Chronic Nephritis (Root Deficiency Pattern)
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
气短乏力，易感冒，腰膝酸软，舌淡红，苔白，脉弱
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Shortness of breath easily occurs; fatigue appears with slight activity, and one feels a general lack of energy.
- Susceptibility to recurrent colds; insufficient resistance, making one prone to illness when external pathogens invade.
- Soreness, distention, and weakness in the lower back and knees, with a sense of being unable to bear weight when walking or sitting for long periods.
- The tongue is pale reddish in color; when extended, it appears lacking in vivid blood color.
- The tongue surface is covered with a white coating, appearing as a thin, pale white layer.
- The pulse feels forceless upon pressure, with a weak beating strength.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补益肺肾，秘精益气
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help tonify Lung Qi and Kidney Qi, alleviating discomfort such as shortness of breath and cough, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, or mental fatigue.
- May help secure essence and qi and supplement original qi, alleviating symptoms such as seminal emission, prostatosis, fatigue and listlessness, or pale complexion.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
面浮身肿，腰以下为甚，腰部冷痛酸重，舌质淡胖，苔白，脉沉细或沉迟无力
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Facial edema and generalized swelling, more pronounced in the lower half of the body.
- The lower back feels cold and painful with a sensation of soreness and heaviness.
- The tongue is pale in color and enlarged in body.
- The tongue coating is white.
- The pulse is only palpable with deep pressure; it is either very thready or slow and forceless.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补肾填精，温阳利水
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help tonify Kidney Qi and enrich essence and blood, alleviating discomfort such as soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, tinnitus and forgetfulness, or mental fatigue.
- May help warm and nourish yang qi and promote the discharge of water and fluids, alleviating symptoms such as difficult urination, lower limb edema, or heavy sensation of the body.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
腰酸膝软，舌淡红，少苔，口干，脉细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Soreness, distention, and weakness in the lower back; knees feel soft and lack strength, more noticeable with activity or prolonged sitting.
- The tongue is pale reddish in color; when extended, it appears red but not deep.
- The tongue coating is very scanty; almost no noticeable thick coating can be seen.
- Dryness of the mouth, feeling of lack of moisture inside; dryness worsens when speaking or swallowing.
- The pulse is thready and rapid; upon pressure, the rhythm is somewhat fast and the strength is fine and small.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
滋阴清热，补虚止血
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help nourish yin fluids and clear deficiency heat in the body, alleviating discomfort such as dry mouth and throat, tidal fever and night sweating, or irritability and insomnia.
- May help supplement deficiency and stop bleeding, alleviating symptoms such as epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematochezia, or skin petechiae.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
眩晕，耳鸣，腰酸，口干，舌质红，少苔，脉细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Dizziness and blurred vision occur, more pronounced when standing or moving, with a floating sensation.
- Tinnitus with buzzing sound, audible even in quiet environments, affecting concentration and rest.
- Soreness and distention discomfort in the lower back, more noticeable after prolonged sitting, standing, or activity.
- Dry mouth with lack of moisture, causing a dry and uncomfortable sensation when speaking or swallowing.
- The tongue is reddish in color; when extended, it appears noticeably red.
- The tongue coating is very scanty; upon observation, almost no thick coating is visible.
- The pulse is thready and rapid; upon pressure, the rhythm is somewhat fast and the strength is fine and small.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
平肝息风，清热安神
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help pacify hyperactive liver yang and internal disturbance of wind, alleviating discomfort such as dizziness and vertigo, limb tremor, or convulsions.
- May help clear heat from the body and calm the heart-spirit, alleviating symptoms such as irritability and insomnia, impatience and irascibility, or excessive dreaming.
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