in the gate of life, fatigue, weak breath, fear of cold and cold limbs, spermatorrhea, infertility, soreness of waist and knees, involuntary urination, pain in limbs, and edema of the whole body caused by insufficient kidney yang; or fire cannot generate earth, spleen and stomach are cold, appetite is poor, or vomiting and abdominal distension, or stomach upset, or pain in the navel and abdomen, or loose stools, and frequent diarrhea.

Dosage and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. First, steam the Rehmannia root until it is soft and pound it into a paste. Add refined honey and make it into pills as big as marbles. Take 2 to 3 pills each time with boiled water. Modern usage: Large honey pills, each pill weighs 9 grams. Adults take 1 pill each time, 2 to 3 times a day. For children under 7 years old, reduce the dosage by half.

2. Jinkui Shenqi Pills

Ingredients: dried rehmannia root, yam, cornus officinalis (roasted with wine), tuckahoe, peony bark, oriental water plantain, cassia twig, aconite root (roasted), achyranthes bidentata (head removed), plantain seed (roasted with salt). The auxiliary ingredient is honey.

Functions and indications: Warming and tonifying kidney yang, transforming qi and promoting the circulation of water. Used for edema due to kidney deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, difficulty urinating, chills and cold limbs.

Dosage and Administration: Oral. Take one pill at a time, twice a day.

Although it is said that some Chinese medicine should be taken to nourish the kidneys, it should not be taken casually. Many people just buy some Chinese medicine casually without paying attention to the dosage or the combination of medicines, which may cause side effects after taking them. Therefore, it is best to take Chinese medicine for kidney tonification and yang strengthening under the guidance of a doctor, so as to see good results.