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Kidney meridian

Kidney 1

Pain

Vertex headache
Throat pain with inability to swallow
Lumbar pain with difficult defecation
Pain in the lower abdomen in pregnant women with inability to urinate
Periumbilical pain
Pain and swelling of the leg
Chronic pain and numbness of the foot
Pain of the five toes with inability to stand

Affecting movement

Throat pain with inability to swallow
Sudden turmoil disorder with cramps
Contracted sinews
Lower limb paralysis
Pain of the five toes with inability to stand

Neurological

Epilepsy
Lower limb paralysis
Chronic pain and numbness of the foot

Affecting temperature

Cold sensation of the feet and shins
Heat in the soles of the feet

Color and swelling

Pain and swelling of the leg

Obstruction

Throat painful obstruction

Skin

Jaundice

Pathology

Jaundice

Lung and airway related problems

Cough
Dyspnea
Vomiting and coughing blood

Heart

Hypertension

Gastrointestinal

Constipation
Lumbar pain with difficult defecation
Pain in the lower abdomen in pregnant women with inability to urinate
Fullness of the lower abdomen
Periumbilical pain

Childhood and adolescence

Childhood fright

Psycho-emotional

Childhood fright
Agitation
Propensity to fear
Rage with desire to kill people
Madness
Sudden turmoil disorder with cramps

Energy and sleep

Insomnia
Diminished energy

Eyes

Visual dizziness
Cloudy vision

Nose

Nosebleed

Mouth, teeth and lips

Dry tongue

Throat

Throat painful obstruction
Throat pain with inability to swallow
Loss of voice

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Difficult urination
Pain in the lower abdomen in pregnant women with inability to urinate
Infertility
Impotence
Disorders due to excessive sexual activity

Other symptoms

Loss of consciousness
Poor memory

Kidney 2

Pain

Pain of the lower legs which prevents standing for long
Pain and swelling of the instep

Affecting movement

Inability to speak
Pain of the lower legs which prevents standing for long
Restless feet

Affecting temperature

Spontaneous sweating
Night sweating
One foot hot and one foot cold

Color and swelling

Pain and swelling of the instep

Obstruction

Throat painful obstruction

Skin

Jaundice

Pathology

Wasting and thirsting disorder

Lung and airway related problems

Throat painful obstruction
Insufficient saliva to moisten the throat
Inability to speak
Asthma
Dyspnea
Coughing blood

Gastrointestinal

Cold or damp diarrhea

Psycho-emotional

Fearful as if about to be apprehended
Propensity to fear and fright

Energy and sleep

Restless feet
Diminished energy
Night sweating

Mouth, teeth and lips

Protrusion of the tongue

Throat

Throat painful obstruction
Insufficient saliva to moisten the throat
Inability to speak

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Itching of the genitals
Nocturnal emissions
Seminal emissions
Impotence
Infertility
Uterine prolapse
Irregular menstruation
Difficult urination

Kidney 3

Pain

Headache and dizziness
Toothache
Chest pain
Lumbar pain
Pain of the abdomen and lateral costal region
Numbness and pain of the legs
Swelling and pain of the ankle
Swelling and pina of the heel

Neurological

Numbness and pain of the legs

Affecting temperature

Heat sensation in the mouth
Hot disease with copious sweating
Heat sensation in palms
Heat in the hypogastrium with yellow urine
Coldness of the lower limbs

Color and swelling

Swelling and pain of the ankle
Swelling and pain of the knee

Skin

Damp itchy lesions on the inner thigh

Pathology

Wasting and thirsting disorder
Chronic malaria
Asthma

Lung and airway related problems

Cough
Coughing blood
Wheezing
Cough with no pleasure in eating
Dyspnea
Asthma

Gastrointestinal

Cough with no pleasure in eating
Abdominal distention
Difficult defecation
Pain of the abdomen and lateral costal region
Abnormally thin or weak

Energy and sleep

Insomnia
Excessive dreaming
Wasting and thirsting disorder

Ear

Deafness
Tinnitus

Nose

Nosebleed

Mouth, teeth and lips

Toothache
Heat sensation in the mouth
Phlegm in the mouth that feels like glue

Throat

Sore throat

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Seminal emission
Impotence
Premature ejaculation
Sexual taxation
Irregular menstruation
Frequent and copious urination
Involuntary urination
Heat in the hypogastrium with yellow urine

Dizziness

Headache and dizziness

Other symptoms

Poor memory

Kidney 4

Pain

Painful throat with difficulty in swallowing
Stiffness and pain of the lumbar region
Pain and swelling of the heel

Affecting movement

Stiffness and pain of the lumbar region

Neurological

Dementia
Mental retardation

Affecting temperature

Heat in the mouth
Malaria with much cold and little heat

Color and swelling

Pain and swelling of the heel

Pathology

Malaria with much cold and little heat
Asthma
Dementia

Lung and airway related problems

Coughing blood
Dyspnea due to diminished energy
Asthma
Wheezing
Cough
Shortness of breath

Heart

Palpitations

Gastrointestinal

Distention and oppression of the chest and abdomen
Constipation with distended abdomen

Psycho-emotional

Agitation
Propensity to anger, fright, fear and unhappiness
Desire to close the door and remain at home

Energy and sleep

Dyspnea due to diminished energy
Sleepiness

Mouth, teeth and lips

Dry tongue

Throat

Rattling sound in the throat
Painful throat with difficulty in swallowing

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Difficult urination
Dribbling and retention of urine
Irregular menstruation

Vomiting

Vomiting

Kidney 6

Pain

Swelling and pain of the throat
Redness and pain of the eyes originating at the inner canthus
Hypogastric pain
Weariness or pain of the four limbs
Post-partum pain in the umibilical region

Affecting movement

Tightness and contraction of the inner aspect of the leg
Weariness or pain of the four limbs
Cramps of the feet and hands
Hemiplegia

Neurological

Night-time epilepsy
Hemiplegia

Affecting temperature

Five palms agitated and hot
Chronic cold of the uterus leading to infertility
Hot or cold sensation in the lower abdomen

Color and swelling

Swelling and pain of the throat
Redness and pain of the eyes originating at the inner canthus
Edema

Gastrointestinal

Constipation
Hypogastric pain
Distention and fullness of the chest and abdomen

Psycho-emotional

Sadness
Fright
Sudden turmoil disorder

Energy and sleep

Insomnia
Desire to sleep (sleepiness)
Night-time epilepsy
Nightmares

Eyes

Redness and pain of the eyes originating at the inner canthus
Vision disturbed by seeing spots and stars

Throat

Swelling and pain of the throat
Dry throat

Maternal

Difficult labor
Post-partum dizziness
Post-partum pain in the umbilical region

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Frequent urination
Enuresis
Dribbling urination in women
Blood painful urinary dysfunction
Irregular menstruation
Absence of menstruation
Menstrual cramps
Chronic cold of the uterus leading to infertility
Persistent flow of lochia
Red and white leucorrhea
Uterine prolapse
Red and white leucorrhea
Utterine prolapse

Dizziness

Dizziness
Post-partum dizziness

Kidney 7

Pain

Pain of the lumbar region

Affecting movement

Atrophy disorder of the leg

Affecting temperature

Spontaneous sweating
Night sweating
Ceaseless sweating
Fever with absence of sweating
Cold legs
Cold and hot bones

Swelling

Edema
Swelling of the four limbs
Swelling of the lower limb

Skin

Withered yellow complexion

Gastrointestinal

Diarrhea
Distention of the abdomen with borborygmus
Dysenteric disorder
Pus and blood in the stool
Heavy feeling in the rectum after diarrhea
Bleeding hemorrhoids
Constipation

Psycho-emotional

Propensity to anger with incessant talking
Propensity to laughter

Energy and sleep

Night sweating

Nose

Pain in the nostrils
Nosebleed

Mouth, teeth and lips

Dry tongue and parched mouth
Dry tongue
Curled tongue with inability to speak
Tooth decay

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Difficult urination
Dark urine
Blood painful urinary dysfunction
Seminal emission
Abnormally heavy bleeding at menstruation
Uterine bleeding

Kidney 10

Pain

Hypogastric pain radiating to the genitals and inner thigh
Abdominal pain
Periumbilical pain
Drilling knee pain with immobility
Pain of the inner aspect of the thigh

Affecting movement

Drilling knee pain with immobility

Gastrointestinal

Abdominal distention

Psycho-emotional

Manic disorders
Mania-depression

Mouth, teeth and lips

Protrusion of the tongue with drooling

Maternal

Difficult conception

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Uterine bleeding
Whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina

Kidney 14

Pain

Lower abdominal pain
Pain of both lateral costal regions
Redness and pain of the inner canthus
Cutting pain below the umibculus

Affecting temperature

Cold shivering

Color and swelling

Redness and pain of the inner canthus
Edema
Stone edema of the upper abdomen

Gastrointestinal

Lower abdominal pain
Abdominal distention
Cutting pain below the umbiculus
Stone edema of the upper abdomen
Dysenteric disorder
Diarrhea
Constipation

Maternal

Infertility

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Irregular menstruation
Uterine bleeding
Accumulated cold in the uterus
Whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina
Retention of lochia
Seminal emission
White and turbid uretheral discharge

Kidney 16

Pain

Pain of the epigastrium and abdomen
Distention and pain of the abdomen
Cutting pain of the abdomen
Redness and pain of the eye originating at the inner canthus

Affecting temperature

Cold in the epigastrium

Color and swelling

Redness and pain of the eye originating at the inner canthus

Gastrointestinal

Pain of the epigastrium and abdomen
Cold in the epigastrium
Distention and pain of the abdomen
Cutting pain of the abdomen
Constipation
Dry stools
Borborygmus
Diarrhea

Eyes

Redness and pain of the eye at the inner canthus

Vomiting

Vomiting

Kidney 18

Pain

Acute pain of the lateral costal region following childbirth
Unbearable abdominal pain
Unendurable stabbing pain of the abdomen
Redness and pain of the eye at the inner canthus

Affecting movement

Stiffness of the spine
Inability to open mouth

Color and swelling

Redness and pain of the eye originating at the inner canthus

Lung and airway related problems

Hiccup

Gastrointestinal

Post-partum abdominal pain
Unbearable abdominal pain
Unendurable stabbing pain of the abdomen
Constipation

Eyes

Redness and pain of the eye originating at the inner canthus

Mouth, teeth and lips

Inability to open mouth
Much spittle

Maternal

Post-partum abdominal pain
Acute pain of the lateral costal region following childbirth
Infertility

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Malign blood in the uterus
Dark urine

Vomiting

Vomiting
Retching

Kidney 19

Pain

Epigastric pain
Distention and pain of the abdomen
Twisting pain in the abdomen
Pain and heat of the lateral costal region
Eye pain
Redness and pain of the eye orignating at the inner canthus

Affecting temperature

Pain and heat of the lateral costal region

Pathology

Malaria

Lung and airway related problems

Cough

Gastrointestinal

Epigastric pain
Nausea
Distention and pain of the abdomen
Twisting pain in the abdomen
Borborygmus
Difficult defecation

Eyes

Eye pain
Redness and pain of the eye originating at the inner canthus

Maternal

Infertility

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Malign blood in the uterus

Vomiting

Vomiting

Kidney 20

Pain

Pain of the lateral costal region

Affecting movement

Inability to turn the neck
Epilepsy

Speech

Sudden loss of voice
Swelling beneath the tongue with difficulty in speaking
Redness of the eyes originating at the inner canthus

Neurological

Epilepsy

Pathology

Malaria

Lung and airway related problems

Coughing and dyspnea

Heart

Palpitations

Gastrointestinal

Undigested food in stool
Abdominal distention
Diarrhea

Eyes

Redness of the eyes originating at the inner canthus

Mouth, teeth and lips

Swelling beneath the tongue with difficulty in speaking
Protrusion of the tongue
Deviation of the tongue

Vomiting

Vomiting

Other symptoms

Disorientation