How to deal with liver fire hyperactivity and kidney deficiency
Release time : 03/27/2025 09:30:01
There are many people who suffer from excessive liver flammation and kidney deficiency, seeking to seek medical treatment for kidney nourishment. However, as the saying goes, "A medicine has three parts of poison."
However, if one could understand the causes of liver fire and kidney deficiency and address these issues through dietary therapy, that would be ideal.
Therefore, today's main focus in this special area is on discussing how to address liver fire and kidney deficiency.
How to deal with Liver Fire and Kidney Deficiency? First, it's important to calm the Liver Fire.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the liver is considered to belong to wood, and the spleen to earth. The liver, with its wood energy, can suppress the spleen, earth energy, thus naturally enhancing the function of the spleen.
To reduce liver heat, it is important to avoid staying up late and control your emotions. Regularly press on the "Qi-removing acupoint" located on your foot: Taichong acupoint.
Secondly, it is necessary to nourish the liver and kidneys.
If liver fire is excessive, it will lead to liver blood deficiency. The liver opens outwards through the eyes, and over time, this can cause dryness and irritation in the eyes, stiff joints and discomfort, pale complexion, and frequent dreams.
The theory of the Yin-Yang unity states that the liver and kidneys are interconnected. After experiencing a deficiency in both the liver and kidney yin, it is necessary to nourish the liver and kidneys. It is recommended to use traditional Chinese medicines such as Liuwei Dihuang Wan and Zimu Zhenggu Wan for this purpose.
In daily life, it is recommended to consume more vegetables and foods rich in protein, as well as legumes.
Finally, it is essential to strengthen the spleen and stomach.
For blazing heat in the five viscera or different parts of the body, take resolving-heating and detoxifying drugs such as scutellaria baicalensis, coptis chinensis, saposhnikovia divaricata, and gardenia jasminoides.
However, these traditional Chinese medicines still require prescriptions from professional practitioners to be taken, to avoid misuse and the potential for adverse side effects.
Please avoid eating raw, spicy, and greasy food.
Symptoms of Liver Fire Excess and Kidney Deficiency in Yang-Deficient Blood: The symptoms of Yang-Deficient Blood include a red tongue with little coating, dry mouth and nose, palms and soles feeling hot, and a sensation of heat and irritability.
This is mainly caused by living irregularly and having a pent-up mood.
Traditional Chinese Medicine posits that the liver governs vision, thus excessive liver qi often manifests as various symptoms related to the eyes. These include blurred vision, increased eye discharge, redness of the eyes, dryness of the eyes, and tinnitus.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, "Fire" is one of the six external pathogens: wind, cold, summer heat, dampness, dryness, and fire. It refers to the pathogenic factors caused by changes in the external climate.
When there is excessive yang, symptoms such as dry mouth and throat, bad breath, acne, gum swelling and pain, skin itching, constipation, hemorrhoids bleeding, etc., are all signs of liver fire being excessive. These symptoms tend to worsen in the hot and dry summer season, and mental fatigue and lethargy become more pronounced.
Individuals with Yang Deficiency and Fire Excessive constitution exhibit symptoms such as soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, cold limbs especially in the lower extremities, painful and numb lower back, fatigued spirit with a pale complexion or dark complexion, spontaneous sweating.
Poor gastrointestinal function (diarrhea), cardiovascular system issues (palpitations, cough, and shortness of breath).
The man experiences erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, cold sensation in the testicles, and a painless tenderness. His semen volume is reduced and thinner, with poor motility. He also suffers from prostatitis and frequent urination, characterized by clear urine and a chilly sensation after urination, with post-void dribbling.
Frequent nocturia, urgency of urination, or reduced urine output and edema.
A woman suffers from cold in the uterus and infertility, markedly reduced sexual desire, dizziness, blurred vision, lower abdominal pain and swelling, edema of the lower limbs, constipation with loose stools, persistent diarrhea, pale, plump, greasy tongue, thin white slippery tongue coating, deep weak pulse, especially pronounced at the back of the wrist.
Whether it's yin deficiency or yang deficiency, when depletion reaches a certain level, it leads to the accumulation of one side over the other. For example, if kidney yang deficiency persists for an extended period, symptoms of kidney yin deficiency may appear. This is because both conditions exhibit many symptoms.
Therefore, when we aim to tonify kidney yang, it is essential to also tonify kidney yin, seeking yang within yin. Moreover, when tonifying kidney yin, it is not advisable to rely solely on medications that only nourish kidney yin.
Causes of Liver Fire and Kidney Deficiency: The pathological state of kidney yin deficiency, accompanied by liver fire excess, is characterized by a lack of yin fluid in the kidneys.
The condition is often caused by long-term illnesses that damage the kidneys, or due to insufficient natural endowment, excessive sexual activity, or overconsumption of warm and drying substances that deplete yin.
Clinical Manifestations: Dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia and frequent dreams, erectile dysfunction with ejaculation, nocturnal emissions, or menorrhagia, physical depletion, night sweats, heatstroke with spontaneous sweating, dry mouth and red cheeks, dark yellow urine, dry stools, a tongue red with scanty coating, and a pulse that is fine and rapid.
The liver is a detoxifying filter in the digestive system, where all foreign toxins and the blood from the lower abdominal area that returns to the heart are processed.
If the food we eat every day is "processed" by the liver, including fried, pickled, spicy, greasy, processed foods and materials treated with chemical pesticides or additives (including: sugar, table salt, high-temperature cooking oil), even chemically synthesized drugs, it will cause the liver to overwork.
Once the blood circulation is obstructed, detoxification and return of blood from the lower abdomen will be obstructed, forming hepatic congestion and compression of the inferior vena cava.
As a result, liver fire ascends, causing headache and dizziness.
Additionally, you may also experience feelings of irritability and anger, poor sleep quality, dry mouth and bitter taste.
Therefore, the primary cause of excessive liver heat is primarily due to dietary neglect and poor sleep.
Dietary Therapy for Liver Fire Excess and Kidney Deficiency: Principle of Supplementation: In winter, consume more fish, shrimp, oysters, and leeks.
Foods such as animal skin and turtle meat are good choices for nourishing the kidneys, as they are rich in protein, betaine, arginine, and zinc.
In winter, it is advisable to consume more foods that are warm in nature, especially those that can warm and nourish kidney yang. It is also beneficial to include nutrient-rich, kidney-tonifying, high-calorie, and easily digestible foods in your diet, such as lamb. These foods help to replenish the body's deficiencies, enhance kidney energy, and boost immunity.
Consuming warm-natured fruits such as jujubes, oranges, and persimmons can nourish the blood, benefit the kidneys, and replenish essence, while also counteracting cold pathogens.
Here are a few small dishes: 1. Eucommia Bark and Kidney Flexures, using Eucommia bark and notoginseng each 15g, pig kidneys 1 pair, white liquor 25ml, green onion, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, salt, sugar in appropriate amounts.
Preparation: Wash the pig kidney and cut into halves, put in a bowl and add sugar, salt and wine. Then add the concentrated juice of Eucommia ulmoides and Saposhnikovia divaricata to the dish.
Heat the wok over high heat, add the pork and stir-fry for a few minutes until cooked through. Add seasoning and serve immediately.
Once a day.
2. Stewed Pinellia for Kidney: Take 20 grams of fennel, one pair of pig kidneys, and appropriate amounts of scallion, ginger, salt, and wine.
Preparation Method: First, thoroughly clean the pig kidney (i.e., pig's testicle), then make a cut along the concave part of the kidney, inserting pepper and salt into the cut.
After suturing the incision with white thread, place it in a pot and add an appropriate amount of scallions, ginger, wine, and water. Simmer over low heat until cooked before consumption.
This method is applicable to kidney yang deficiency-induced lumbar back pain.
3. Qi Di Hua Sheng Porridge: Take 20g of raw Rehmannia, 50g each of Chinese yam and Goji fruit, and 100g of rice.
Preparation Method: Chop dried rehmannia, mash goji berries, and mix with Chinese yam and rice to form a porridge. Boil in a pot with an appropriate amount of water for breakfast.
Once daily.
This method is suitable for treating kidney yin deficiency-induced lumbar spine pain.
The best approach is to try herbal tea therapy, which refers to the use of single-ingredient tea leaves or tea blends containing a variety of herbal ingredients, either added to the tea or used directly in combination with it.
To alleviate pain and promote health through the consumption of tea, tea therapy involves using tea to adjust and prevent illness. Ingredients: 20g Angelica sinensis, 30g fresh ginger, 500g mutton, appropriate amount of yellow wine and seasonings.
Wash and cut the lamb into pieces, then add angelica root, ginger, yellow wine, and seasonings. Simmer for 1 to 2 hours, then eat the meat and drink the soup.
Here are a few foods recommended for nourishing the kidneys: **Chinese Yam (Shan Yao)** – With a neutral nature and sweet taste, it is considered a "superior" herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In addition to its benefits for the lungs and spleen, it also helps tonify the kidneys and replenish essence.
All individuals with kidney deficiency should regularly consume it.
Dry Shrimp - also known as Jiao Dao Zi.
It is neutral in nature, sweet in taste, and salty in flavor, capable of nourishing the kidney and enriching Yin. Therefore, individuals with kidney deficiency should regularly consume this food.
Pike—also known as the flower pike or pickerel.
Its nature is neutral, its taste is sweet, and it can nourish the spleen and stomach as well as the liver and kidneys, benefiting the bones and tendons.
Pear, characterized by its warmth and sweet taste, is not only edible for strengthening the spleen and stomach but also benefits the kidneys and strengthens the loins. It is particularly suitable for those with kidney deficiency and back pain.
Goji berries - characterized as neutral in nature and sweet in flavor, they have the functions of nourishing the kidneys, benefiting the liver, enhancing vision, strengthening muscles and bones, relieving back pain, and can prolong life over a long period.
Especially for middle-aged women with kidney deficiency, it is most suitable to eat them.
Polygonum multiflorum, also known as Rehmannia root, is renowned for its nourishing and strengthening effects on the liver and kidney, and its ability to enrich and invigorate the blood. Medical practitioners have long used it for individuals suffering from kidney deficiency.
For anyone with kidney deficiency, premature greying of hair, weakness in the lower back and knees, soreness in tendons and bones, or infertility in men and vaginal discharge in women, all are suitable for consumption.
Avoid or limit consumption of the following: water chestnuts, persimmons, raw radishes, raw melons, raw cucumbers, raw sweet potatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, onions, chili peppers, mustard greens, cloves, fennel, pepper, mint, water shield, salt, soy sauce, white liquor, and cigarettes.
Heavenly fire is excessive, kidney deficiency is present. It is essential to pay attention to precautions in daily life, as treatment requires long-term adjustments in addition to regular care. Otherwise, the effort may be futile.
Precautions for Liver Fire and Kidney Deficiency: Patients must maintain good living habits to facilitate their recovery.
In summary, individuals with excessive liver fire and kidney deficiency should pay attention to the following points: 1) Ensure adequate sleep; avoid staying up late or overworking.
2. Absolute abstinence from alcohol is advised, as well as avoidance of smoking; long-term smoking and alcohol consumption can also lead to excessive liver yang.
3. Maintain a positive mood; avoid getting angry and learn to control your emotions. Excessive irritability can also be triggered by external stimuli, such as holding grudges, which can lead to an increase in liver fire. Therefore, adjusting one's emotional state is very important.
Regularly engaging in activities that involve flexing the waist can ensure that the circulation of qi and blood in the lower back is smooth, thereby continuously nourishing the kidney qi.
Appropriate exercise can improve the condition of liver fire and kidney deficiency, promote the digestion and absorption of nutrients, thereby consolidating the strength of kidney qi.
5. Often self-massage the waist and soles of the feet.
The Acupoint of Foot Sole, the Yongquan acupoint, is the place where stagnant Qi descends. Massaging this acupoint regularly can benefit the kidney and nourish the essence, strengthen the body, and prevent premature aging.
*The medical information provided in this text is for reference only.
If you experience discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately for accurate diagnosis and treatment at a clinician's appointment.