Recently, Xiao Zhou often has difficulty falling asleep at night, even if he falls asleep, he can't enter deep sleep, and he is either dreaming or waking up many times all night, so Xiao Zhou feels very tired during the day, can't lift his spirits, and he frequently wanders his mind not long after going to work in the company in the morning. Not only that, Xiao Zhou often felt that his limbs were heavy, sore and weak, and even affected the quality of his sexual life.
These circumstances made Xiao Zhou feel a little afraid, after all, he is only in his early thirties, it is logical that it is the golden age of men, and his physical condition should be very good, how can he be so "virtual"? In order to understand the reasons and change the status quo as soon as possible, Xiao Zhou took advantage of the weekend to visit the famous local Chinese medicine hospital.
After listening to Xiao Zhou's description, the doctor signaled Xiao Zhou to reach out and cut his pulse, and observed Xiao Zhou's tongue, and finally concluded that Xiao Zhou was due to kidney deficiency, that is, insufficient kidney essence to have these problems. Subsequently, according to Xiao Zhou's personal situation, the doctor prescribed Chinese medicine to Xiao Zhou to replenish his kidney, and instructed Xiao Zhou to make changes in diet and life and rest, so that the two-pronged approach could truly solve the disease.
What role does kidney essence play in the human body?
Kidney essence is the essence contained in the kidney, which contains the essence contained in the kidney when the person is still in the embryonic state, and the innate reproductive essence formed after the body matures, and also includes the acquired essence produced by the body absorbing the nutrients in food.
Essence affects human growth and development, mental state and other aspects, let's introduce what role kidney essence can play in the human body?
1. Affects reproductive function
In traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney is the main reproduction, once the human body has kidney essence deficiency, kidney qi deficiency will lead to abnormal genital function, women will have frigidity, estrogen level decline, uterine cold, infertility, etc., men will have a decline in the quality of sexual life, fatigue after intercourse, impotence, premature ejaculation and other conditions.
2. Affect immune function
TCM usually considers the kidneys to be innate, and kidney essence is an essential substance for the human body. When the human kidney essence is sufficient, the body will be full of qi and blood, the blood circulation in the internal organs will run very smoothly, and the human immune function will naturally become strong. Conversely, if there is a deficiency of kidney sperm, the resistance will decrease and become weak and sick.
3. Affect growth and development
Some people have kidney deficiency due to the inheritance of their parents' weak constitution or their mothers do not receive good nutritional supplements during pregnancy, resulting in congenital kidney deficiency. Traditional Chinese medicine theoretically believes that kidney essence can give birth to bone marrow, and bone marrow can nourish bones and promote growth and development. Therefore, if the kidney deficiency is not improved in time after birth, it will affect the growth and development.
4. Influence thinking and action
It was recorded in the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon" that "the main bone of the kidney gives birth to the brain", which shows that the essence of the kidney not only affects the bones, but also affects the function of the brain, thus affecting people's thinking and action. When the kidney essence is sufficient, people's thinking will become agile, and the action will be rapid, and the kidney essence deficiency will make people sleepy, unable to lift their spirits, dizziness, tinnitus, memory loss, inability to concentrate and other situations.
- What behaviors can cause kidney deficiency?
1. Stay up late for a long time
In real life, many people have irregular lives and rest and like to stay up late to work, watch mobile phones, and swipe videos. But in fact, the organs in our body need to be fully rested at night to function well. Staying up late for a long time will increase the burden on the kidneys, affect the kidneys' qi and blood, consume the essence in the body, and cause kidney essence deficiency.
2. Bad emotions
Modern people have a lot of pressure in life and work, so some people often have adverse emotional reactions due to excessive mental pressure, such as anger, tension, anxiety and so on. These emotions can lead to endocrine disorders and imbalance of yin and yang in the body.
The "Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon" also mentioned that "everyone who wants to diagnose the sick must ask about the place of food and drink, violent happiness and bitterness, and bitterness after the beginning of happiness, all hurt the spirit", which shows the influence of emotions on the kidney essence.
3. Poor eating habits
In real life, many young people eat irregularly, often overeat, and like to eat heavier foods or raw cold foods. There are also some young people who do not have the habit of drinking water regularly, or like to use milk tea, carbonated drinks, etc. as daily drinking water. These will bring a heavier burden to the kidneys and indirectly damage the kidneys, resulting in kidney sperm loss.
4. Frequently hold urine
Some people will habitually hold urine because they are busy with work, resulting in urine staying in the bladder for a long time, resulting in a large number of bacterial multiplications, causing urinary tract infections and even ascending to the kidneys to cause pyelonephritis, if not treated in time, it will also lead to chronic inflammation of the urinary system for a long time, thereby affecting kidney function and kidney deficiency.
- How to restore the essence?
1. Be moderated in sex
Whether it is masturbation or sexual life, it should be controlled, the frequency should be reasonable and regular, avoid excessive indulgence, and take no physical fatigue and fatigue after sex as the standard.
2. Develop good living habits
Go to bed early and get up early, do not stay up late, sleep time is controlled at about 7~8 hours, 11 o'clock at night to three o'clock in the morning is the best time for kidney detoxification, so fall asleep time should not exceed 11 o'clock.
The daily diet should be both nutritionally balanced and as light as possible and not heavy, reasonable combination of meat and vegetables, not picky or partial eating, and can meet the nutrients needed by the human body. Eat more foods that can nourish the kidney essence, such as goji berries, cinnamon balls, mutton, yams, chestnuts, sea cucumbers, oysters and so on.
3. Stick to exercise
Avoid sedentary in daily life, insist on exercising for about half an hour every day to ensure that the essence runs smoothly in the body, choose the sports that suit you according to your own situation, and the recommended sports are yoga, tai chi, jogging, swimming.
4. Maintain a stable mood
In the face of pressure in life, we must learn to release in time, keep yourself emotionally stable, and face various problems calmly. If you really feel that you can't control your anxiety and depression, you can go to the hospital to seek help from a professional psychologist.
5. Drugs or traditional Chinese medicine physiotherapy to tonify the kidney
Patients with symptoms of kidney deficiency and more serious symptoms can take some proprietary Chinese medicines under the guidance of a doctor or have the doctor prescribe Chinese medicine prescriptions or medicated meals according to personal conditions to supplement kidney essence. Recommended drugs include Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Jin Kui Kidney Qi Pill, Wuzi Yanzong Pill, etc.
You can also go to a regular Chinese medicine hospital to improve the symptoms of kidney deficiency through massage, moxibustion, acupuncture, cupping and other TCM physiotherapy methods.
Resources:
[1] Wu Rongxiang. Research on Yin and Yang Theory and Clinical Application of Kidney Essence Qi[D].Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2010.)
[2] ZHANG Xiaolin,XU Xiaoyun,HE Yumin. Chinese Journal of Basic Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 4, 2002, 3-5, 3 pages