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Kidney Patterns
Kidney Patterns according to Chinese Medicine
| Diagnosis | Signs & Symptoms | Treatment Principle | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney Yin deficiency | dry mouth at night, night sweating, dizziness, tinnitus, vertigo, 5-palm heat, thirst, sore back, ache in bones, constipation, dark scanty urine, nocturnal emission | Nourish KI Yin | Ren4, KI3, KI6, KI9, KI10, SP6, Ren1 |
| Kidney Yang Deficiency | cold in the back, abundant clear urine, soreness in the back, aversion to cold, cold knees, weak legs, bright white complexion, impotence, premature ejaculation, lassitude, apathy, edema of the legs, infertility in women, poor appetite, loose stools | Tonify Warm KI Yang, Stregthen Ming Men | Du4, BL23, BL52, Ren4, KI3, KI7, Jing Gong, Ren6 |
| Kidney Qi not Firm | Dribbling after urination, nocturnal emissions w/o dreams, soreness in the lower back, clear and frequent urine, weak stream urine, enuresis, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, proplapse of uterus | Reinforce and Stablize KI Qi | Du4, BL23, Ren4, KI3, Jing Gong, Du20, Ren6 |
| Kidneys failing to Recieve Qi | SOB upon exertion, sweating, clear urination, difficulty in inhaling, cough , asthma, cold limbs, swelling of the face, thin body, mental listlessness, soreness of the back | Tonify and Warm KI Yang, Stimulate the KI reception of Qi, Stimulate the LU Descending and Dispersing function | KI3, LU7, KI6, ST36, BL23, Du4, Ren6, Ren17, KI25, Du12, Ki7 |
| Kidney Essence Deficiency | poor bone development in children, weakness, falling hair, weak sexual activity, softening of bones, poor memory, loose teath, soreness of the back | Nourish the essence | Du4, BL23, KI3, KI6, GB34, BL11. DU14, Du20, BL15 |
| Kidney Yang deficiency, Water Overflowing | edema of the ankles, cold feeling in legs, distension of the abdomen, sore lower back, (if in heat: palps, breathlessness, cold hands) (in in LU: thin watery sputum, cough, asthma, SOB on exurtion) | Tonify and Warm the KI and SP Yang, Transform Water, (Warm and Tonify HT Yang and/Or LU Qi) | Du4, BL23, BL20, BL22, Ren9, ST28, KI7, Du14, BL15, Du12, BL13, LU7 |
| Kidney Yin deficiency, Empty Fire Blazing | malar flush, mental restlessness, dry throat at night, feeling of heat in the afternoon, night sweats, low grade fever, insomnia, scanty dark urine, blood in urine, soreness of the lower back, nocturnal emissions w/ dreams, excessive sexual desire | Nourish KI Yin, Clear Heat, Calm the MInd | KI3, KI6, KI10, KI9, KI2, LU10, HT5, LU7 |
| Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency | dry eyes, dry throat, night sweats, scanty menstration, sallow complexion, dull occipital or vertex headaches, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, numbness of the limbs, malar flush, dizziness, blurried vision, outbursts of anger, soreness of the lowerback | Nourish KI and LR Yin | KI3, KI6, LR8, BL17, BL18, BL20, BL23, BL10, Du20, Ren4 |
| Kidney and Heart Not Harmonized | Palps, insomnia, night sweating, mental reslessness, poor memory, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, soreness of the lower back, nocturnal emissions w/ dreams, feaver or heat in the afternoon, | Nourish KI and HT Yin, Clear Heat from the HT | KI3, KI6, KI9, HT5m HT6, HT7, GB13, Du24, Ren15, PC6, Ren4, SP6, Yin Yang |
| Kidney and Lung Yin Deficiency | Dry cough, heat in the evening, night sweating, dry mouth, thin body, breathlessness on exurtion, soreness of the lower back, weak limbs, nocturnal emissions, 5 palm heat | Nourihs LU and KI Yin, INcrease body fluids | KI3, KI6, LU7, LU9, LU1, SP6, Ren4, BL43 |
| Kidney and Spleen Yang deficiency | chronic diarrhea, chilliness, feeling cold in the back, physically weak, mental listlessness, phlegm in the throat, breathlessness, dislike to talk, desire to lie down, poor appetite, aversion to cold, abundant clear urine, loose stools | Tonify adn Warm KI and SP Yang | KI3, KI7, BL23, Du4, BL20, BL21, ST6, Ren6, ST37, ST25, BL25 |