Hey, I'm back to discuss with you the effect of the messenger's herb. I'm feeling very excited and refreshing, This time round we are analysing the kidneys' deficiency caused by a prolong cough.
The Messenger's Herb- Gan Cao
The threshold analysis on Gao Cao can be referred to in my earlier blog and so it wouldn't be explained here like (How To Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions).
As our present topic is what causes kidney deficiency? TCM physicians had observed from as far as ancient time upto comtemporary present that the common causes of kidney deficiency are:
- congenital insufficiency
- excessive labor
- chronic illness that damages the kidney
- aging
Congenital Insufficiency
Congenital literally means present at birth and having insufficiency in the organ's function. The good example of such congenital insufficiency is aortic insufficiency of which the heart valve or the aortic valve does not close tightly. This allows blood to flow from the aorta (the largest blood vessel) into the left ventricle (a chamber of the heart) commonly known as Aortic regurgitation. These are the verifying signs of possible congenital insufficiency:
- Heart murmur that can be heard through a stethoscope
- Very forceful beating of the heart
- Bobbing of the head in time with the heartbeat
- Hard pulses in the arms and legs
- Low diastolic blood pressure
- Signs of fluid in the lungs
- slow cervical dilations.
- slow effacement.
- a large baby.
- a small birth canal or pelvis.
- delivery of multiple babies.
- emotional factors, such as worry, stress, and fear.
Chronic illness that damages the Kidney
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
- the Amount of kidney tissue decreases and kidney function diminishes.
- number of filtering units (nephrons) decreases. Nephrons filter waste material from the blood. As a result, blood vessels supplying the kidneys can become hardened causing blood stasis in the TCM perspective.
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