Kidney

The kidneys remove waste and excess fluid to make urine. In TCM, the kidney is linked to the following emotions, ailments, colour, and resonant sound:

  • Colour: Blue

  • Vibrational healing sound: Chooo

  • Example herb with lung affinity: Urtica doica semen (Stinging nettle seed).

  • Emotions: Fearful, weak willpower, insecure, aloof, and isolated.

  • Kidney function: Key organs for sustaining life; responsible for reproduction, growth and development, and maturation; involved with the lungs in water metabolism and respiration; connected with bones, teeth, ears, and head hair.

  • Symptoms of kidney imbalance: Frequent urination, urinary incontinence, night sweats, dry mouth, poor short-term memory, low back pain, ringing in the ears, hearing loss, other ear conditions, premature gray hair, hair loss, and osteoporosis