What are the symptoms of spleen and kidney yang deficiency?
Disease description:
My husband has recently been feeling unwell, and the doctor diagnosed him with spleen-kidney yang deficiency. What are the symptoms of spleen-kidney yang deficiency?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Zhang Xiuhong
Patients with spleen-kidney yang deficiency commonly exhibit the following symptoms:
1. Gastrointestinal symptoms: such as abdominal distension, chronic diarrhea, and loose stools containing undigested food, which are manifestations of impaired transportation and transformation due to spleen yang deficiency.
2. Abnormal fluid metabolism: spleen-kidney yang deficiency affects fluid metabolism, and patients may exhibit edema, particularly marked swelling in the lower limbs, or periorbital edema upon awakening.
3. Cold intolerance: the kidney is the foundation of innate constitution, and kidney yang insufficiency leads to general yang deficiency. Patients often feel cold in the extremities, especially in the lower limbs, accompanied by soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, and cold intolerance.
4. Mental fatigue: spleen-kidney yang deficiency leads to insufficient production of qi and blood, causing patients to feel fatigued easily, listless, with impaired memory, and even insomnia with frequent dreams.
5. Reproductive system symptoms: the kidney governs reproduction, and kidney yang deficiency can impair reproductive function. Male patients may experience reduced libido, impotence, and premature ejaculation; female patients may suffer from infertility due to cold uterus, reduced menstrual flow, and other related symptoms.
6. Pale or sallow complexion: due to insufficient production of qi and blood, patients may present with pale or dull, lusterless complexion.
