Hello everyone, I am Dr. Li! Many people in life are nourishing the kidneys, especially elderly people
Hello everyone, I am Dr. Li! Many people in life are nourishing the kidneys, especially elderly people. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that aging starts with insufficient kidneys, so it is meaningful to repair the kidneys to maintain physical health. Today, I will introduce a prescription to everyone. This prescription is Zhang Zhongjing's proud lifelong kidney tonifying formula. Whether you are kidney yin deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, or yin and yang deficiency, it has an effect.
The kidney is the fundamental source of yin and yang throughout the body, so there is a saying for kidney yin and kidney yang, which is also known as yuan yin and yuan yang. The kidney yin and kidney yang are abundant and have a warm and nourishing effect on other organs. The kidney is equivalent to the foundation of the internal organs, and the kidney yin and kidney yang are equivalent to the waterways and circuits in the formula. Only when the foundation is stable and yin and yang are balanced, can we live a normal life in this formula. From here, you will understand the role of kidney yin and kidney yang in the body, so the kidney also has the concept of a house of water and fire.
So let's raise a question, is it kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency when kidney deficiency occurs? Here, I will teach you how to distinguish. The characteristic of kidney yang deficiency is "cooling", with cool limbs, cold waist and knees, pain, decreased desire, no interest in doing anything, frequent urination, clear and long urine, and a trend of cooling and decreased function. So the characteristic of kidney yin deficiency is "heat", which includes body fever, hands and feet fever, restlessness in the heart, insomnia, night sweats, yellow urine, and low urine, with a trend of fever and excitement. So for people with kidney yin and yang deficiency, during the day, yin deficiency dominates, and at night, it is mainly a symptom of yang deficiency!
How does Zhang Zhongjing tonify the kidneys? The kidney tonifying formula he left behind, the kidney qi pill, mainly focuses on tonifying the kidney and yang, with both yin and yang tonifying, making it clear that tonifying the kidney is essential.
First, dried rehmannia, Chinese yams and cornus officinalis are used to replenish the kidney and essence,Yam and Cornus officinalis nourish the liver, spleen, and kidney. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Yang transforms Qi and Yin forms, so the use of these three flavors to supplement tangible things tends to be biased towards "Yin". Then there are Fuzi and Guizhi, which have a positive effect. Fuzi warms and tonifies kidney yang, while Guizhi warms and unblocks meridians, allowing Yang Qi to flow unobstructed and walking through the five organs and six organs. You will find that this prescription is said to be tonifying yang, but the proportion of tonifying yang drugs is not large. Isn't this a contradiction? In fact, this just reflects Zhang Zhongjing's understanding of kidney yin and kidney yang. Kidney yang cannot be forcefully replenished, but rather, it is replenished and slightly ignited, allowing it to slowly ignite, which is called "less fire and vitality".
The remaining three flavors, Zexie, Poria cocos, and Danpi, mainly have a laxative effect,Clean up the waste generated by the body's metabolism after insufficient kidney yang. By removing these things, the organs will become lighter, the burden will decrease, and the next step will be better functioning.
The entire recipe, which combines tonifying and relieving qi, and tonifying yin and yang, has an effect on kidney yin deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, and kidney yin and yang deficiency. Have you learned?
Alright, that's all for today's sharing. If you feel unwell, please seek guidance from a professional doctor offline for medication,If you like it, please hold the 'like' button for three seconds and follow the 'forward' button to bookmark it,I am Li Xiaojuan, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner!
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