What is the difference between kidney yin deficiency and yang deficiency?

Kidney deficiency is very familiar to many people, especially men. Kidney deficiency is divided into two types, namely kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. Kidney yin deficiency can easily lead to physical weakness and impaired sexual function, while kidney yang deficiency can easily cause physical fatigue, soreness in the waist and knees, etc., and can also easily lead to loose stools.

The difference between kidney yang deficiency and kidney yin deficiency

Kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency are a term in Traditional Chinese Medicine theory. Kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency are also symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The kidney deficiency we usually talk about includes kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency, and also includes both Yin and Yang deficiency of the kidney. Low back pain, fatigue, soreness and weakness in the limbs, etc. are common symptoms of kidney yang deficiency and kidney yin deficiency.

Kidney Yin is material, while kidney Yang and kidney Qi are functional. The manifestations of yang deficiency are external, such as fear of cold, while the manifestations of kidney yin deficiency are internal. Kidney yin deficiency is prone to premature ejaculation and spermatorrhea, while kidney yang deficiency is more likely to cause impotence.

1. Symptoms of Kidney Yin Deficiency

If too much substances are consumed, such as kidney essence, or sexual life is too frequent, or labor (including mental and physical labor) is excessive, or the person is born weak and has a relatively low material foundation, symptoms such as weakness in the waist and knees, fatigue in the limbs, dizziness, tinnitus, hair loss, loose teeth, memory loss, loss of libido, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, etc. may appear. These are symptoms of kidney yin deficiency.

2. Symptoms of Kidney Yang Deficiency

The most common symptoms of kidney yang deficiency are low back pain and cold hands and feet, accompanied by frequent urination.

Kidney yang deficiency has the same symptoms as kidney yin deficiency, such as soreness of waist and knees, fatigue of limbs, and decreased libido. Because it is yang deficiency, according to TCM theory, yang deficiency will produce external cold, which will cause symptoms of fear of cold, pale complexion, chills, cold hands and feet, clear and long urine, and loose stools. Low sexual desire is similar to what modern medicine calls low androgen levels.

Men will first feel pain in the waist, because the waist is the home of the kidneys. While feeling the pain, they can also feel a distinct chill inside the waist, which is the most typical symptom of kidney yang deficiency. It will then spread to the patient's entire body, and the whole body will feel cold.

Men with kidney yang deficiency can consider seafood and leek seeds when choosing kidney-tonifying foods. Recommended kidney-tonifying medicines include Jinkui Shenqi Pills and Wuzi Yanzong Pills.

People with kidney yang deficiency have thin or thick white tongue coating, are afraid of cold, have frequent and clear urination, lack of strength, poor spirits, loose stools, and like to drink hot water. People with kidney yin deficiency have a red or dark red tongue, a white and dry or even yellow tongue coating, short and yellow urine with a lot of force, dry stools or even constipation, and like to drink cold or slightly cooler water.