Bladder Deficiency with Cold
The information provided here is not a replacement for a doctor. You shouldn't use it for the purpose of self-diagnosing or self-medicating but rather so you can have a more informed discussion with a professional TCM practitioner.
At a glance
Preliminary reading: What is a pattern?
Diagnosis
Common symptoms: Dizziness Incontinence Forgetfulness Disorientation Lower back pain and four other symptoms
Pulse type(s): Deep (Chen), Weak (Ruo)
Tongue coating: Thin white coating
Tongue color: Pale
Treatment
Common formulas: Sang Piao Xiao San
Pathology
Bladder Deficiency with Cold is a pattern of disharmony in Chinese Medicine.
Chinese Medicine views the human body as a complex system that tends toward harmony. A pattern of disharmony is a disorder that prevents that harmony from occurring.
Patterns give rise to symptoms that may at first glance seem unrelated from a Western standpoint but that actually make a lot of sense when one understands Chinese Medicine theory. For instance here Bladder Deficiency with Cold gives rise to such diverse symptoms as disorientation, forgetfulness, incontinence and lower back pain (as well as five others).
To diagnose a pattern, analyzing a patient's pulse as well as their tongue is common practice. In the case of Bladder Deficiency with Cold patients tend to exhibit deep (Chen) or weak (Ruo) pulses as well as a pale tongue with thin white coating.
Patterns aren't exactly the Chinese Medicine equivalent to Western diseases, they're rather the underlying causes behind diseases or health conditions. Here Bladder Deficiency with Cold is thought to sometimes induce conditions such as uterine prolapse, autonomic dystonia or enuresis (as well as four others).
Diagnosing Bladder Deficiency with Cold
Diagnosing a pattern in Chinese Medicine is no easy feat and should be left to professional practitioners. In particular one has to know how to differentiate between different types of pulses and tongue coatings, shapes and colors as well as learn to read from a long list of seemingly unrelated symptoms.
Pulse type(s): Deep (Chen) or weak (Ruo)
Tongue coating: Thin white coating
Tongue color: Pale
Main symptoms: Dizziness Incontinence Forgetfulness Disorientation Lower back pain Feeling of cold Frequent urination White urethral discharge Urine the color of rice water - grey and cloudy
Treating Bladder Deficiency with Cold
Herbal formulas used to treat Bladder Deficiency with Cold
Sang Piao Xiao San
Source date: 1116 AD
Number of ingredients: 8 herbs
Key actions: Regulates and tonifies the Heart and Kidneys. Stabilizes the Essence. Stops leakage.
Formula summary
Sang Piao Xiao San is a 8-ingredient Chinese Medicine formula. Invented in 1116 AD, it belongs to the category of formulas that secure Essence and stop enuresis.
Besides Bladder Deficiency with Cold, Sang Piao Xiao San is also used to treat Bladder Deficient and Cold.
Related conditions
Please keep in mind that a Western Medicine condition can be caused by several Chinese Medicine patterns of disharmony and vice versa. As such a patient suffering from one of the conditions below will not necessarily be suffering from Bladder Deficiency with Cold, it is just one pattern that's commonly associated with the condition. Click on a condition to learn what other patterns it's associated with.
Uterine prolapse Autonomic dystonia Enuresis Diabetes Pediatric enuresis Neurosis Nocturia