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Diagnostics II Kidney/Bladder Symptoms

Date:

Nov 28, 2008

Kidney and Bladder Kidney Kidney suffers no excess! It is the root of the body. Pathologies of Kidney are more often chronic than acute and as such alleviation of symptoms will be relatively slow. Pathologies of the Kidney often manifest as: • dysfunction in storing essence • disturbance in water metabolism • abnormality in growth, development and reproduction

, Kidney Qi Deficiency

Kidney Yang Deficiency

Frequent micturation with clear urine “Kidney failing to hold firm.” Or in western speak: Dribbling of urine after urination Enuresis (bed wetting) Soreness and weakness of the lumbar region and knee joints In women Clear, cold leukorrhea (whitish or yellowish vaginal discharge) Threatened abortion In men Spermatorrhea Premature ejaculation Tongue: pale with white coat Pulse: deep and weak. Root will be weak. Pallor or blackish complexion Cold limbs Soreness and weakness of lumbar region and knee joints Impotence Infertility Dizziness (because yang qi can’t go up to support the head) Early morning or 5 o’clock diarrhea, esp in colder weather Edema Tongue: pale and swollen with white coat Pulse: deep, weak, probably slow

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Kidney Yin Deficiency

Kidney Essence Defic.

Failure of Kidney to Receive Qi

(think asthma)

Dizziness Tinnitus (probably small sound, high pitch) Soreness and weakness of lumbar region and knee joints Nocturnal emissions Irregular menstruation Typical yin deficiency symptoms ♦ Dryness of the mouth ♦ Afternoon fever ♦ Malar flush ♦ Night sweating ♦ Yellow urine ♦ Constipation Tongue: red with little coating Pulse: thready, rapid In Children: Delayed growth Dwarfism Mental retardation In Adults: Sperm defects Male and female infertility Amenorrhea Senilism (i.e., premature baldness) Tinnitus Deafness Poor memory Tongue: red with white coat Pulse: thready and weak Soreness and weakness of the lumbar regions and knee joints Shortness of breath, possibly cough Easy exhale, difficult inhale, aggrivated by exercise Feeble voice (qi deficiency) Fatigue (qi deficiency) Spontaneous sweating (qi deficiency) Tongue: slightly pale, white coating Pulse: deep and weak

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Bladder Damp heat in the Bladder Heat pushing the urine forward causing: ♦ Frequency and urgency of urination ♦ Dribbling urination ♦ Discontinuation of urination in midstream (most frequent cause of ,Burning pain (heat) in urethra and during urination Lin Zheng – painful Urine is dark yellow, possibly hematuria or stones urination) (stream of urine will often stop midstream as the stone moves down, change position and resumes as stone moves on. Hurts!) Lower abdominal distention Other symptoms: ♦ Fever ♦ Lumbar pain ♦ Painful urination ♦ Inflammation Tongue: yellow greasy (heat plus dampness) coating Pulse: rapid (heat)

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