Attention! Frequent urination does not necessarily mean kidney deficiency

Experts say that kidney deficiency can indeed cause frequent urination, but in addition, urinary system diseases, diabetes and other diseases may also cause this phenomenon.

In traditional Chinese medicine theory, the kidney is known as the "water organ" and is responsible for the body's water metabolism. It discharges excess waste water through its opening and closing functions. Frequent urination and polyuria in some people are believed to be related to kidney deficiency. Kidney deficiency includes kidney qi deficiency and kidney yang deficiency, both of which affect the kidney's opening and closing functions, leading to increased urine output. Elderly people are often troubled by frequent urination at night because of "old kidney deficiency", which causes kidney qi to dissipate and leads to polyuria. In addition to kidney deficiency, lung qi deficiency can also cause polyuria, because traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lung is the source of water and has the function of regulating water channels and transporting water to the bladder. To determine whether it is caused by kidney deficiency, you can see whether there are other symptoms such as low back pain, fear of cold, fatigue, and long and clear urination.

Western medicine believes that frequent urination may also be a symptom of urinary system diseases, such as prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia, bladder inflammation or lesions, small bladder capacity and aging function. In addition, frequent urination may also be caused by internal metabolic diseases, such as diabetes. If frequent urination is accompanied by thirst, excessive eating, weight loss and other symptoms, you should be extra careful about diabetes.

Generally speaking, an average adult urinates 4-5 times during the day and 0-1 times at night, but the frequency and amount of urination are also related to drinking water. If the urine volume suddenly increases or the night urination is frequent, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination and then treat the symptoms. For the elderly who urinate frequently at night, you can try yam, black sesame, black beans, wolfberry, poria cocos, and mulberry to regulate it.

In short, frequent urination and excessive urination must find the cause, because blindly using drugs to nourish the kidneys will not only cause internal heat, but may also aggravate the condition and delay the treatment of other diseases.