Those who cover the marrow are born from the essence of the kidney, while those who have the foot of the essence are born from the foot of the marrow. The marrow is in the bone, and those who have the foot of the marrow are strong in the bone. Therefore, they can become strong and have extraordinary talent. The essence generates the spirit, and those who have the foot of the essence are strong in the spirit. They have many skills. Those who lack the marrow have weak strength, and those who lack the essence have limited intelligence. "- Tang Zonghai," Essence of the Chinese and Western Medicine Classic "
I met a patient in the clinic who suffered from recurrent cervical spondylosis. I went to many doctors for acupuncture and moxibustion, massage and massage. I often felt very relaxed and comfortable at that time, but the pain was still the same after that. This person has extremely heavy meridians and a typical deficiency of kidney essence.
I told him that there are two types of diseases in the human body: one is the disease caused by sufficient water but blocked pipes. This kind of disease can work quickly with acupuncture and moxibustion and massage; Another type of disease is caused by insufficient water supply. No matter how the pipes are unblocked, they will not release water. This type of disease requires nourishment, which means it needs to be treated in conjunction with diet.
If the disease is caused by insufficient kidney essence, acupuncture and moxibustion and massage can only play a temporary relief role, and may become more painful later, because improper acupuncture and moxibustion and massage will consume qi and damage essence. Nowadays, there are some massage doctors in society whose techniques are not worthy of praise. After completing the massage, patients not only do not feel relaxed, but also feel particularly tired, and even need to eat to replenish their energy.
After I finished speaking, the patient immediately understood. Subsequently, I prescribed him with traditional Chinese medicine that tonifies the kidneys and replenishes essence, and combined it with dietary therapy. I told him to pay attention to cleanliness, abstinence, and essence preservation. After about a month and a half of conditioning, his cervical spondylosis improved significantly, and his neck became much softer than before. I checked his pulse and noticed that his two ulnar pulses had slightly increased, indicating a recovery of kidney qi.
There are many people in modern society who suffer from cervical spondylosis, and most of them are young people. The reasons for this include external factors such as excessive use of computers, prolonged inactivity, and mental stress; There is also an internal problem, which is damaging the essence.
A person with sufficient kidney essence, no matter how much they use the computer, do not exercise, or feel mentally tense, their cervical spine is still in good condition. After finishing work, they can stretch their muscles a little and feel refreshed. And for people with kidney essence deficiency, as mentioned in the example above, no matter how much they stretch their muscles, practice yoga, or do massage and massage, they may feel comfortable at the time, but after a night, they may still feel stiff or stiff, and feel pain or discomfort.
People who frequently experience ejaculation are very prone to cervical spondylosis, where their neck feels stiff and they feel painful when they turn their head. The reason for this is that the kidney essence in the spine is not fully filled, leading to bone marrow depletion, and the bones cannot be nourished, resulting in hardening, deformation, and even hyperplasia. In fact, according to traditional Chinese medicine theory, this is a problem of bone marrow overflow, and the reason is that the kidneys do not store essence.
According to legend, there is a poem by Lv Dongbin from Chunyang that warns people not to indulge in women's beauty: "At the age of 28, a beautiful woman's body is as fragile as a pastry, and she wields a sword to slay a foolish man at her waist. Although she does not see her head fall, she secretly teaches her that her bone marrow is withered." The general meaning of this poem is that a sixteen year old beauty has a beautiful figure, but her beauty is like a sharp sword. Ignorant people do not understand its harm and indulge in it, often causing harm to their lives. Although it may not seem obvious on the surface, it secretly exhausts and dries up a person's kidney essence and bone marrow, causing rapid physical decline!
A person with sufficient kidney essence will reduce the occurrence of bone diseases. Bones are particularly hard and not easily prone to osteoporosis, so osteoporosis is not closely related to drinking milk or eating calcium tablets, but to kidney qi.
Let me give you an analogy, why do some people have osteoporosis while others have hard bones when the same family eats the same food every day? The problem is not what to eat, but whether it can absorb and transform, which is the ability to synthesize, also known as vitality, in traditional Chinese medicine.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, hormones are used to rapidly regulate a person's kidney essence, helping them overcome difficulties and provide emergency relief. However, hormones are not suitable for large-scale and long-term use, and one of the sequelae of excessive use of hormones is osteoporosis and femoral head necrosis.
There were several doctors and interns in the hospital where I once interned who suffered from the sequelae of femoral head necrosis after hormone treatment for SARS. Some have recovered, while others have dull faces and are leaning on crutches. It was a great pity to see them.
Sometimes I sigh that some Western medicine treatments, such as long-term and extensive use of antibiotics, hormones, etc., are like Master Fu Yan's evaluation of Huo Qubing: "A sharp knife is easy to use, but it is also very easy to break!" Hormones are a double-edged sword, and if not used properly, they can easily cause damage to the body.
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