Kidney Yin Deficiency - Frequent Urination

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The 5 possible underlying causes of frequent urinaion are Urinary

Bladder Damp Heat, Kidney Yin Deficiency, Failing Kidney

Consolidation (Kidney Yang Deficiency), Lung and Spleen Qi

Deficiency, and Liver Qi Blockage.

 

Deficiency problems are caused by there not being enough of

something. (Excess problems are caused by there being too much of

something.) Yin cools, calms, and moistens. In the case of Deficiency

Heat (aka Yin Deficiency), the person is too Hot because there is not

enough Yin to cool the body properly. This is Deficiency Heat.

 

Kidney Yin Deficiency:

 

" Frequent but scanty yellow urine with sensations of burning or

difficulty, and characteristic symptoms of yin deficiency such as

malar flush, insomnia, tinnitus, dry throat, hot flushes worse in the

afternoon or evening, heat in the palms, soles and center of the

chest, aching of the lower back and knees, spermatorrhea, red tongue

with little or no coat, and thready rapid pulse. " (Fluid Physiology

and Pathology in Traditional , Steven Clavey, p. 95.)

 

Also note that Yin moistens. This will be important when one looks at

the differences between the treatments for Urinary Damp Heat and for

Kidney Yin Deficiency.

 

Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency can manifest as

incontinence. " Gradual onset of urinary incontinence with scanty

yellow urine and characteristic symptoms of Liver and Kidney yin

deficiency such as tinnitus, vertigo, malar flush, a sensation of

dryness and grittiness in the eyes, aching weak lower back and legs,

nightsweats, constipation with dry stool, thirst which is relatively

easily quenched, red tongue and little or no coat, and a thready

rapid and somewhat wiry pulse. " (Clavey, pp. 99-100.)

 

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