Turmeric and Kidney
Turmeric and kidney
taste the nature of medicine, each has its own way. Turmeric, the taste of hard and warm, into the liver and spleen meridians, its use in the viscera, related to the kidney, there are also points to be investigated.
Kidney, as a strong official, clever out of the place, for the innate foundation, the essence of the main water, related to human growth and development and water metabolism. Turmeric has the ability to break blood and circulate qi, pass menstruation and relieve pain. For the qi and blood of the kidney, turmeric can dissipate the stasis of the kidney collaterals. The kidney is the main bone, if the kidney collaterals are blocked, the bone joints are painful, and turmeric has the power of qi and blood, or it can pass the kidney collaterals and relieve bone pain.
However, the way to use medicine is to weigh. Although turmeric has the power of dispersing, its nature is warm and dry. The yin and yang in the kidney are suitable for flat, if the kidney yin is deficient, over-use of turmeric, for fear of its warm and dryness, robbing the kidney yin, causing the endogenous of virtual heat, and causing dizziness and tinnitus, soreness at the waist and knee, and irritation and heat in the five hearts. Therefore, using turmeric to regulate the kidney must carefully examine the yin and yang of the patient's kidney.
The metabolism of kidney water depends on the evaporation and gasification of kidney yang. Turmeric carries out qi and blood, or can help the distribution of kidney yang and promote the metabolism of water. However, those who are hyperactive in kidney yang need to be cautious when using turmeric to prevent warmth and fire, disturbing the yang qi in the kidney, and causing the disease of yang hyperactivity.
Doctors who use turmeric for the treatment related to the kidney must clearly distinguish yin and yang, and pay attention to the pathogenesis. The disease stops while the disease is moderate, so as to achieve the purpose of regulating the kidney without hurting it, so that the human body's yin and yang are balanced and the organs are peaceful.
