Common Roots of profuse, clear urination

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One of the reasons I'm posting this is it deals with the concepts of

Deficiency and Excess. Another is that some readers are experiencing

profuse, clear urination.

 

Frequent urination can be due to a number of different Roots (some

Cold,

some Hot), but profuse, clear urination points to a Cold condition.

This

can either be Deficiency Cold (Yang Deficiency - not enough Yang to

warm the

body properly) - or it can be due to Excess Cold invading the body

(either

through the weather being too cold or the person consuming food and

drink

which is too cold or has too much Cold energy).

 

" Kidney yang deficiency. Clear, profuse and frequent urinaiton with

characteristic symptoms of Kidney yang insufficiency such as facial

pallor,

tiredness, soreness of the lower back and knees, coldness of the

limbs and

general sensitivity to cold, dizziness, tinnitus, pale tongue with a

white

coat, and a deep slow weak pulse, especially at the proximal (chi)

position.

 

" Internal yin cold predominating over yang. Clear profuse urination

with

obvious sensitivity to cold, lower abdominal cold pain which markedly

improves with heat, preference for warm food and drinks, cold limbs,

loose

stool, pale tongue with a white coat, and deep, wiry pulse. " (Fluid

Physiology and Pathology in Traditional , Steven

Clavey, p.

86.)

 

Even though there are a lot of similarities between these two Roots

(they

share the characteristics of Cold), there also are differences. One

is a

Deficiency condition (xu), and the other is Excess (shi).

 

The " soreness of the lower back and knees " and the tinnitus point to

Kidney

imbalance. (These are general Kidney symptoms.) The Cold symptoms -

like

slow pulse, movements, and speech; sensitivity to cold, and extreme

fatigue

narrows the Kidney imbalance down to Kidney Yang Deficiency. The pale

tongue is not specific to Yang Deficiency or Cold. Neither is a pale

complexion. Blood Deficiency and Qi Deficiency also can manifest as

a pale

complexion and pale tongue (though the tongue and sometimes even the

complexion can be somewhat normal in

color in cases of Qi Deficiency. The pale complexion of Blood

Deficiency

will be dull pale. The pale complexion of Yang Deficiency or Qi

Deficiency

will be shiny pale.

 

Actually, Kidney Yang Deficiency also will manifest as a preference

for warm

liquids. The person seldom may feel thirsty and prefers hot teas and

soups

when s/he does drink.

 

A better indication of Deficiency vs. Excess is the thickness of the

tongue

coating. In Deficiency conditions, the tongue coat thickness will be

normal

or thinner than normal. If there is Stomach Yin Deficiency, the

coating may

even be missing. Excess conditions usually are characterized by thick

tongue coats. Normal to thinner than normal, Deficiency. Thicker

than

normal, Excess. (Keep in mind that the tongue changes more slowly

than the

pulse. The pulse will change following an acupuncture treatment. If

the

tongue color or coating has had time to change, the condition has

been going

on for some time, usually at least a day or more if not much, much

longer.)

 

Although both conditions are Cold conditions, the treatments will be

slightly different. If a person is Yang Deficient, Yang will need to

be

supplemented (Yang tonic herbs) in addition to warming the Yang and

the

Interior. If the person is suffering from Excess Cold, the treatment

involves warming the Interior and expelling the Cold.

 

In cases of Excess Cold, the next question needs to be why did the

Cold

invade? Is the person eating too many foods and liquids that are

chilled

too much or have the effect of cooling the body (thermal energy), or

was the

person exposed to cold weather. In the case of cold weather, the next

question becomes how cold was the cold weather. Was the weather so

cold

that it was able to invade regardless of the person's Protective Qi

being

adequate, or was the weather not so cold but the person is Protective

Qi

Deficient. In the latter cases, Protective Qi will need to be

increased via

herbs like astragalus and via strenghtening the Spleens and/or Lungs.

 

Think about urination in the winter vs. urination in the summer. In

the

winter, even well people tend to produce more urine and clearer urine

than

in the summer (though it won't be as profuse or as clear as a person

suffering from Deficiency Cold or Excess Cold).

 

The Uterus, Intestines, and Stomach are vulnerable to direct invasion

by

Cold. It doesn't have to go through the meridians first.

 

The Kidneys are very vulnerable to Cold. (The Spleen is most

vulnerable to

Dampness and somewhat vulnerable to Cold.) If Excess Cold is not

treated

via warming the Interior, changing the diet, dressing warmly enough or

staying indoors during cold weather, and addressing any Protective Qi

Deficiency problems if they are present, in time the Excess Cold will

weaken

the Kidneys to the point that Kidney Yang Deficiency will develop.

Then

you're looking at both Deficiency and Excess Cold, and the two are

reinforcing each other. The Excess Cold triggers worse Yang

Deficiency, and

the Yang Deficiency causes the person to be more vulnerable to

Exterior

Cold. (Weak Protective Qi is not the only thing that can cause a

person to

be weather sensitive. Long-term Yang Deficiency also can cause a

person to

be more vulnerable to Exterior Cold.) Since the Spleen also is

vulnerable

to Cold, in time there will be Qi Deficiency, including Protective Qi

Deficiency (but not limited to it.)

 

A deep pulse (one that can be felt best with a lot of pressure) can

point to

an Interior condition. A " floating " pulse (one that can be felt best

with

light pressure) can point to an Exterior condition (as well as some

other

imbalances). Both Kidney Yang Deficiency and Internal Yin Cold

Predominating

Over Yang are Interior imbalances. The Organs are affected.

 

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