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Kidney Patterns according to Chinese Medicine

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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  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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