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 Kidney Yang Vacuity


Pin Yin: shen yang xu
Symptoms:
fatigue, severe; aversion to cold; spontaneous sweating .
shallow respiration; dyspnea.
thirst, diminished; prefers hot drinks.
pale urine; diarrhea or loose stool; seminal emission.
Pain: soreness or ache; of lower back (lumbar, sacral); relieved by heat; relieved by pressure or touch.
Sensory abnormalities: deafness.
Activity and movement: slow; weak; .
speech: slow; quiet voice.
Affect: passive; withdrawn; poor memory; fearful, easily frightened.
-- impotence; sterility; loose teeth.
Signs:
Tongue Body: pale
Tongue Coat: thin; white.
Pulse: slow; weak, especially R3 (R-chi).
Complexion, other: edema.
Pattern derived from: Interior-Cold-Vacuity (Vacuity of Yang).

  
Herbs:

--Warm Interior
-Supplement Qi
-Supplement Yang

-Supplement Yin; especially herbs like Rx Rehmanniae Glutinosae Conquitae and Rx Dioscoreae Oppositae to help balance the nature of herbs that Supplement Yang.
--Astringe
-Transform Cold Phlegm
--Aromatic-transform Dampness

Formulas:

-Warm and Supplement Yang
-- Rescue Devastated Yang

  

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