What’s worse than kidney deficiency is spleen deficiency! How can you tell if you have spleen deficiency?6 symptoms to easily identify!

If you feel weak, have no appetite, or are depressed or dizzy, there is a good chance that your spleen is deficient.Since the beginning of this year, Master Wang has been feeling panicky and palpitating, and his body gets tired easily, along with insomnia and diarrhea. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.A few weeks later, his symptoms were still not relieved and he felt that he had something wrong with him, so he wondered why he couldn’t find anything wrong when his discomfort was so obvious.

He was recommended by a friend to see a famous local Chinese medicine doctor, who told him that it was caused by spleen deficiency and that it was related to his lack of attention to diet and living, which is why his body was “getting weaker and weaker”.

The doctor then prescribed some medicine to nourish his spleen and Yang, and after taking it, he felt significantly better and became more energetic.

01 The doctor prescribed some medicine to nourish the spleen and Yang. Do you really understand spleen deficiency?

The “spleen” in Chinese medicine is not the lymphatic organ in modern anatomy, but covers the functions of several systems. It is the body’s “granary”, the key to the biochemistry of Qi and blood, and is responsible for maintaining the body’s basic vital activities and metabolism.

When the spleen and stomach are weak, they are prone to a wide range of illnesses and symptoms. Spleen deficiency can be divided into three categories according to the different types of symptoms.

1. Spleen qi deficiency.

Deficiency of the Spleen Qi means that the body is less efficient in transporting and conveying water and grain, which means that the body is prone to abdominal distension, loose stools, poor appetite, fatigue, lack of breath and laziness, and a yellowish complexion.

2. Spleen-Yang deficiency.

Long-term spleen qi deficiency, coupled with dietary disorders, excessive consumption of raw and cold food, overwork, or worrying about the spleen, can cause the spleen to lose its warmth and transport. These people often suffer from cold pain in the abdomen, warmth and pressure, coldness in the body and limbs, loose and thin stools, and a pale and fat tongue with teeth marks.

3. Spleen Yin deficiency.

Yin deficiency is caused by insufficient “fire” in the body to warm the muscles and internal organs, resulting in a decrease in the body’s ability to protect itself from cold. People with Yin deficiency tend to have deficient heat in their bodies, which manifests as heat in the heart of the hands and feet, dry mouth and tongue, or constipation in the stool.

Poor diet.

Frequent consumption of fried, spicy, sweet, salty and cold foods will increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, thus leading to spleen deficiency.

Overwork and tiredness.

With less physical work in modern times, overwork turns into over-exertion and weakens the spleen qi, resulting in spleen deficiency. In addition, problems such as insomnia and early awakening can reduce the amount of sleep some people get. The inability of the spleen and stomach to adequately repair at night can also lead to damage to the spleen and stomach, a vicious cycle that further aggravates the problem of insomnia.

Emotional and mental disorders.

Excessive worry and stress can also affect the spleen. Modern people are under a lot of stress and use their mind more than their body, increasing the chances of spleen deficiency.

Therefore, to avoid spleen deficiency, we should start by changing our bad lifestyle habits, eating less heavy food, and paying attention to improving our physical fitness and keeping an optimistic state of mind, so that spleen deficiency will be difficult to find.

02 6 symptoms of spleen deficiency that you don’t know about.

How can you tell if your spleen and stomach are healthy? Check if you have the following symptoms.

1. Thick tongue coating.Observe your tongue. If it is fat and large, it means that the ability to metabolise water and fluid is slowed down, and there is excess water and dampness on top of the tongue that cannot be metabolised, the volume becomes huge and the space in your mouth becomes crowded as a result.

2. Loose stools.

Unshaped stools that stick to the toilet easily indicate a deficiency of the spleen and dampness, and are accompanied by abnormal digestive function.

3. Anaemia and premature ageing.

Women with a deficient spleen are prone to anaemia and may feel dizzy and depressed. The main cause of ageing is an imbalance of Qi and blood. A deficient spleen prevents the skin from being cared for by sufficient Qi and blood, which makes it easier to look old.

4. Foul breath.

People with a deficient spleen tend to have relatively weak gastrointestinal digestion, and food residues tend to remain in the body for a long time, and the odour produced by stomach acids will be emitted from the mouth.

5. Fat body.

As the spleen and stomach are too weak, coupled with their own slow metabolism and reduced ability to consume nutrients, the food they eat tends to accumulate in the body without being absorbed or digested, easily leading to weight gain. Data show that 90% of people who are obese are weak.

6. drooling in bed.

Many people will drool in their sleep, which is also related to spleen deficiency. Chinese medicine believes that saliva is the liquid of the spleen, and when the spleen is deficient in the collection of fluid, the phenomenon of drooling in bed will occur.

03 Spleen deficiency fears 1 action! 5 minutes a day to quickly strengthen the spleen.

A deficient spleen will affect the whole person’s state of being. At this point, you may wish to learn the simple movement of “single arm lift” in the Eight Duan Jin, which can effectively relieve spleen deficiency.

Stand with your legs naturally, knees slightly bent, and hold your hands in front of your belly, palms up.

The left hand then turns its palm upwards past the chest, while the right hand turns its palm downwards towards the right hip, holding the two palms up and down.

At the same time, stand with your legs straight and stretch your whole body out. After a brief pause of two seconds, return both hands the same way and rejoin them in front of your belly, relaxing your whole body.

Then lower and raise your hands for the right hand again and repeat the above action steps. Adhere to 30 times a day, the condition of the spleen and stomach will improve.

In addition to this, there are 4 ways to strengthen the spleen.

1. Spleen-healthy food therapy.

Improve the diet is the basic of the spleen and stomach. Eat less spicy and stimulating, cold and cold, fried and fatty food that hinder the function of the spleen and stomach, and eat more food that can regulate the spleen and stomach such as japonica rice, poria, yam, lentils, white atractylodes, barley and adzuki beans.

2. Acupressure points.

Before going to bed each night, massage the inner calf along the route of the Spleen meridian 3-5 times, until it is slightly warm. Focus on the Sanyinjiao point on the Spleen meridian, the Foot Sanli point on the Stomach meridian, the Qihai point and the Guan Yuan point on the Ren meridian, and massage for about 1 minute.

All these points help the spleen and stomach to transport water and dampness, and if you add olive oil to the massage, the effect will be more obvious.

3. Improve lifestyle habits.

People with spleen deficiency should change their sedentary habits and maintain a certain amount of exercise on a daily basis to speed up the balance of qi and blood in the body, which helps to regulate spleen deficiency.

When the temperature changes, it is also important to keep warm, especially the abdomen, so that cold does not invade the body and lead to indigestion.

4. Take medication.

Medicines for spleen deficiency include Jian Spleen Pill, Ginseng and Atractylodes Pill, Gui Spleen Pill, Tonifying Zhong Yi Qi Pill and Li Zhong Pill.

However, spleen deficiency has a range of symptoms, and different types of medication are not the same, so it is not advisable to diagnose and use medication on your own, but to visit a hospital and use medication under the guidance of a doctor.

To maintain health, we must pay attention to nourishing the spleen and stomach, and spleen and stomach disorders are a kind of “life disease”.