What does tonifying yang mean

Yang deficiency is a very common disease in traditional Chinese medicine. Patients with yang deficiency often feel insufficient qi and blood, and lack of energy. Over time, it not only affects the patient's daily life, but also affects the patient's physical health. Patients with yang deficiency generally suffer from fear of cold and their reactions are usually slow, so many patients with yang deficiency will undergo yang-tonifying treatments. So, what exactly does tonifying yang mean?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yang deficiency leads to external coldness. In other words, if the body's yang energy is weak and the qi and blood are insufficient, it will not be able to warm the muscles to resist the invasion of cold, so the body becomes very afraid of cold. Yang deficiency refers to the lack of Yang energy in the body. People often describe such people as having "insufficient firepower" and experiencing conditions such as decreased function, slow reaction, and insufficient calories from body metabolism. Insufficient Yang Qi is mainly due to deficiency of Yang Qi in the spleen and kidneys, and the main manifestations include fear of cold, indigestion, deep and fine pulse, lack of energy, enlarged tongue or tooth marks.

How to regulate Yang deficiency constitution

In daily health care, people with yang deficiency can start from these aspects.

1. Daily life maintenance

People with yang deficiency are not able to adapt to changes in cold and heat. Therefore, in the cold winter season, we must be prepared to avoid the cold and take some corresponding warming and health care measures. You can also adopt the health-preserving method of "nourishing yang in spring and summer" from the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic". In spring and summer, pay attention to diet and lifestyle habits to supplement the body's yang energy. In addition, you can also insist on sunbathing or air bathing, which is also very helpful for improving your physical condition.

2. Dietary health care

Starting health care from the perspective of diet is a good choice. People with yang deficiency can eat more foods that warm the kidney and replenish yang, such as deer antler, ginseng, fennel, lamb, oyster, eel, dog meat, quail, shrimp meat, etc. These foods can not only nourish the five internal organs, but also strengthen the body. In addition, remember that people with yang deficiency should not eat too much cold food in summer.

3. Mental care

"Liver Qi deficiency causes fear", which means that people with poor liver function are prone to fear and terror; "heart Qi deficiency causes sadness", which means that if the heart function is low, people are prone to pessimism. TCM's understanding of this is that yang deficiency is the development of qi deficiency. Therefore, people with yang deficiency will often be in a bad mood and prone to pessimism. Therefore, they should pay more attention to mental nourishment, learn to regulate their emotions, and avoid negative emotions such as anxiety and panic from affecting their bodies.