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Chinese patterns
Kidney Jing Xu (Essence Deficiency)
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: senility; asthma; impotence; infertility; amenorrhea; frigidity, prostrate problems; arthritis

» etiology: in children: inheritance of poor constitution (esp. associated with parents who are aged or on poor health at time of conception); in adults: old age, excessive sexual activity, esp. during adolescence

signs and symptoms

signs and symptoms:

in adults:

• premature aging

• premature senility

• mental dullness

• poor memory

hair loss or premature greying

• deafness

• tinnitus

• loose or poor teeth

• shortness of breath

• asthma

• frequent urination

• dribbling of urine

• enuresis

• urinary incontinence

• nocturnal emissions

sexual dysfunction or weakness

• infertility

• amenorrhea

• soreness and weakness of the lumbar region and knees

• soft or brittle bones

in children:

• slow mental or physical development, in particular poor bone development or mental retardation

• late closure of fontanelle(s)

» pulse: deep, weak, thin; can be floating-empty and/or leathery

» tongue: red and peeled, esp. if Yin Xu (Deficiency) predominates; can be pale, if Yang Xu (Deficiency) predominates

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: nourish Jing (Essence); tonify the Kidney; tonify Spleen Yin and Yang

differential diagnosis

footnotes