Kidney Syndromes Symptoms

Question 1

Kidney Yin xu (deficient condition)

Answer 1

Usually seen in in old age - 50+
tends to be chronic

Sore achy lower back - worse on standing, better for walking - worse in afternoon and evening.

night sweats,

dry mouth and throat at night

Dizziness

Tinnitus

Vertigo

poor memory

hardness of hearing

5 palm heat, heat in the PM

Thirst

Ache in bones

Wet dreams

constipation - dry stools

dark scanty urine

urination at night

infertility

premature ejactulation

tiredness lassitude

depression anxiety

inappropriate fear

Question 2

Kidney Yang Xu (deficient condition)

Answer 2

Tends to be chronic, may change from yin - yang or yang to yin over time (not going pong between)

Sore achy lower back - worse whentired or cold

Feeling cold

weak legs and knees

Cold back and knees

bright white complexion

impotence, premature ejactulation

abundant clear urination, urination at night

oedema in legs

infertility in women, low sperm count in men

inappropriate fear

apathy

poor appetite

loose stools

Need to use pulses to check if this syndrome is present as symps common to many other patterns.

Question 3

Kid Qi not firm - Deficiency pattern

Answer 3

Dribbling after urination, abundant urination, weak stream, incontinance, bedwetting, urination at night

Wet dreams without dreams, prem ejaculation, ejaculation without orgasm

prolapse of uterus, dragging down feeling in lower abdomen, recurrent miscarriage

chronic vaginal discharge,

lower back ache weak knees

Question 4

Kidneys failing to receive qi (deficient condition)

Answer 4

Shortness of breath on exertion, difficulty inhaling, rapid and weak breathing, chronic cough, chronic asthma,

spontaneous sweating, cold limbs after sweating,

swelling of the face,

lassitude, mental listlessness,

clear urination after asthma attack,

lower backache.

Question 5

Kidney Jing Xu (deficient condition)

In children
Poor bone development, late closure of the fontanelle

deafness

frequent or chronic illness

poor mental development

In adults
weakness of sexual activity

sore and achey back worse in afternoon and evening

Osteoporosis

loose teeth

weak knees and legs

poor memory

decreased mental sharpness

absentmindedness

infertility

tinnitus

hard of hearing

Answer 5

In children
Poor bone development, late closure of the fontanelle

deafness

frequent or chronic illness

poor mental development

In adults
weakness of sexual activity

sore and achey back worse in afternoon and evening

Osteoporosis

loose teeth

weak knees and legs

poor memory

decreased mental sharpness

absentmindedness

infertility

tinnitus

hard of hearing

Question 6

Kid yang xu water overflowing (mixed condition)

Answer 6

Pitting oedema in legs and feet

feeling cold

cold feeling in legs and back

fullness and distention of abdomen

lower backache when cold or tired

scanty clear urine

Water overflowing to the Heart
Same as above plus palps, breathless and cold hands

Water overflowing to the Lungs
Same as above plus thin watery sputum, cough, asthma, and breathlessness on exertion

Question 7

Kidney yin xu, empty fire blazing (mixed conditions)

Answer 7

Insomnia, night sweats

sore achy lower back worse in the pm

mental restlessness

low grade fever or feeling of heat in the Pm

dry throat - esp at night

malar flush

scanty dark urine

blood in urine

wet dreams, excess sexual desire

vivid dreams

constipation with dry stools