Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis - Kidney Yang Deficiency
Below you will find theoretical and clinical applications information related to kidney yang deficiency. We have created associations based on clinical experience that lead to possible treatment approaches with acupuncture points, individual herbs, TCM formulas, and more.
Kidney Yang Deficiency - Basics
Sore a/or weak back/knees, sensation of cold, aversion to cold, weak lower limbs, lassitude, clear copious urine, poor appetite, loose stools, edema (which can be severe).
Tongue Diagnosis
Pale, swollen, wet possibly a white coat with strong water signs.
Tongue DxPulse Diagnosis
Deep, weak possibly slow with strong water signs.
Pulse Dx5 Points Are Empirically Important For Kidney Yang Deficiency
Potential Formulas For The Treatment Of Kidney Yang Deficiency
The following 13 TCM Formulas are empirically related to the treatment of Kidney Yang Deficiency
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- Bi Xie Fen Qing Yin Wan (Dioscorea Formula To Separate The Clear) Expel Dampness
- Bu Yang Huan Wu Wan (Tonify Yang To Restore Five Tenths Decoction) Invigorate the Blood
D
- Du Huo Ji Sheng Wan (Solitary Hermit Teapills) Expel Dampness
E
- Er Xian Wan (Two Immortal Decoction) Tonify
J
- Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan (Kidney Qi Pill from the Golden Cabinet) Tonify
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- Nuan Gong Yun Zi Wan (Warm Uterus & Conception Pills) Invigorate the Blood
Q
- Qi Xue Da Bu Wan (Nourish Qi & Blood Pills) Tonify
R
- Ren Shen Yang Rong Wan (Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) Tonify
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- Si Ni Tang Wan (Frigid Extremities Formula) Warm Interior Cold
- Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan (Perilla Fruit Pill to Direct Qi Downward) Regulate the Qi
Y
- You Gui Wan (Restore the Right Kidney Pill) Tonify
Z
- Zhuang Yang Wan (Strengthen Kidney Yang And Preserve Power Pill) Tonify
- Zhuang Yao Jian Shen Wan (Strengthen The Back And Benefit The Kidney Pills) Tonify
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Kidney Yang Deficiency - Conditions and Other Possible TCM Diagnoses
The Chinese Medicine treatment of kidney yang deficiency generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).
The following 38 conditions may arise from kidney yang deficiency . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.
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