Back to previous page
Search in Dictionary

Kidney vacuity lumbar pain

肾虚腰痛 〔腎虛腰痛〕shèn xū yāo tòng

Lumbar pain due to kidney vacuity. Limp aching lumbus and knees and lack of strength in the legs exacerbated by exercise and from which rest brings little relief, accompanied by a forceless fine pulse, qì timidity and lack of strength, and clear uninhibited urine together indicate insufficiency of kidney yáng. A forceless surging pulse with yellow or reddish urine, and periodic flaming of vacuity fire indicate insufficiency of kidney yīn.

Medicinal therapy: Supplement the kidney. Mild cases can be treated with Young Maid Pill (青娥丸 qīng é wán). More severe cases with signs of essence-blood depletion can be treated with Chinese Angelica and Rehmannia Beverage (当归地黄饮 dāng guī dì huáng yǐn), Left-Restoring [Kidney Yin] Pill (左归丸 zuǒ guī wán), or Right-Restoring [Life Gate] Pill (右归丸 yòu guī wán).

Acumoxatherapy: For insufficiency of kidney yáng, base treatment mainly on BL and GV. Select BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), GV-4 (Life Gate, 命门 mìng mén), GV-3 (Lumbar Yáng Pass, 腰阳关 yāo yáng guān), BL-40 (Bend Center, 委中 wěi zhōng), ouch points (阿是穴 ā shì xué), and CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán); needle with supplementation and add moxa. For kidney yīn vacuity, base treatment mainly on BL and KI. Select BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī), BL-52 (Will Chamber, 志室 zhì shì), BL-40 (Bend Center, 委中 wěi zhōng), ouch points (阿是穴 ā shì xué), and BL-60 (Kunlun Mountains, 昆仑 kūn lún); needle with supplementation. For yīn vacuity with effulgent fire, add KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi), KI-2 (Blazing Valley, 然谷 rán gǔ), and HT-8 (Lesser Mansion, 少府 shào fǔ), needling with drainage.

Back to previous page
Help us to improve our content
You found an error? Send us a feedback