We often say "deficiency should be tonified," but sometimes, despite repeated tonification, there is no improvement. At such times, we need to change our approach in treatment. In Traditional Chinese Medicine,There is a method for tonifying deficiency calledWhen the child is deficient, the mother should be supplementedIt sounds like a technical term, but it's actually quite easy to understand—just like when a child is hungry, you first need to ensure the mother has the strength to cook. Similarly, the internal organs must also be nourished starting from the "mother" organ that nurtures them.

Let's start by talking about kidney deficiency

Many people feel that their kidneys are deficient and start buying a lot of medicine, feeding it all to their kidneys, but in the end, they still feel weak and lack energy.Actually, the kidney is like a "warehouse" responsible for storing the body's vital essence, and its upstream supplier is the lung. Through its descending function, the lung transports the body's clear qi and fluids to the kidney, which then stores these nutrients.

If the lungs are weakened first, and at this time, one only focuses on supplementing the "kidneys," it will only address the symptoms rather than the root cause. Therefore, before tonifying the kidneys, one must first examine the lungs. Only when the lungs are healthy can they smoothly "supply" the kidneys, allowing the deficiency of the kidneys to be gradually replenished without leakage.

Moreover, lung deficiency

If you always feel short of breath, have a dry throat, and become breathless with even slight movement, thinking it's "lung deficiency," if you only focus on nourishing the lungs, the results are often slow.The lungs are like plants that need watering, while the spleen is the watering can responsible for providing moisture. The spleen is the foundation of postnatal life and governs transportation and transformation. The food we consume must be transformed by the spleen into clear qi, which is then transported upward to the lungs, keeping them moist and vibrant. Therefore, to nourish the lungs, it is essential to first enhance the spleen's transportation and transformation function, ensuring the lungs receive sufficient nourishment.

Finally, let's talk about spleen deficiency

Many people in life experience bloating after eating, poor appetite, and frequent diarrhea. We often attribute these conditions to poor spleen and stomach function and think we need to "tonify the spleen and stomach," but the results are often unsatisfactory.The spleen and stomach are more like a "pot" responsible for cooking food and converting it into nutrients while the heart is like the "fire" beneath the pot only when the fire is sufficient can the food be cooked thoroughly

Therefore, to regulate spleen deficiency, one must first warm the heart, allowing it to supply sufficient energy to the spleen. Only then can the spleen gain the strength to transform and transport food, and the issues of spleen deficiency will gradually improve.

Ultimately, the principle of treating the child by nourishing the mother is not a detour but rather finding the main pathway of nutrient transmission. In traditional Chinese medicine, when we regulate the body, we do not simply address deficiencies in isolation but instead nourish from the root cause. Have you learned this?