Second, the treatment of leg weakness in the elderly:
Avoid holding your urine, overworking, often staying up late, being scared, etc. in your daily life. It will lead to kidney deficiency and soft legs. Black food is a good product for tonifying kidney, rich in trace elements and vitamins. Old people can often eat black rice, chestnuts, black beans, black sesame seeds, black dates, black wolfberry, black pine nuts and so on. When tonifying kidney, different methods should be adopted according to the different symptoms of kidney deficiency.
1, deficiency of kidney qi, weakness of legs and feet. In addition to weak legs, upper limbs are also boring, mainly because of old age and weakness, and kidney qi can not reach the limbs.
(1) Chestnut has the effect of tonifying kidney and benefiting qi, which is very effective in treating leg weakness. Raw chestnuts are shelled and chewed carefully, 3-5 tablets a day, and persisted for a long time.
(2) Qihai point is located just below the navel 1.5 inch, which is an important point for invigorating qi. Put the four fingers of one hand together, bend slightly, and rub the fingertips clockwise with a little force for 3 minutes each time, 3 times a day for 3 weeks.
2, kidney yin deficiency damage leg soft knee pain. Leg weakness, accompanied by knee pain, hot flashes, night sweats and yellow urine. Most of them are caused by yin deficiency constitution, yin deficiency and essence deficiency, fatigue and long illness, and kidney yin deficiency.
(1) On the inside of the foot, in the depression between the high point of the medial malleolus and the achilles tendon, there is the origin of the kidney meridian of the foot-Taixi point. Stimulating this acupoint can increase the kidney essence of human body and play the role of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney water. The thumb of one hand should be pressed once on the Taixi point on the other side, and the strength should feel sour, numb, heavy and swollen for 3 minutes at a time, and then the other side should be pressed by changing hands. Long-term persistence has better results.
(2) Kidney-yang deficiency with weak legs and fear of cold. Such patients often show weakness in the legs, especially fear of cold, frequent urination at night, and loose stools.
Patients can eat more "steamed mutton with cinnamon". 150g fresh mutton, put it in a pot and cook it in cold water, take it out, cut it into small pieces, add 6g cinnamon, a little cooking wine, onion, ginger slices and salt, steam it for half an hour, and eat it with meals. Three times a week for three weeks.
(3) Guanyuan point is located 3 inches below the navel. Moxibustion at this point can enhance the effect of warming kidney and strengthening yang with the help of heat. Ignite the moxa stick, and rotate moxibustion at 3-5 cm above the skin of Guanyuan point, every time 10 minute, every day 1 time.
3, kidney qi does not close the leg soft wheezing. Leg weakness is accompanied by symptoms of shortness of breath, excessive wheezing and less inspiration, which is caused by chronic asthma and cough, lung and kidney qi deficiency and renal insufficiency. It is more common in patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
(1)100g of yam, 3g of Schisandra chinensis and 50g of rice are boiled and eaten. This porridge has the effects of nourishing the lungs and kidneys, and relieving asthma.
(2) Insomnia due to heart and kidney weakness. Patients often show symptoms such as backache, leg weakness, insomnia and irritability. Deficiency of kidney yin, hyperactivity of heart fire and disharmony between heart and kidney. 3 grams of lotus plumule and 6 grams of Ligustrum lucidum can be used as tea and brewed with boiling water, daily 1 dose for 7 days.