Symptoms
- Pale (white) or darkish face
- Apathy, lassitude
- Dizziness
- Tinnitus, deafness
- Sensation of cold in the lower back
- Lower backache
- Weak knees
- Sensation of cold and chilling
- Depression
- Clear and profuse urine or nocturnal enuresis
- Oedema, especially below the waist
- Low libido, impotence, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea
- Clear and fluid leukorrhea
- Infertility (cold in the uterus)
- Loose stools or early-morning diarrhea
- Pale and swollen tongue or with tooth marks, white coating
- Deep and fine pulse or weak pulse
Causes
- Constitutional
- Seven Emotional Causes
- Excess of physical and mental work
- Excess of sexual activity
- Inappropriate Diet (excess of cold, raw foods)
- Aging
- Chronic illness
Treatment
Tonify the Kidney-Yang Qi, warm the body, tonify the Gate of Life (Ming Men).