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Supplementing kidney yīn

补肾阴 〔補腎陰〕 bǔ shèn yīn

A method of treatment used to address kidney yīn vacuity.

Medicinal therapy: Formulas that supplement kidney yīn include Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill (六味地黄丸 liù wèi dì huáng wán) and Left-Restoring [Kidney Yīn] Beverage (左归饮 zuǒ guī yǐn).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on KI and BL. 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), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo); needle with supplementation.

See supplementing yīn.

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