I feel like my waist is empty, what's going on?

The feeling of emptiness in the waist is generally an important symptom of kidney deficiency. There are two types of kidney deficiency, one is kidney yin deficiency and the other is kidney yang deficiency. No matter which one it is, it will pose a great threat to the patient's physical health. If the problem of kidney deficiency exists for a long time and is not treated, it will affect the patient's mental state and the sexual life between couples. Below, we will introduce the two types of kidney deficiency and their specific symptoms in detail.

1. Kidney Yin Deficiency

Kidney Yin deficiency: The main symptoms are soreness of waist and knees, weak legs, irritability, and the following symptoms may also occur: dizziness and tinnitus, weight loss, insomnia, red cheeks, hot flashes, night sweats, dry throat, male impotence or erectile dysfunction, hypersexuality, spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation, women's oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia, infertility, and short, reddish and yellow urine.

2. Kidney Yang Deficiency

Men are tired, lack energy, and easily fatigued; afraid of cold, cold limbs (in severe cases, the kidneys are also cold in summer), and the body feels heavy; sore waist and knees, cold back pain, weak tendons and bones; sexual dysfunction, impotence, premature ejaculation, and susceptibility to prostatitis; clear and long urination, residual urine, less urine or frequent urination at night; hearing loss or tinnitus; memory loss, drowsiness, nightmares, spontaneous sweating; susceptibility to low back pain, joint pain, etc.; susceptibility to osteoporosis, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, etc.; shortness of breath, cough, wheezing and sputum; diarrhea at dawn or constipation; edema, especially below the waist, and edema of the lower limbs; traction on the lower abdomen, testicular swelling and pain, or scrotal contraction, which is more severe in cold weather and less severe in heat; easy loss of hair and beard, premature graying; puffy or thin body; reflected in the face as dull or dark.

Women suffer from fatigue, low spirits, low vitality, and easy fatigue; fear of cold, cold limbs (even in summer in severe cases), heavy body; sore waist and knees, cold back pain, weak tendons and bones; loss of libido, infertility due to uterine cold, and thin leucorrhea; obstruction of Chong and Ren meridians caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, irregular or blocked menstruation, and frequent bloating and pain in the lower abdomen; delayed menstruation, scanty menstruation, dark color, clots, or dysmenorrhea; uterus, ovaries, and breasts are prone to fibroids, cysts, hyperplasia, etc.; prone to urinary tract infections, gynecological inflammation and other diseases; prone to early menopause; shortness of breath, white and fat tongue or with teeth marks; hearing loss or tinnitus, memory loss; prone to low back pain, joint pain, etc.; prone to osteoporosis, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, etc.; diarrhea at dawn, or constipation; puffy or thin body; pale or dark complexion, prone to skin problems such as chloasma, blackheads, acne, allergies, etc.

3. How to distinguish between kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency?

Kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency are terms in traditional Chinese medicine theory. Kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency are also symptoms in traditional Chinese medicine. The kidney deficiency we usually talk about includes kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency. Kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency involve the basic theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which contain a lot of content. Kidney Yin is material, while kidney Yang and kidney Qi are functional. If too much substances are consumed, such as kidney essence, or sexual life is too frequent, or labor (including mental and physical labor) is excessive, or the person is born weak and has a relatively low material foundation, symptoms such as weakness in the waist and knees, fatigue in the limbs, dizziness, tinnitus, hair loss, loose teeth, memory loss, loss of libido, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, etc. may appear. These are symptoms of kidney yin deficiency.

Kidney Yin deficiency is prone to virtual heat. According to TCM theory, Yin deficiency causes internal heat, which can easily lead to heat in the five hearts (that is, the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, and the heart feel hot) and night sweats when sleeping (that is, falling asleep and waking up with sweat on the body). Young and middle-aged people are more active, whether studying or exercising, and they consume a lot of material. Their sexual desire is not particularly low, but they ejaculate quickly or have nocturnal emission. They need to replenish kidney yin. If kidney yin deficiency occurs, Gan Yuan Tang can be used. Kidney yang deficiency has the same symptoms as kidney yin deficiency, such as soreness of waist and knees, fatigue of limbs, and decreased libido. Because it is yang deficiency, according to TCM theory, yang deficiency will produce external cold, and symptoms of fear of cold will appear, with pale complexion, chills, cold hands and feet, clear and long urine, and loose stools. Low libido is similar to what modern medicine calls low androgen levels. The manifestations of yang deficiency are external, while the manifestations of kidney yin deficiency are internal. The symptom of kidney yang deficiency is fear of cold. Kidney yin deficiency is prone to premature ejaculation and spermatorrhea, while kidney yang deficiency is more likely to cause impotence. The common point is that low back pain, fatigue, soreness of limbs, etc. are common symptoms.