Kidney yin deficiency with spleen qi deficiency

Hey, I totally agree with Chad. If you&#39re at a school for TCM you should, absolutely, take advantage of the interns and practitioners there. It&#39s a golden opportunity that you don&#39t wanna pass on. I also agree with him about treating yourself. Self diagnosis is a slippery slope and it&#39s easy to misdiagnose because you cant see what someone else would see. But you know what I&#39d tell you first if you were my patient? If you know what&#39s causing all your grief, how bout changing some of those habits. Got a lot of stress? Lets teach you to get a better grip on this. And speaking of grip (sorry) lets see if we can find some better outlets than excessive masturbation. You&#39re too young to start burning through your jing.

Thanks for all advice!

Why do You think Bu zhong yi qi tang can cause digestive problems? I thought it was an ideal digestive tonic / regulator. Although it can do some damage to fluids and add too much heat (especially the version with ren shen).

The trick is to find a skilled herbalist to put something together for you. Treating these things together is really not all that difficult. Very frequently we will make around 20% of a formula spleen tonics to ensure digestibility and prevent digesive upset. Often times I will not recommend Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang for this purpose because it can commonly cause digestive upset. Further, yin tonification is not a quick process. Often times I will use only 20% yin tonics in a formula while using other herbs to address main complaints or concurrent patterns (e.g. Liver stagnation). So a more complex formula may look something like:

20% Spleen/stomach herbs (e.g. An Zhong San, Ping Wei San, etc.)

20% Yin tonics

60% left for chief complaints/concurrent patterns.

I have been to a very good TCM doctor and received a final diagnose. Looks like my root problem was a complex pattern of "Yin Fire" (introduced by Li Dong Yuan). Contemporary practitioners often call it "spleen qi sinking" but "yin fire" is much more complex. Apart from deficient spleen, Yuan qi is pushed away by the Ministerial fire which resides in Pericardium (where it should not be). I had many secondary patterns which evaluated from the root one (like yin deficiency, blood deficiency, qi deficiency), but the main problem was the deficiency of Yuan Qi, because my digestion wasn&#39 working. Supplementation of either yin, yang, or blood tonics was not working as a result. The key symptoms were hemorrhoids, prolapse of stomach (which I wasn&#39t aware of), swollen, slightly pale tongue w/teethmarks, underweight, severe fatigue and digestion problems.

This is my current treatment:

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (in a decoction - dosage for one day, split to 2 doses) with addition of Da Zao:

Ren Shen 12g, Huang Qin 15g, Bai Zhu 12g, Gan Cao 8g, Dang Gui 9g, Chen Pi 9g, Sheng Ma 6g, Chai Hu 9g, Da Zao 6g

Acu:

Ren-4, Ren-8, Ren-12, Du-20, Kid-3, Sp-6, St-36, St-21 - tonification

Ren-13, P-6, St-25 - sedation

And of course spleen diet.

After about one week I&#39m starting to feel a little better, to be exact, there are times during the day (usually afternoons after dinner) when I&#39m bursting with energy and there are times when I don&#39t have energy to even watch a movie.

Feel free to write if You have some more suggestions.

I need a good Tcm doctor. Could some one kindly recommend one. I have kidney yin deficiency. Thank you

I know I’m a little late here, but still I think this.will be useful to posterity.

To restore kidney yin I would suggest trying some chi kung! (Also spelled qi gong). Right now, rub your hands together, gather qi, and place them in the area of your kidneys, charging them with intent. Rub them and gently beat.on them…repeat 3 times.
There’s many more exercises-- Dr. Chang is a great resource on internal exercise for the organs. In his internal exercises book he also explains the deer exercise which is a way to store and grow root/sexual/kidney jing. By the way, I haven’t worn my glasses in 5 years now because the eye exercises from that book improved my vision!

Have you heard of medicinal pourridges, aka congee? According to Bob Flaws (book of jook) acient TCM practitioners would use that before even herbs or acupuncture. Food must be 100 degrees…cooking, heat is more energy, thus transforming food. Ice cold water and submarine sandwiches sure do sink the qi!

As far as tonifying yin, altho some are viscous and heavy (im thinking rehmannia root), mix with some orange peel for some dry aromatic assistance. Cardamom is good for that too along with helping adrenals. You could also put a splash of herbal drink in your congee. Digestive power will restore from the long cook time. Aside herbals, food can help and is simple. Millet is a yin tonifyer for example (also a plus, does not feed candida!). Add a pinch of cardamom, some bone broth and you’ll be well on your way to some bonus jing. Throw in some goji berries and you’ve tonified liver/kidney yin (lung too) which will also help with eyes and night vision. There’s a phrase called “draining the swamp” as in dampness that I know gobo, aka burdock root is great for. It will also help clear heat (like bok choy and dandelion). Check out some yin/yang food charts.

You already aware of so much, and already turned the problem around! And you have started before you hit the danger zone…so keep it up, balancing fire & water…harmonizing your internals and externals (Straight Bamboo has great articles on "How to stay healthy in [season]), calm the pendulum and breathe easy-relaxing in this machine world? in itself a challenge. Listen to your solar plexus more than the over-thinking mind. All of these modalities made me strong. No sickness, no backpain. Peace and inner strength# hope this is helpful.