Oriental medicine descriptions and treatments for kidney pathologies and treatments in oriental medicine.

1. Kidneys Pathology
Journal of Oriental Medicine, Patient Education Series
Foundations Chinese Medicine, Giovanni Maciocia

2. Function of the Kidneys
•Governs Water
•Control reception of Qi
•Open into the Ears
•Manifest in the hair
•Control the two lower
orifices
•House the Will Power (Zhi)
•Control the Gate of Life-
Minister Fire: Ming Men

3. Kidneys Not Firm
Dribbling after urination
Chronic vaginal discharge
& Backache
Deep weak pulse rear position,
Pale tongue
Bearing down feeling in
abdomen; Clear frequent
urination weak stream;
Dribbling after incontinence of
urine, Weak knees

4. Kidney Yin Deficiency
Dizziness, Tinnitus, Vertigo
Poor Memory, Hardness of
Hearing
Night Sweating, Dry Mouth
and Throat at Night
Backache and sweating at
night, Tongue no coat, floating
empty pulse

5. Kidney Falling to receive
Qi
Shortness of breath on exertion, lower
backache and clear urination
pale tongue, deep weak tight pulse
Dizziness Tinnitus; Clear urination during
asthma attacks; Cold limbs, Sweating,
Swelling of face

6. Kidney & Liver Yin
Deficiency
Dry eyes, dry throat, backache, tongue no
coat
Insomnia, dizziness, dull headache,
blurred vision, tinnitus, dry hair, lower
backache, brittle nails, dry vagina,
numbness, tingling of limbs, infertility,
scanty periods, dry stools

7. Kidney and Heart not
harmonized
Palpitation, tinnitus, night sweating, red
tongue with redder tip and middle crack
and without coating
Night sweating, scanty dark urine, dry
stools, lower backache, feeling of heat in
afternoon, dry throat at night, dizziness,
mental restlessness, insomnia, anxiety,
poor memory

8. Kidney Yang Deficiency
Backache, feeling of cold and weak kidney
pulse
Bright white complexion, abundant clear
urination, weak legs, cold and weak
knees, oedema of legs

9. Kidney Deficiency & Water
Overflowing
Oedema of ankles or legs, breathlessness,
Deep Weak Slow Pulse, and Pale Swollen
tongue
Feeling cold, watery sputum, cough,
asthma, palpitation, breathlessness,
abdominal fullness, cold feeling in back

10. Kidney and Lung Yin
Deficiency
Dry cough, tinnitus, tongue no coat
Dizziness, night sweating breathlessness,
lower backache, scanty urine, dry cough
worsen at night

11. Kidney & Spleen Yang
Deficiency
Lower backache, feeling of cold, loose
stools, a deep weak pulse
Chronic diarrhea, abundant clear
urination, decreased libido, weak legs,
cold and weak knees

12. Kidney Yin Deficiency &
Empty Fire Blazing
Tinnitus and Red Pealed tongue
Feeling of Heat, Dry stools, scanty dark
urine, blood in urine, low back pain, malar
flush, dry throat, mental restlessness

13. Kidney Essence
Deficiency
Children: poor bone development, weak
knees, falling hair
Adults: weak sexual activity
Tongue without coating if this pattern
occurs with Kidney Yin deficiency
Pale tongue if this pattern occurs with
Kidney Yang deficiency
Pulse: Floating Empty or Leather

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