Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency

 In a chronic disease such as nephritis, both Spleen and kidney are involved. These organs work in very close coordination to transform, transport and excrete body fluids and, in a chronic disease, deficiency of one often causes deficiency of the other.

Clinical Manifestations:-

Sallow complexion,  Dizziness, tinnitus, restlessness, mental depression, poor appetite, soreness and weakness of the lower back, slight oedema. 

Tongue- Pale and Swollen. 

Pulse- Deep and weak.

Treatment Principle:-

Tonify the Spleen, strengthen the Kidney, warm Yang.

Acupoints:-

St36, Ki.7, Ren 12, Ub.20, Ub.23, with reinforcing method to tonify Spleen and Kidney Yang. We can use moxa also.

Sp.6, Sp.9, Ub.22, Ren.9, with even method to eliminate Dampness and oedema. 

DAMPNESS

 To avoid dampness we must avoid the folliwing things:-

1) Soda

2) Alcohol

3) Overeating

4) Grasy food and fried food.

Dampness is created by spleen and it can lead to damage the Spleen.

Symptoms:

1) Hungary or not at all.

2) Loose stools.

3) wont be able to think straight.

4) if damp spread it can cause to overweight.

5) Damp in Stomach - No thirst, craving for Alcohol/soda/ coffee.

6) Damp in Large Intestine- Extremely urgent need to poop.

7) Heavy feeling in the body.

Dampness causes corruption of Vital energy and stagnation of vital energy.

Treatment:

Use acupoints Sp3, Sp6, Sp9, St36.

Go for walk and practice yoga.

SOME TRADITIONAL THERAPEUTICS

TOOTHACHE

Etiology:-

1) Flaring up of the accumulated heat of the Stomach and intestines together with invasion of exogenous pathogenic factors.

2) Flaring up of xu fire due to an insufficiency of yin of kidney

Differentiation:-

1) Wind heat-Thirst and preference for cold beverage 

                      - Gingival swelling and pain.

                      - constipation 

                      - red tongue with yellow coating.

                      - rapid pulse. 

2) Xu of kidney: 

                      - Intermittent dull pain.

                      - loose teeth.

                      - red tongue.

                      -  thready and rapid pulse. 

Treatment:-

1) Wind heat- Reduce heat by using reducing method at points mainly selected from Large Intestine and Stomach channels.

Acupoints-   Li4, St7, St6, G.B.20.

2) Xu of kidney- To nourish yin and reduce fire by puncturing with even movements at the point of the Stomach Channel as the main points.

Acupoints- K.3, St.6, St.7, 

Teeth relate to the Kidney and are situated where the stomach channel and the Large Intestine travel through, thus K.3 is effective in nourishing yin of the kidney and reduce Xu fire.   St.6 and St.7 relieve pain by regulating Qi of the channels.