KIDNEY
EMPTY
Yang def.
Tongue
Pulse
Pale & Wet
DeepWeak
Face
Low backache
Loose stools
@ Kidney
Abundant
urine,
urination at
night
Nocturnal
emissions,
dark scanty
urine
Clear frequent
urination,
weak stream,
dribbling
after, urine
incontinence,
Bright white
Clear urine, &
during asthma
attach
Swelling dizziness
tinnitus
Yin def.
Normal w/o
coating
FloatingEmpty
Low backache,
ache in bones
Qi not firm
Pale
DeepWeak
esp. @
Kidney
Weak & sore
Low back,
Backache
Failure to
receive Qi
Pale
Deep/
weaktight
Low backache
Essence def.
W/O coat
Kidney Yin.
Pale w/ Kidney
Yang
FloatingEmpty or
Leather
Low backache
EMPTY / FULL
Yang def. w/
water
overflowing
Pale, swollen,
wet and white
Deepweakslow
Sore lower back
Clear scanty
urine
Yin def. w/
Empty Heat
Blazing
Red, cracked,
red tip & W/O
coat=peeled
FloatingEmpty &
Rapid
Low backache
Scanty dark,
blood in urine,
Dizziness tinnitus,
Dizziness tinnitus,
deftness, blurred
vision,
Cold and weak knees, feeling cold
lower back or legs, weak legs,
tiredness, lassitude, apathy, leg
edema, depression,
Vertigo, poor memory, hearing def.,
night sweats, dry mouth & throat
@ night.. constipation, tiredness,
lassitude, depression, slight anxiety.
Weak knees, tiredness, feeling cold,
cold limbs, dragging down feeling
lower abdomen,
Shortness of breath on exertion,
rapid & weak breathing, difficulty
inhaling, chronic cough/asthma,
spontaneous sweating, cold limbs
after sweating, thin body, mental
listlessness
Softening of bones, weak knees &
legs, poor memory, loose teeth,
premature hair color & loss,
absentmindedness, lack mental
sharpness.
Edema legs & ankles, feeling cold
in legs & back, fullness & distension
of abdomen,
Malar flush,
Mental restlessness, insomnia,
night sweats, low grade fever, five
palm heat, feels heat in
afternoon/evening, dry throat at
night, thirst for small sips, dizziness,
Tinnitus, hearing difficulty, dry
stools
Infertility in women, impotence,
premature ejaculation, low sperm,
cold and thin sperm, decreased
libido.
Infertility, premature ejaculation
Enuresis, urination at night,
nocturnal emissions at night &
w/o dreams, premature
ejaculation, spermatorrhoea,
prolapse of uterus, chronic white
vaginal discharge, recurrent
miscarriage.
Weakness of sexual activity,
infertility, sterility, amenorrhea
Overflowing to Heart add:
palpitations, breathlessness &
cold hands.
Overflowing to Lungs add: watery
frothy sputum, cough, asthma,
breathlessness on exertion.
Nocturnal emission with dreams,
excessive sexual desire
KIDNEY continued
CONBINED PATTERNS
Tongue
Kidney/Liver
Normal
Yin
w/o coating
or rootless
Kidney/Heart
Not
harmonized
Red w/ redder
tip w/
coating, heart
crack
Kidney/
Lung Yin
Normal w/o
coating or
rootless
Kidney/Spleen
Yang
Pale & wet
Pulse
FloatingEmpty
Face
Dry eyes
Dry throat
Dry hair & skin
Low backache
FloatingEmpty &
Rapid or
DeepWeak @
kidney &
overflowi
ng @
both
front
FloatingEmpty
Low backache
Scanty dark,
dry stools
Low backache
scanty
DeepWeak
Low backache
Abundant
clear or scanty
clear urine.
Loose stools
Bright white
Dizziness, tinnitus, hard of hearing,
dull occipital or vertical headache,
insomnia, limb numbness or
tingling, blurred vision, brittle nails,
night sweats, dry stools
Palpations, mental restlessness,
insomnia, dream disturbed sleep,
anxiety, poor memory, dizziness,
tinnitus, hard of hearing, feeling of
heat in evening, dry throat at night,
thirst with desire for sips,
five palm heat,
Night sweats
Dry cough worse in evenings, dry
throat & mouth, thin body,
breathlessness of exertion, night
sweats, dizziness, tinnitus, hard of
hearing,
Cold & weak knees, cold back
sensation, feeling of cold, weak
legs, tiredness, lassitude, urination
at night, apathy, edema of legs,
depression, poor appetite,
abdominal distention, desire to lie
down, early morning diarrhea,
chronic diarrhea
Dry vagina, nocturnal emissions,
scanty menstruation or
amenorrhea, delayed cycle,
infertility
Nocturnal emission w/ dreams,
Impotence, premature ejaculation,
low sperm count, cold & thin
sperm, decreased libido, infertility
in women,