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| Pattern Names |
| Kidney Yang Deficiency Water Effusion • 肾虚水泛 • Shèn Xū Shuǐ Fàn |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Kidney |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: pale, flabby, white coating |
Pulse: deep, weak, thready |
| Indications: General pitting edema with
greater severity in the lower extremities, abdominal
distention, scanty urine, shortness of breath, cough
and asthma with sputum gurgling in the throat,
palpitations, asthma aggravated by exertion,
intolerance of cold and cold extremities. Pale flabby
tongue body with white coating. Deep thready and
weak pulse.
[Qiao]
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| Keywords |
| Pitting edema worse in the lower extremities, scanty urination, intolerance of cold and cold limbs. In addition to the Kidney, this pattern must involve at least two other organs (Heart, Lung, and/or Spleen). [Qiao]
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| Treatment |
| warm kidney yang, promote diuresis |
| Acupuncture |
| BL20, BL23, KD7, REN4, REN9, ST36 |
| Etiology |
| Deficient Kidney yang fails to perform its qi transformation function, leading to water metabolism disorder and water accumulation [Qiao] |
