Treating spleen and kidney deficiency, heavy waist and feet, dysuria, abdominal distension, edema of limbs, acute asthma and excessive phlegm has become a strange disease with miraculous curative effect.
First, kidney qi, a term of traditional Chinese medicine. Kidney essence turns into qi. Refers to the functional activity of the kidney. Mainly in the activities of reproduction, growth and developmental functions.
Second, the kidney hides the essence of heaven, and the essence of kidney turns into kidney qi. Kidney yang, also known as Yuan Yang, Zhen Yang and Zhen Huo, has the functions of warming, stimulating, exciting, steaming, sealing and restricting yin and cold. Those with the functions of moistening, calming, shaping and inhibiting excessive yang heat are called kidney yin, also known as Yuan Yin, true yin and true water.
Third, the kidney Yang Can promotes the metabolism of the human body, that is, the gasification process, promotes the metaplasia of essence, blood and body fluid and converts it into energy, accelerates the process of various physiological activities of the human body, increases heat production and invigorates the spirit;
Fourthly, kidney yin inhibits or slows down the excessive metabolic process of human body, reduces the transformation of essence, blood and body fluid into energy, slows down the process of various physiological activities of human body, relatively reduces heat production, forms accumulated gas as essence, blood and body fluid, and makes the spirit tend to be quiet and defensive. The two complement each other and jointly regulate the functional activities of zang-fu organs and the metabolic process of essence, blood and body fluid.
5. The kidney is an organ of vertebrates, belonging to the urinary system, which is responsible for filtering impurities in blood, maintaining the balance between body fluids and electrolytes, and finally producing urine to be excreted through the urethra; At the same time, it also has endocrine function of regulating blood pressure. In the human body, normal adults have two kidneys, which are located at the back of both sides of the waist.
6. Microscopically, it can be seen that each kidney is mainly composed of about 6.5438+0 million nephrons with the same structure and function and a small amount of connective tissue, with a large number of blood vessels and nerve fibers in between. Nephron consists of renal corpuscles and renal tubules. The renal tubules rejoin the collecting duct.
7. Location of kidney: The right renal hilum is facing the transverse process of the second lumbar vertebra, and the left renal hilum is facing the transverse process of the first lumbar vertebra. The right kidney is slightly lower than the left kidney 1-2 cm because of the liver relationship. Normal kidney moves up and down in the range of 1-2 cm. The kidney is under the diaphragm. During physical examination, the left kidney is not easy to touch except the lower pole of the right kidney can be touched at the lower edge of the rib.