Chinese medicine believes that kidney is the innate foundation of human beings, so kidney is a very important gland in Chinese medicine, but what does Chinese medicine mean by describing kidney? Is the kidney mentioned in TCM the same as that mentioned in western anatomy? How does kidney deficiency mentioned by Chinese medicine generally make up?

1, Chinese medicine says kidney

1) Chinese medicine discovered the relationship between kidney (adrenal gland) and hair two thousand years ago. Androgenic alopecia, also known as seborrheic alopecia, male alopecia or hereditary alopecia, is characterized by excessive scalp fat overflow, often accompanied by increased dandruff, greasy scalp and obvious itching. Most of them occur in young people with exuberant sebaceous glands.

2) "Su Wen": kidney disease, swollen shin, heavy abdomen, cough, excessive sleep and bad wind. Kidney in traditional Chinese medicine includes the concept of kidney in western medicine. More than two thousand years ago, Chinese medicine recognized that these diseases were related to the kidney. When did western medicine discover it? No more than 200 years. Traditional Chinese medicine can treat some of these nephropathy (such as nephrotic syndrome of western medicine) more than 2000 years ago, but western medicine can't.

2, the role of the kidney

1) "Soul Pivot": kidney and bladder, bladder, the house of body fluid.

2) Su Wen's Theory of Inverse Tone: Kidney water is dirty, governing body fluid.

3) Records of Jing Yue Quan Shu Zhong Chuan: "The lung generates qi and the kidney receives qi, so the lung is the master of qi and the kidney is the foundation of qi.

3. Types of kidney deficiency

1) kidney yang deficiency

Impotence, cold sperm, infertility and decreased desire (possibly related to the low function of hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis \ adrenal axis);

Pale face, chills, listlessness and memory loss (similar to hypothyroidism, which may be related to hypothyroidism-pituitary-thyroid axis dysfunction);

Dizziness, listlessness and hypotension (possibly related to the dysfunction of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis)

2) Deficiency of kidney essence

Children's growth retardation (similar to cretinism, also known as cretinism and pituitary dwarfism, which may be related to thyroid hormone deficiency and growth hormone deficiency caused by insufficient pituitary secretion)

Adult reproductive dysfunction, premature aging, tinnitus, hair loss, loose teeth, forgetfulness, etc. (Probably related to the hypofunction of hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis \ adrenal axis).

4. Analysis of kidney deficiency

Kidney deficiency refers to "deficiency of life or kidney function". In ancient medicine in China, the kidney was the repository for storing the essence of life, and "deficiency" means deficiency.

1) Symptoms of kidney yang deficiency: pain in the waist and knees, or cold pain in the back, chills and cold limbs, especially in the lower limbs; The leader is dizzy, listless, pale or black; The tongue is pale, fat, white and coated, and the pulse is weak; Men are prone to impotence and premature ejaculation, and women are prone to infertility due to palace cold; Or the stool will not stop for a long time, the valley will not melt, and the diarrhea will be even more; Or edema, especially below the waist, inability to droop, and even abdominal pain, palpitations, cough and asthma.

2) Symptoms of kidney yin deficiency: soreness of waist and knees, soreness of legs, dizziness and tinnitus, alopecia, loose teeth, night sweats and insomnia, dreaminess of grinding teeth, dry mouth, yellow urine, dry stool, impotence in men, premature ejaculation, nocturnal emission, menorrhagia in women, emaciation, hot flashes and night sweats, vexation and fever, dry throat and red cheekbones.

3) Symptoms of kidney-qi deficiency: The main symptoms are shortness of breath and spontaneous sweating, mental fatigue, pale complexion, frequent urination, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation, pale tongue coating and weak pulse.

5, kidney deficiency can be eaten

1) Black rice: It has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, invigorating spleen and warming liver, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation, nourishing liver and improving eyesight. Conducive to the prevention and treatment of dizziness, anemia, soreness of waist and knees, lung dryness and cough, kidney deficiency and edema, spleen and stomach weakness and other symptoms.

2) Black beans: Black beans were praised as the valley of kidney by the ancients. They are sweet in taste and flat in nature. They not only resemble kidney, but also have the effects of tonifying kidney and strengthening body, promoting blood circulation and diuresis, detoxifying and moistening skin, especially suitable for patients with kidney deficiency.

3) Black Sesame: Black Sesame has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney and moistening five internal organs, and has a good dietotherapy and health care effect on dizziness, gray hair, alopecia, soreness of waist and knees and constipation caused by deficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood.

4) Chinese yam: it is flat in nature, sweet in taste, and has the functions of strengthening spleen, tonifying lung, strengthening kidney and benefiting essence. It is advisable to eat more, whether it is due to yin deficiency and excessive fire or unstable kidney qi and premature ejaculation. If you can take it with other health foods such as Euryale ferox and lotus seeds, the effect will be better.

5) Chestnut: It is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It not only has the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach, but also has the function of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the waist. It is most suitable for people with kidney deficiency and low back pain.

6) Walnut: It can tonify kidney and solidify essence, and is a nourishing and strong health food. Meat can nourish, skin can be astringent, and people with kidney deficiency and nocturnal emission should eat it.

7) Lotus seeds: flat in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, can nourish the heart and kidney, and strengthen the spleen. All people with physical weakness, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation should eat it, especially those with heart and kidney failure and nocturnal emission. In ancient times, Qingxin Lianzi Decoction and Ruilian Pill, which were used to treat "heart and kidney fail to pay attention to nocturnal emission", and Lianrou Powder, which was used to treat "wet dream ejaculate", were all famous prescriptions for tonifying kidney and preserving health.

8) Euryale ferox: flat in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, can tonify kidney and astringent, strengthen spleen and stop diarrhea. In ancient times, many famous health-preserving prescriptions for the treatment of nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation, such as Jinsuo Gu Jing Pill, Yusuo Dan, and Shuilu Erxian Dan, were developed with Gordon Euryale as the main ingredient and lotus seeds, keel or Rosa laevigata. History has proved that "Compendium of Materia Medica" holds that Euryale ferox "tonifies kidney and cures nocturnal emission". Miao Xiyong, a physician in the Ming Dynasty, called Euryale ferox "a medicine for nourishing the spleen and stomach and consolidating essence and qi". Beware that white-collar women are more prone to kidney deficiency.

9) Ginkgo biloba: "Herbal Rejuvenation" holds that ginkgo biloba "benefits qi and nourishes heart, tonifies kidney and nourishes yin". Ginkgo biloba leaves are often regarded as a good product for tonifying kidney and preserving health in the treatment of nocturnal emission. Li Mingzhizhen once said: "Cooked food warms the lungs and benefits qi, relieves asthma and relieves cough, and reduces stool and stops turbidity. Its gas is thin and thick, and it is astringent. " "Shandong Traditional Chinese Medicine" contains: Ginkgo biloba leaves "treat nocturnal emission and enuresis."

10) Scallop: Also known as Jiang. Flat in nature, sweet and salty in taste, can tonify kidney and nourish yin, and those with kidney yin deficiency should eat it regularly.

1 1) Lycium barbarum: it is flat and sweet. Long-term administration has the effects of tonifying kidney and liver, improving eyesight, strengthening bones and muscles, eliminating lumbago and prolonging life. Especially middle-aged women with kidney deficiency are the most suitable food.

12) Polygonum multiflorum Thunb: It has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, benefiting essence and blood, and doctors in past dynasties used it mostly for people with kidney deficiency. Anyone with kidney deficiency, premature gray hair, weak waist and knees, sore bones and muscles, or nocturnal emission of men and women, is suitable for eating.

13) Perch: also known as sea bass, sea bass. Flat in nature and sweet in taste, it can not only tonify the spleen and stomach, but also tonify the liver and kidney and benefit the bones and muscles.