What are the herbs for replenishing kidney yang deficiency?

Western medicine treatment is the most common way to treat diseases. Its advantage is that the effect is fast after taking the medicine. If it is a minor illness, the effect is excellent. However, Western medicine is not ideal for some diseases of the body. Patients also need to take Chinese medicine, so that the body can be more stable. There are many medicinal herbs for tonifying kidney yang deficiency, and there are also many folk prescriptions for treatment. Patients should choose the prescription that suits their condition for treatment. So what are the medicinal herbs for tonifying kidney yang deficiency?

Traditional Chinese medicine is used to treat kidney yang deficiency. The main formula uses Achyranthes bidentata, Plantago, Cinnamon, Rehmannia root, Morinda officinalis, Lycium barbarum, Epimedium, Cornus officinalis, etc. The main functions of each medicine are introduced below:

Achyranthes bidentata: bitter, cool. It enters the liver and kidney meridians. It is used to treat wind-induced urinary problems, edema, promote blood circulation and dredge meridians, nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen bones, promote diuresis and relieve stranguria, and promote diuresis and reduce swelling. "Medical Records of Combining Chinese and Western Medicine" states: "(Achyranthes bidentata) was originally a tonic, but it is good at leading qi and blood downward. Therefore, when using medicine to move it downward, it is always used to guide the meridians. Therefore, it is good at treating kidney deficiency, low back pain, leg pain, or knee pain that cannot be bent or stretched, or leg weakness that cannot move." Cinnamon: pungent, sweet, and very hot. It enters the kidney, spleen, heart, and liver meridians; it has the effects of replenishing fire and assisting yang, guiding fire back to its source, dispersing cold, relieving pain, and activating blood circulation and dredging menstruation. "Jing Yue Quan Shu" says: "Cinnamon bark warms and nourishes kidney yang, replenishes essence and blood, and treats kidney yang deficiency and decline of life gate fire." Cornus officinalis: tastes sour, astringent and slightly bitter. It enters the liver and kidney meridians. Nourishes the liver and kidneys, astringes semen and prevents premature ejaculation. Used for vertigo, tinnitus, soreness of waist and knees, impotence and spermatorrhea, enuresis and frequent urination, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, profuse sweating and collapse.

"New Edition of Materia Medica" states: "There is no other yin-tonifying medicine like cornus officinalis. It is the best one because it nourishes the liver and kidneys without any other problems. It has neither cold nor heat bias nor yin or yang problems. It is truly the best yin-tonifying medicine." Lycium barbarum: treats liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness of the waist and knees, dizziness, vertigo, consumptive cough, thirst, and spermatorrhea. "Medicine Treatise": "It can replenish the deficiency of essence, improve complexion, whiten, improve eyesight and calm the mind." Plantago: light; slightly cold in nature. It enters the liver, kidney and bladder meridians. Heat-clearing and diuretic, it can dissipate dampness and stop diarrhea, improve eyesight and eliminate phlegm. It is used to treat difficult urination, stranguria and leucorrhea, edema, diarrhea caused by summer heat and dampness, red eyes and cataracts, and cough and asthma caused by phlegm and heat. Rehmannia root: sweet in taste, warm in nature. It enters the liver and kidney meridians and is used for symptoms such as blood deficiency, chlorosis, dizziness, palpitations, and insomnia. "Bencao Zheng" (Compendium of Materia Medica): "Rehmannia root is mild in nature, with a pure and quiet smell and taste, so it can replenish the true yin of the five internal organs, and it is most important for the organs with a lot of blood. It is a medicine for the spleen and stomach meridians. Moreover, the reason why people are alive is because of qi and blood." Morinda officinalis: pungent and sweet, warm, non-toxic. Go into spleen and kidney meridians. Nourish kidney yang, strengthen muscles and bones, and eliminate rheumatism. It is used to treat impotence, cold pain in the lower abdomen, incontinence, cold uterus, wind-cold arthritis, and pain in the waist and knees. Epimedium: pungent, sweet, warm. It enters the liver and kidney. Nourish the kidney and strengthen yang, dispel wind and dampness. It is used to treat impotence, dribbling urination, muscle and bone spasms, hemiplegia, weakness of the waist and knees, rheumatic pain, and numbness of the limbs. "Ben Jing" says that pungent taste can moisten the kidney, sweet and warm taste can benefit Yang Qi, so it is used to treat impotence and lack of Yang, and to benefit Qi and strength. Pain in the penis is caused by deficiency of the liver and kidneys. By nourishing these two meridians, the pain will stop.

There are many herbal treatment methods for tonifying kidney yang deficiency. When a patient is diagnosed with kidney yang deficiency, he can take the corresponding course of Chinese medicine on time and exercise more often to strengthen his physique. Of course, daily diet is also very important. Many foods also have the effect of tonifying kidney yang deficiency. Patients can also choose these foods to make kidney yang deficiency recover faster. Normal kidney function affects many organs in the body, and patients must pay attention to their health.