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Pattern脏腑辨证

肾精不足证

Shèn Jīng Bù Zú Zhèng

Kidney Essence Insufficiency Pattern

Treatment Principle

填精补髓

Fill the essence and supplement the marrow

Cardinal Symptoms · 主症

delayed development or premature aging
aching and weakness of the low back and knees
tinnitus and deafness
poor memory

Secondary Symptoms · 次症

hair loss and loose teeth
diminished sexual function
five delays and five weaknesses in children

Etiology · 病因

Congenital insufficiency, lack of postnatal nourishment, or excessive sexual activity depleting Kidney essence.

Pathomechanism · 病机

Kidney essence is depleted, the sea of marrow is insufficient, and the bones lose nourishment.

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  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Shèn Jīng Bù Zú Zhèng 肾精不足证 (Kidney Essence Insufficiency Pattern)},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/patterns/shen-jing-bu-zu},
  urldate      = {2026-04-17},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
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