Talk About The Nine Functions Of The Kidney

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In the face of kidney deficiency, what is the problem that everyone is most concerned about?

That is how we can detect the clues of kidney deficiency in time. Besides going to a doctor for treatment, what else can we do to face kidney deficiency?

Today, I will introduce you one by one from the basic functions of the kidney, how to detect kidney deficiency, and how to nourish the kidney.

Why are the kidneys so important?

The first question I want to introduce is the basic function of the kidneys. The kidney is the foundation of the innate, and everyone often hears this statement. How do we understand the kidney as the innate foundation? Our life comes from our parents, and the basic substance that constitutes life is the kidney essence. This kidney essence is hidden in the kidneys of our parents. Only when the kidneys of our parents are full can we have the ability to reproduce. Women become fertile when they are 2714 and men are 2816.

After a new life individual is formed, the life material and life information inherited from the parents are also hidden in the kidneys. It is the original material and the original driving force for the growth and development of new life, and it is also the material for us to nurture the next generation of new life. Therefore, we say that the kidney is the innate root.

The kidney is equivalent to the "rice jar" at home.

Throughout our life, the kidney is the main store. Our life process is a process of growth, collection, circulation and reciprocation. The manifestations of growth and storage in nature are: spring birth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage. The corresponding relationship with our human body is that the liver is in charge of birth, the heart is in charge of growth, the lung is in charge of collection, and the kidney is in charge of storage. The kidney we are talking about today is the main store.

Creatures in nature go through spring birth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and finally enter the stage of storage. In the winter of nature, everywhere is desolate, we see no life on the surface, the trees wither and the animals begin to hibernate.

In fact, life is hidden. Although the above-ground parts of the trees are withered, the underground roots are full of life;

The hibernation of animals is to reduce energy consumption and preserve life substances, so the characteristic of winter is "hiding".

What is hiding in winter? It is the substance and energy of life, and the life substance and energy of the human body are stored in the kidneys. The kidney is equivalent to the rice jar in our home, the granary of the country, and the fuel tank of the car. That's why Kim Jong-un emphasized that food is more important than bullets, and we often say that the troops and horses are not moving, and the food and grass must go first, all of which must be hidden. For the human body, it is to protect the function of the kidneys and protect the essence and qi stored in the kidneys. This is the link that the kidneys take care of in the life process, that is, storage. This storage is very important to our human body. Only when the inflated essence is stored in the kidneys can we be healthy in the coming year.

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The specific functions of the kidneys

1. The main store of essence (sufficient kidney essence can be vigorous)

Essence is the most precious life substance of human beings. The essence stored in the kidney is divided into congenital essence and acquired essence. Innate essence comes from the spleen and stomach.

It is often said that people must have essence, qi, and spirit.

Think about it, what does this mean? That is to say, people should be confident and vigorous. What is the basis of the confidence and vigor? That is finesse. The "Nei Jing" says: "When a person is born, he first becomes an essence". Energy can be transformed into Qi, and energy can be transformed into spirit. Only when the kidney essence is sufficient can we be confident and vigorous.

2. Dominance, reproduction, growth and development (kidney deficiency can cause infertility)

A few days ago, an infertile patient came to tell me that his lover was pregnant. Previously, the reason for infertility was low sperm count and low vitality. I let him treat him mainly by nourishing the kidney for more than three months, and now he has recovered. In recent years, more and more patients with infertility have been diagnosed, and the treatment is mainly based on nourishing the kidneys.

Sexual function matures with the enrichment of kidney qi. When the woman is twenty-seven and the man is twenty-eight, the kidney qi is full, the heavenly guilt arrives, the woman has menstrual cramps, and the man has nocturnal emission, which marks the maturity of sexual development and the ability to reproduce.

The symbolic changes of each physiological period are the external manifestations of the changes of kidney qi, and the whole process of growth and development is dominated by the kidneys. Think about it, what is the most beautiful period in a person's life? From a physiological point of view, 21-35 years old for women and 24-40 years old for men are the most attractive periods.

3. The main bone and marrow are connected to the brain (for memory loss, the kidney should be invigorated)

Think about it, why do the elderly always have bone pain and are prone to fractures?

Why do older people experience memory loss?

Because the nutrition of the bones comes from the bone marrow, and the marrow is metaplasticized by the kidney essence. Our brain is composed of the brain marrow, and the brain marrow is assembled from the spinal cord, and the spinal cord is assembled from the bones, so the root of the brain marrow is the kidney essence. All problems related to intelligence are kidney problems. Whether it is children with mental retardation or senile dementia, the treatment is mainly to nourish the kidneys.

4. Master water (the metabolism of water is in charge of the kidneys)

The kidneys also have the function of controlling water. When everyone sees a patient with edema, most people will think that this person has a kidney problem. Most of the patients with nephropathy we have seen clinically have edema, which tells us a problem, the metabolism of water in our body is in charge of the kidneys.

How to understand kidney water?

Meaning in two ways. First, the water ingested by the human body must be excreted after metabolism and utilization, so the function of excretion is the function of the kidneys. Therefore, Western medicine refers to the kidney as the urinary system.

Second, the body's water must be preserved, and the function of preserving water is also the function of the kidneys. This function is related to the previous function of the kidney.

5. Mainly absorb qi (the sound may be caused by kidney deficiency)

What viscera is our breathing related to? Everyone knows that breathing is related to our lungs, because our lungs are respiratory organs, and of course the lungs are closely related to breathing, but in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, breathing is not only related to the lungs, but also has a very close relationship with the kidneys. The lungs are mainly responsible for exhalation, the function of our exhalation is the lungs, and the kidneys are mainly responsible for the intake of air, that is, we breathe in, which is the function of the kidneys.

Some people often say: "Oh, I only have air out but not air in." Or some people say: "My anger is always floating on the top and can't go down."

A lot of people who sang came to see me, and some said, "Why does my voice keep floating up and down now?"

This is the problem of insufficiency of the kidneys. Anyone who learns vocal music knows that the vocalization is not in the throat, but in the dantian, and the sound has texture, magnetism and appeal. This is what we call the kidneys that take in qi. For some elderly asthma patients, the asthma can be cured only by nourishing the kidneys and absorbing qi.

6. Store zhi (people's aspirations are also related to the kidneys)

The sixth function of the kidney is to store zhi. What does Tibetan Zhi mean?

In relation to our thinking activities, this aspiration has the meaning of remembering and memory. Our memory is dominated by the kidneys, and it is connected with the function of the brain, which is the main function of the bone and the marrow as we mentioned earlier. At the same time, aspiration also means aspiration. Whether a person has aspiration or not is actually largely determined by whether the person has sufficient kidney qi. Think about it, everyone, if this person has weak kidney qi, his memory declines, and he loses everything all day, what ambitions would he have? Whether a person's ambition is high or not is related to the sufficiency of kidney qi.

7. Hearing loss may be caused by kidney deficiency

The hearing of the ear is affected by the kidney essence, so the quality of our hearing is related to the kidney essence. Most of the elderly suffer from hearing loss, which is related to the decline of kidney essence. The kidneys govern the front and back yin, and the anterior yin is mainly responsible for excretion of urine and reproduction. All sexual problems, urinary problems, and reproductive problems are the functions of the anterior yin. For example, this person's urination is abnormal, or he has difficulty urinating, all of which are related to the kidneys.

Why does the kidney still dominate the hind yin?

The posterior vagina mainly refers to the anus. Let us take a relatively common example. Most of the elderly will experience constipation, and this constipation is not a problem of dry stool, but mainly because of poor defecation and difficulty in defecation. Many people have normal bowel movements when they are young, but when they are older, there will be problems with their bowel movements. For the constipation problem of the elderly, our main research is to govern the kidneys.

There is also a clinical condition. This patient has diarrhea and has to get up at the fifth watch every day. This is called "five watch discharge". Every day at the fifth watch, he goes to the toilet. This is a typical diarrhea caused by kidney deficiency.

8. Qihua is in the hair (premature white hair and hair loss should nourish the kidney)

The quality of hair is closely related to the function of our kidneys. Some people have white hair when they are young. This is called white juvenile head, and it is probably related to the kidneys.

What does Qihua mean?

The quality of our kidneys can be expressed through our hair, and the quality of our hair is the external manifestation of our kidneys. Therefore, everyone intuitively sees that this young man has thick, shiny, and energetic hair. When he sees that his hair is white and his hair is falling out, he is prematurely aging. Therefore, the quality of the hair indicates whether the kidney essence is sufficient. We treat hair problems, gray hair and scorch should be attributed to the kidneys.

9. Through winter qi (why go to kidney in winter)

This question is compatible with the process of the kidney governing storage mentioned above. There is another question, why go to kidney in winter?

It is because the process of storing in nature is in winter, and the kidneys of our human body are stored, so the kidneys stored in our five zang organs are in a corresponding relationship with the winter in nature. If you have used well water, you will know that well water is cool in summer and warm in winter, why is it cool in summer? Warm in winter? Tell us a truth, the change of ground temperature depends on whether the natural yang qi is stored on the surface or underground? If the yang qi is stored on the surface, the temperature will be high, and the temperature in the underground will be low. If the yang qi is falling, sinking to the ground, and hiding under the ground, then our surface temperature will be low, and the underground temperature will be high. There is a characteristic of winter, yang is a kind of decline, is a kind of hidden process. So in winter, the function of our kidneys is the most important. In winter, nourishing the kidney conforms to the lack of yang qi in nature, and also complies with the lack of yang qi in the human body, so what is replenished can be hidden. When it comes to supplementing in spring, although the kidneys can be supplemented in spring, what is supplemented in spring is more likely to go upward and outward, and it is easier to spread out. What is supplemented in spring? Nourishing the liver is the best, this is the theory of our traditional Chinese medicine, which emphasizes the harmony between our life process and nature.

The above briefly introduced several functions of the kidney to you. The kidney is the innate foundation, and in the process of life, the kidney is the main store of its links.

The kidney has nine basic functions:

The first kidney stores essence;

The second kidney is responsible for sexual reproduction and growth and development;

The third kidney governs bone and marrow to communicate with the brain;

The fourth kidney controls water;

The fifth kidney controls qi;

The sixth kidney stores Chi;

The seventh kidney opens in the ear and the front and back yin;

The eighth is blooming;

The ninth pass is in the winter air.

Kidney Deficiency Makes You Older

From our brief introduction above, you should be able to understand that all our organs are more important than the kidney, which is the foundation of nature. Because it is very important, and because of this cyclical process of kidney qi going from weak to strong, and from prosperity to decline, kidney deficiency is inevitable in each of our lives.

So I told you earlier that I hope you will never have kidney deficiency, but this will be impossible. As time goes on, we all get older, and our body organs gradually weaken. If we live to be over a hundred years old and the kidneys are deficient, that's okay. The more serious problem now is that many people are aging prematurely, and many people are not only aging prematurely, but also die young. These serious problems are all related to our kidney deficiency.