What are the symptoms of insufficient kidney qi?

Kidney deficiency is explained from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. When the kidney qi is insufficient, it often leads to cold hands and feet, meridian disorders, and poor blood circulation. At this time, people often like to eat spicy and irritating foods, which often leads to a vicious cycle. Patients often have symptoms of fever at night. For the elderly, it is easy to cause constipation, night sweats, etc.

1. Cold hands and feet in spring

Many people still have cold hands and feet in spring, which is mainly caused by insufficient nourishment of the human body in winter. We know that if the kidney essence is not stored enough in winter, the body will have less power to grow, and the essence cannot reach the limbs, so symptoms of cold limbs will appear. At this time, you need to nourish your kidneys.

2. Love to eat strong-flavored food

There are more and more "spicy food lovers" in society, and many people cannot eat without chili. How can this be explained in traditional Chinese medicine? This is mainly because people's spleen and stomach functions are getting weaker and weaker, and their sense of taste is also getting weaker and weaker. They need to use things with strong flavors to regulate the vital energy and help with transportation and transformation. This shows that the kidney energy is insufficient.

3. Low-grade fever from 17:00 to 19:00 every day

Some people think that having a high fever is not good. In fact, a high fever is a sign of sufficient qi and blood. Children can easily have a very high fever because their qi and blood are particularly sufficient. After reaching adulthood, people are less likely to have a high fever and may even often have a low fever, especially between 17:00 and 19:00 in the afternoon. It is easy to have a low fever. This is actually a sign of very low Qi and blood levels, which means that the kidney Qi has been severely damaged.

4. I always shake my legs unconsciously when sitting

Some people always shake their legs unconsciously when they sit. You may think that this is a very bad problem and a sign of lack of self-cultivation. In fact, it also shows that the person’s kidney essence is insufficient.

5. Always sweating while sleeping

Sweating while sleeping is medically known as "night sweats". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sweat is the fluid of the heart. Night sweats are mostly caused by deficiency of both Qi and Yin, which cannot restrain and retain sweat. If night sweats do not heal over time, they will further deplete Qi and Yin and endanger your health.

6. Elderly people experience head shivers when urinating

Children and the elderly may feel a slight shiver in their head when they urinate. But the feeling of shivering among the elderly and children is different. In children, the kidney qi and kidney essence are not fully adjusted, so when they urinate, the qi goes downwards, and when they exert force down there, the upper part will feel a little empty, and they will feel a shock; while in the elderly, the kidney qi is insufficient, and the qi and blood are deficient, so when they exert force down there, the upper part will feel empty. Therefore, the elderly must bite their back molars when urinating in order to restrain their kidney qi and prevent it from leaking out.