Health For Everone Q&A Men’s Health

What does male kidney deficiency mean?

Asked by:Orion

Asked on:Mar 30, 2026 10:46 AM

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  • Stella Stella

    Mar 30, 2026

    Kidney deficiency refers to a pathological condition in which the kidney's essential essence, yang and yin, is insufficient. There are many types of kidney deficiency, the most common of which are liver and kidney yin deficiency, yin deficiency and excessive fire, and kidney essence deficiency.

    Symptoms of kidney yang deficiency are manifested by coldness, accompanied by backache and leg weakness, waist and body coldness, reduced sexual desire, frequent and urgent urination, long and clear urination, frequent urination, endless urination, and even edema of the body. Symptoms of shortness of breath and chest tightness may also occur due to yang deficiency and excessive water intake. Male impotence or short erection, frequent nocturnal emissions, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, reduced male sperm or reduced sperm motility, and infertility. The main symptoms of women include infertility and irregular menstruation due to cold uterus.

    The specific manifestations of liver and kidney yin deficiency are backache, hot flashes, night sweats, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, thin and thin tongue with visible cracks, little or no coating, and thready pulse. In addition, women may have less menstrual periods and abnormal menstrual cycles.

    People with insufficient kidney qi may suffer from hair loss or premature graying of hair, loose teeth, memory loss, insomnia, poor appetite, sleepiness, and decreased vision, English listening, and memory.

    What to do if you have kidney deficiency

    1. Drink more water

    Drinking water can help the body excrete metabolic waste, reduce the concentration of toxic substances in the kidneys, thereby preventing kidney function from being harmed. Especially for patients with fever, because their metabolism accelerates, the production of waste and toxic substances will also increase. Therefore, they should drink more water to promote waste metabolism.

    2. Don’t overeat

    For men, it is inevitable to go out to socialize, eat, drink, and drink a lot. If this is often done, it is a kind of Yang-damaging behavior, which often causes the body to produce excessive metabolic wastes such as uric acid and urea nitrogen, which will increase the metabolic burden on the kidneys. In the long term, it will lead to various kidney diseases, and it will also aggravate the condition of patients with kidney deficiency.

    3. Don’t take medicine casually

    When many friends are sick, they like to go to the pharmacy to prepare liquids for consumption. However, the medicine is only three parts toxic. Long-term use of many medicines has a great impact on kidney function and can easily cause various strange symptoms. Especially for patients with kidney deficiency, taking medicine at will and accidentally aggravating the condition will immediately affect the treatment and rehabilitation in the middle and late stages.

    4. Moderate fitness exercise

    Especially waist exercises, because waist exercises can replenish the kidneys and replenish kidney drive, but the intensity should not be very high. Exercises should be done to the extent of the ability to promote blood circulation, which can improve blood stasis, gas damage and other conditions. Walking, running, jogging, or walking moderately barefoot on pebbles can promote blood circulation and have an auxiliary treatment effect on kidney deficiency.