Diagnostic Information and Acupuncture and Herbal Treatment of Kidney Yang Deficiency

• Generally for painful urination issues (gao lin) that arises from kidney yang deficiency.
• With related kidney yang deficiency pattern - chronic urinary tract infections, leukorrhea, vaginal thrush.
• Chronic prostatitis, particularly with white and cloudy urine.

• Avoid in cases arising from bladder damp heat - ba zheng wan or san jin wan would likely be better.

• For chronic pain due to obstruction (bi zheng) with liver and kidney deficiency.
• For lower back pain often with weakness and/or pain in the knees.
• For arthritis, especially the type affected by cold/damp weather.

• Use with caution during pregnancy.
• Do not use with patients that present with damp heat or excess heat.

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• Lethargy, low libedo, frequent urination with possible incontinence resulting from kidney yang deficiency.
• Sensation of cold, especially in the lower half.

• Avoid during pregnancy.
• Avoid during a cold or flu, use nothing, or yin qiao / gan mao ling instead.
• Avoid with patients that present with yin deficiency.

• Infertility, history of miscarriage due to blood deficiency and/or cold in the lower jiao from kidney yang deficiency.
• Irregular menstruation.
• Lower abdominal pain, lower back pain, uterine and/or ovarian pain.

• Use with caution for pregnancy.

• Fatigue, lethargy, sensation of feeling heavy or cold.
• Low appetite, bloating, borborygmus, loose bowels.
• Impotence, infertility, low libedo.
• Insomnia, night sweats, vivid dreams, nightmares.

• Tonifies both qi and blood and nourishes the heart and calms the spirit - generally used for weakness from longer term or deep diseases such as cancer and for a host of other conditions affecting a broad range of the body and psyche such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and autoimmune conditions such as Lupus, Scleroderma, MCTD.
• Anemia.
• May be used alone or in conjunction with a formula such as yu ping feng wan to enhance immunity - particularly in patients with frequent colds and flus.
• Raynaud's condition in addition to the other connective tissue issues listed above.
• Micturition syncope, nephritis, cancers of the genitourinary tract.
• Male infertility, possibly with Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan, for sperm volume and motility issues.
• Along with other immune benefits, hepatitis C.
• Lung cancer.

• Use with caution or seek an alternative in deficiency cases with very pronounced sensations of coldness.  Part of this is due to the relatively neutral (i.e. non warming) aspects of this formula.

• Aversion to cold, very cold limbs, sensations of deep cold, fatigue, lethary resulting from kidney yang deficiency.
• Diarrhea with undigested food, vomiting, abdominal pain.

Cough with watery, copious sputum, breathing issues such as wheezing, asthma, shortness of breath (particularly difficulty inhaling), chest oppression.  Possibly signs of kidney qi/yang deficiency such as edema, weak low back and/or legs, fatigue.

The Tongue will have a white coating that can be either greasy or slippery.

• Cold extremities, fatigue, weak/aching low back, knees, waist, aversion to cold, loose stools - due to kindney yang deficiency.
• Impotence, infertility, low libedo, low sperm count, abnormal sperm morphology.
• Incontinence or other urinary issues (frequent, difficult to restrain), enlarged prostate.

• Use with caution with patients that present with damp signs.