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| there is less fluid surplus for the skin, intestines and lungs. Since there is only a finite volume of saline fluid (Mother Ocean) that the body is willing to excrete outwards, if any one surface consistently hypersecretes, the other surfaces have less water potential. This is easily observed in someone who is working hard and sweating profusely: urine will often be concentrated, even scalding, and constipation frequently follows. Excessive skin fluids are being thrown out and the body hoards other fluids to compensate. With the excessive urination of kidney deficiency, dry skin and constipation often follow, and even the bronchial membranes can become dry. |
| Licorice root shifts fluids away from the kidneys and increases the fluid investment in the other membranes. |
| Dong quai and the ginsengs all moderately increase anabolic metabolism and the utilization of aldosterone while increasing protein metabolism and blood supply to the kidneys. Shepherd's purse and huckleberry or blueberry are astringent to the nephrons, and horsetail helps to strengthen their connective tissues. |
| Kidney Deficiency Tincture |
| Licorice root tincture |
| 2 parts |
| Shepherd's purse tincture |
| 2 parts |
| Siberian ginseng tincture |
| 2 parts |
| Dong quai tincture |
| 1 part |
| Combine and take 60 drops (2 squirts) 3X a day in a bit of warm water. |
| Kidney Deficiency Nervines |
| If you are prone to chronic flight-or-fight adrenaline stress, with easy agitation, constipation and allergies (along with kidney deficiency) you might try Pulsatilla tincture (35 |
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