Is moxibustion effective for kidney yang deficiency?

The kidneys play an important role in the human body, contributing mainly to the urinary and reproductive aspects. If there is a disease in the kidneys, it is generally kidney deficiency, which can be divided into kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. Kidney yin deficiency generally occurs in male friends, and kidney yang deficiency generally occurs in female friends. Daily judgment is very simple, that is, to see whether you go to the toilet frequently, or whether your sex life is harmonious. Here we will introduce whether moxa treatment is effective for kidney yang deficiency and how to treat it.

Kidney yang deficiency is a term in Traditional Chinese Medicine. A type of deficiency-cold syndrome caused by kidney yang deficiency, loss of warming function, and loss of qi transformation is called kidney yang deficiency syndrome. It is mostly caused by factors such as yang deficiency, kidney deficiency due to aging, kidney damage due to long-term illness, and excessive sexual intercourse.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney governs water, and that kidney yang has a gasification and evaporation effect on water. If the kidney yang is insufficient and the gasification and evaporation are weak, symptoms such as clear and long urination will appear. Therefore, kidney yang deficiency syndrome involves pathological changes in the kidneys. Kidney deficiency is mostly a long-term accumulation of diseases. Do not rush to achieve results and use tonic medicines, or use kidney-tonifying and aphrodisiac drugs with unknown ingredients. Instead, you should slowly adjust the condition. Kidney Yang is also called Yuan Yang, True Yang, and True Fire. The root of the twelve meridians and the innate foundation lies in the kidneys. The kidney and the life gate are originally of the same energy, and are the hub of the rise and fall of yin and yang in the human body. Kidney Yang controls the Yang energy of the whole body. If the fire is weakened, symptoms of Yang deficiency will appear one after another.

Kidney yang deficiency is related to the neuroendocrine immune system (NEIS) of modern medicine. Kidney yang deficiency syndrome has functional disorders in different links and degrees in the hypothalamus-pituitary-target gland (adrenal cortex, thyroid, gonads, thymus) axis, and the main pathogenesis is the regulatory dysfunction of the hypothalamus (or higher centers).

Moxibustion has the effect of warming and promoting the circulation of Yang Qi and can treat kidney Yang deficiency. You may consider asking a Chinese medicine doctor for guidance in selecting acupoints such as Zhongsanli, Yongquan, Taixi, Guanyuan, Qihai, Shenque, etc. for moxibustion treatment.

The principle of nourishing kidney yang deficiency can be based on syndrome differentiation and treatment, and different medicated foods can be given to regulate the body according to the specific type. Conditioning and treatment can be carried out by warming and tonifying the kidney yang, nourishing the kidney yin, replenishing the kidney essence, invigorating qi and tonifying the kidney, and tonifying the kidney and consolidating essence.

Medicinal Diet for Warming and Nourishing Kidney Yang

Braised dog meat with ginger and aconite: cooked aconite slices, dog meat, ginger, vegetable oil, garlic and onion in appropriate amounts. Wash the dog meat and cut it into small pieces; simmer the ginger and set aside. Put the cooked aconite slices into a casserole, simmer for 2 hours, then put in the dog meat, garlic and ginger, add appropriate amount of water and stew until the meat is tender. Efficacy: Nourishes kidney yang. It is suitable for yang deficiency syndromes such as impotence, frequent urination at night, chills and cold limbs. It is also suitable for patients with chronic bronchitis and chronic nephritis who are diagnosed with kidney yang deficiency according to traditional Chinese medicine.

Lamb stewed with sea cucumber: Lamb has the effect of warming the kidney and strengthening yang. Sea cucumber is a seafood food. It is rich in nutrients such as protein, crude fat, carbohydrates, amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine, vitamins, etc., and the cholesterol content is almost zero. Moreover, the meat of sea cucumber is tender and elastic, and tastes delicious and refreshing, making it an excellent tonic. Sea cucumber can nourish the kidney and strengthen yang, replenish qi and nourish yin, and is suitable for people with deficiency of essence and blood, and constipation due to yin deficiency. In the cold winter, mutton and sea cucumber soup made with sea cucumber and mutton is easy to make, delicious and very suitable for tonic consumption.

The above is an introduction to whether moxa treatment is effective for kidney yang deficiency and how to treat it. The answer is yes, it just takes time. As a traditional Chinese medicine treatment, moxa treatment needs to be repeated many times to be effective. In addition, it must be combined with food therapy to completely cure the disease. When you are young, you should protect your kidneys so that you will not suffer from back pain when you are older. I hope this helps you.