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Shenyangxu 腎陽虛         

by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu     Click here to see page with Chinese 按此看中英文版。

Clinical observation:

• weakness in the loins, and legs,

• cold lower part of the body (waist, legs and feet),

• tension in the lower abdomen,

• frequent urination or lack of urination,

• swollen tongue with pale coating,

• weak, slow pulse or deep and faint pulse in the che position (third position),

• phlegm retention syndrome,

• edema / flabby legs.

• often chronic nephritis, advance diabetes, parasympathetic nervous system disorder, senile dementia, and other chronic  disorders or urinary dysfunction can accompany above mentioned syndrome.

Laboratory test results may include:

• low levels of cAMP

• relatively high levels of cGMP

• low levels of adrenocortical hormone

• low levels of epinephrine & norepinephrine

• incorrect levels of electrolyte, low level of sodium

• incorrect levels of diuretic hormone and anti-diuretic hormone. Often, the diuretic hormone is high. Sometimes, less often, the anti-diuretic hormone can be high.

• over active parasympathetic nervous system

• under active sympathetic nervous system

• low levels of thyroid hormone

• low levels of plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone

• low levels of thyroid hormone, low or slow reaction to TRH test

• circadian rhythms of 11-OHS abnormal

Often this condition can be successfully corrected using Qigong therapy.

People with shenyangxu condition are more susceptible to anaphylactic shock.

The other extreme condition is shenyinxu.