What are the symptoms of yang deficiency

If you have a yang deficiency constitution, it will be detrimental to your physical health, because people with yang deficiency constitution are prone to chills and cold limbs. They will also show symptoms such as lack of energy, insufficient yang, and mental fatigue and laziness.

1. Fear of cold and cold limbs.

This is the most important symptom of yang deficiency. Yang Energy is like the sun in nature. If Yang Energy is insufficient, the internal environment will be in a "cold" state.

2. Undigested food refers to undigested food mixed in the stool. The ancients had a vivid metaphor to describe the occurrence of this phenomenon. The digestion of food is like cooking raw rice into cooked rice, the stomach is like a cooking pot, and the yang energy is like the fire used for cooking. Without "fire", rice cannot be cooked into "rice". Therefore, when the Yang Qi is insufficient, the food that enters the stomach cannot be well "roasted" (digested) and is directly discharged from the intestines.

3. Lack of spirit and insufficient Yang energy cause the decline of cellular vital activities, resulting in lethargy and laziness.

4. The tongue is pale and fat, or has tooth marks. The consumption and metabolism of water in the body depends on the transpiration of Yang Qi. If the Yang Qi is weak and the water is insufficiently consumed by evaporation, excess water will accumulate in the body, causing an enlarged tongue. The tongue is enlarged and has tooth marks due to being squeezed by the teeth.

5. The pulse is deep, thin and weak. It indicates that the Yang Qi is insufficient and cannot stimulate the arteries.