yin xu (yin deficient)    陰虛

by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu    按此看中文

Yinxu is a traditional Chinese term used in diagnostics.

Yinxu or written as yin xu meaning yin deficient. In this term "yin" refers to fluid of the body. Xu means deficient.

When shenxu (kidney deficient) is accompanied by yinxu, it is called shenyinxu. Shenyinxu literally means kidney yin deficient but it has nothing to do with the organ kidneys.

Clinical symptoms of yinxu can include:

Red face, hot body, prefer cool, uneasiness, dry and cracked lips, dark red tongue with yellow fur, or even with cracks, or black and with spurs, loose teeth, premature white hair, tinnitus, weak and sore knees and lower back.

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陰虛症狀﹕

面色潮紅或通紅，身熱，喜涼，狂燥不安，口唇燥裂，舌質紅絳，苔色黃或老黃，甚至燥裂，或黑而生芒刺 ，牙齒鬆動，鬚髮早白，眩暈耳鳴，腰膝酸軟。

陰虛兼有 腎虛則為腎陰虛。

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Last update: April 29, 2009; 5:15 p.m. LAH