weekly note 6

Weekly note 6
yang chen
Kidney in Chinese medicine is regarded as the congenital organ for human being. Depending on it, human life is becoming possible to generate and reproduce then. So does the western medicine opinion,i still remembered my western medicine teacher once told us that kidneys are the vital organs comparing with other organs, although we have different medical opinions, honestly,we share some similar views and treatment method to certain diseases surprisingly.

We believe that kidney provides the original source of yin and yang,in other words,kidney is the combination of yin and yang,which is different from other organs, it governs essence and storage and life fate fire. The kidney also controls water,brain, borrow and bone. Frequently seen symptoms in clinic are dizziness,tinnitus,sore back and weak knee,reproductive dysfunction,hair colour change and loose teeth. Same to other organ,kidney has a paired relation with urinary bladder,it stores and discharges urine.

Kidney yang deficiency syndrome is clinically seen quite a lot, it can be concluded by cold limbs,dizziness and tinnitus,sometimes feel deaf,edema in lower part of body,profuse urine and clear in quality,frequent night urination,chronic diarrhea with undigested food coming out,if attacking heart may lead to palpitation and shortness of breath,enlarged pale tongue with teeth-mark,reproductive disease such as infertility due to cold within uterus and impotence,low sexual desire.

Kidney yin deficiency syndrome is marked by night sweating,heat sensation in five centers,dizziness and tinnitus,insomnia and dreamful sleep,sore back and weak knee,tidal fever and emaciation,frequent erection of penis,scanty menstruation or anemorrhea,dry mouth with dry throat,metrostaxis or metrorrhagia. It can be caused by insufficiency od innate endowment,over-sexual activity and overeating warm or dry herbs.

Kidney essence insufficiency syndrome is closely related to reproductive function of both female and male.it refers to the symptoms such as retardation of growth,delayed fusion of fontanel bone in infant,clumsy movement compared with normal people.clinically we can see loose teeth ,poor sexual function,infertility due to less sperm,tinnitus or deafness,amnesia and feet atrophy symptoms and so on.

Kidney qi insecurity syndrome is due to insufficient kidney function from the deficient qi in aged people or over sexual activity or kidney qi deficiency in a chronic disease. It can lead to pale complexion,lassitude,decreased auditory function,weakness of the lower back and knee.increased urination frequency or continuous urine dribbling after urination,miscarriage, thin and clear leukorrhea.

Bladder damp-heat syndrome refers to the syndrome that is caused poor qi transformation by damp-heat accumulation in the bladder or improper diet,overeating of spicy food,endogenous damp-heat generated inside the body flowing downward to the bladder. It can arouse frequent urination,hot sensation after discharge of urine,fullness in the abdomen,urgency urination,fever and lower back pain, red tongue with yellow greasy coating and rapid pulse.