Liuwei Dihuang Wan is a tonic when eaten right, and a poison when eaten wrong! Advice: 3 types of people should not follow suit
The 45-year-old Lao Qin is an executive of a private company. Because he often has to deal with branches and customers, he often travels on business.
Recently, Lao Qin felt that his waist and knees were sore and weak, he was afraid of the cold, and even had night sweats at night . Due to the lack of gatherings and separations, Lao Qin and his wife have always had an intimate life, but these days, his wife has expressed that he is not satisfied with his performance, and said that his symptoms look like kidney deficiency, so go to the pharmacy to buy some Liuwei Dihuang Wan Just make up.
Although very helpless, Lao Qin still went to the pharmacy to buy a few bottles of Liuwei Dihuang Pills. At the beginning of eating for a short period of time, Lao Qin felt that the whole person was in a lot of energy, and the relationship with his wife also improved.
As a result, after taking it for about a month, Lao Qin began to have frequent diarrhea, his body was weak and weak, and he felt that his body was "empty" all of a sudden . Lao Qin didn't understand, why the next door Lao Zhang took Liuwei Dihuang Pills to nourish kidney deficiency, but he didn't. The more you make up the more empty it is!
Many men will buy some Liuwei Dihuang Pills to eat after they feel that their kidneys are deficient. Some people get results quickly, while others get more and more deficient. What is going on?
1. Liuwei Dihuang Pill is a "panacea", can it be used to treat kidney deficiency and also aphrodisiac?
Speaking of Liuwei Dihuang Wan, everyone must be familiar with it. The magic medicine of "tonifying kidney and strengthening yang" is a must for men. Is Liuwei Dihuang Wan really a "panacea" as rumored?
In TCM treatment of kidney deficiency, it is necessary to distinguish between kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency.
Kidney yin deficiency : the main symptoms are "dry and hot", and yin deficiency is hot, and patients often have five upset heat, hot flashes and night sweats, dry mouth and bitter taste, yellow urine and dry stool, hypersexuality and other manifestations, that is, the body Often suddenly inexplicable fever, bursts of sweat.
Kidney -yang deficiency : Yang deficiency is the opposite of Yin deficiency, with "cold" as the symptom, Yin deficiency is cold, the patient's "yang" is insufficient, various functions of the body are decreased, and vitality is insufficient . , Cold limbs, heaviness of the body, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, frequent and excessive urination, tinnitus, dizziness, yellow complexion, poor sexual function, etc.
Liuwei Dihuang Pills can indeed treat kidney deficiency, but in this prescription, the three flavors are "three tonics" and the three flavors are "three diarrheas", which mainly treat kidney yin.
Second, the right use is a tonic, and the wrong use is a harmful medicine!
In the case of Lao Qin, the symptoms can be judged as kidney yang deficiency, and Liuwei Dihuang Pill is not suitable. Blind nourishment will not only make more and more deficiency, but also may cause adverse reactions.
The formula of Liuwei Dihuang Pills is Rehmannia glutinosa, dogwood meat, Chinese yam, Alisma, Cortex Moutan, and Poria cocos. Rehmannia glutinosa nourishes the kidney yin, yam strengthens the spleen and nourishes the kidney;
Wang Guowei, director of the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital Medical University, said that Liuwei Dihuang Pills should be taken with plain water about an hour before meals, at most twice a day, and only one dose for mild cases, so that the effect of the drug can be directly delivered to the hospital.
However, I want to remind everyone that Liuwei Dihuang Pill is not a supplement . Although it is not violently toxic, it also has side effects and contraindications. It is best to use it under the guidance of a doctor, and it cannot be taken for a long time.
Traditional Chinese medicine is not safe and non-toxic, and the medication cycle needs to be adjusted according to the patient's physical condition.
It should be noted that these types of people are not suitable for eating, and eating them will hurt the body:
1. People with kidney yang deficiency
People with kidney yang deficiency take Liuwei Dihuang Pills, which will aggravate the disease and cause various adverse reactions such as abdominal distension and diarrhea .
2. People with bad spleen and stomach
Rehmannia glutinosa in Liuwei Dihuang Pills is more greasy and is not conducive to digestion, so people with poor appetite, bloating, and weak stomach function should not eat it.
3. People who have a cold
During a cold period, nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney will lead to aggravation of the body’s cold, which is not conducive to dispelling pathogens.
3. Why are Chinese people keen on nourishing the kidneys?
Chinese people always have a special liking for "tonifying the kidney". The barbecue stalls in summer, the string of roasted kidneys and leeks, know how popular the food for "tonifying the kidney" is.
Why do Chinese people like to nourish the kidneys?
One is the influence of culture. Ma Xiaonian, a sex expert, pointed out in the article "Speaking of Kidney Deficiency" that nourishing the kidney was initially only found in a certain culture, but in fact it was just a worry about the loss of semen, resulting in anxiety.
The second is a misunderstanding of "kidney deficiency". Chinese medicine believes that "the kidney stores essence and controls growth", and the kidney is the foundation of the husband and the material basis for reproduction.
This and modern medicine "kidney" belong to two concepts. However, when people are influenced by Chinese and Western cultures, they will think that when their spirit is not good, or when they "can't do it", it may be that the kidney is deficient and it is time to make up.
However, many people will misunderstand kidney-tonifying as "improve yang", especially these 4 kidney-tonifying methods, which may also damage the kidneys.
1. Eat kidneys to nourish the kidneys
It seems that there is nothing wrong with eating kidneys to nourish the kidneys. However, kidneys have high cholesterol and high purines. It’s okay to eat occasionally. If you eat too much, it will lead to hyperlipidemia and hyperuricemia , which will damage the kidneys.
2. Yangbao nourishes the kidney
Yangbao is the testicles of the sheep, according to folklore, Yangbao is aphrodisiac. However, it is the adrenal glands and testes that secrete androgens, not the kidneys.
Even if the adrenal glands and testicles of animals are eaten, they have already been degenerated and inactivated after being heated . Even if they are eaten raw, they will be digested into amino acids by our gastric juice and inactivated. There is no kidney-tonifying at all.
3. Eat oysters to nourish the kidneys
There is also no scientific basis for oysters to nourish the kidney, and the purine content of oysters is higher than that of sheep kidneys, which is a super-high purine food . Eating more can also induce hyperuricemia and damage the kidneys.
4. Health products to nourish the kidneys
In addition to being confirmed by a large amount of data, such as the puli-type antihypertensive drugs, sartan antihypertensive drugs, and drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction with kidney-protecting effect. Other medicines and health care products that claim to nourish the kidney and aphrodisiac are not reliable .
The most effective way to protect the kidneys is not to spend money on supplements, but to avoid doing things that damage the kidneys as much as possible. Therefore, kidney protection should control the "three highs", do not abuse drugs, stay away from pollution, drink plenty of water, have regular physical examinations, and treat illnesses early. This is the real "kidney".
References:
[1] "Liuwei Dihuang Wan, if you eat it right, it is a tonic, if you eat it wrong, it is a poison! The more these four types of people eat, the more they hurt their health~". Beijing Satellite TV Health Hall. 2019-09-12
[2] "Can Liuwei Dihuang Wan be eaten as a health product? 》. Medical Neurology Channel. 2020-09-14
[3] "These 5 "kidney-invigorating" methods will not only fail to replenish your kidneys, but will actually destroy your kidneys! 》. Center for Drug Evaluation. 2019-12-17
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