What is kidney yang deficiency?

Kidney-yang deficiency refers to deficiency of kidney-yang, loss of warmth in the body, mainly manifested by sour and cold waist and knees, decreased libido and nocturnal urination.

Inborn endowment deficiency, kidney-yang deficiency. For example, some people are born with weak constitution, relatively insufficient yang, prone to kidney-yang deficiency. With age, kidney-qi gradually declines, kidney-yang will also weaken. Elderly people are often more prone to kidney-yang deficiency. Chronic diseases, continuous loss of kidney-qi, can lead to kidney-yang deficiency. Such as chronic kidney disease, long-term damage to the kidney will also cause kidney-yang deficiency. The clinical manifestations of kidney-yang deficiency are various, mainly including soreness and pain in the waist and knees, intolerance of cold and cold limbs, decreased libido, nocturnal urination, diarrhea, etc.

If kidney-yang deficiency occurs, it is recommended to seek medical treatment in time under the guidance of professional doctors.