Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency with Cold is a term in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that refers to the deficiency of Yang Qi in the spleen and stomach, accompanied by an excess of Yin and cold. This condition includes both Spleen Yang Deficiency and Stomach Yang Deficiency (some consider it solely as Spleen Yang Deficiency), often caused by dietary imbalances, excessive consumption of cold foods, overexertion, prolonged illness, or emotional stress damaging the spleen.
Symptoms of Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency with Cold
- Local Symptoms:
- Abdominal distension and pain, lack of appetite; a bland taste in the mouth with little thirst, and a tendency to regurgitate clear fluids without other substances.
- Chronic stomach pain, especially worsened when hungry.
- Women may experience clear, profuse vaginal discharge, delayed menstruation, often with blood clots.
- Cold sensation in the stomach, prone to diarrhea, especially after consuming cold or greasy foods, or during excessive fatigue or worry, resulting in thin stools or stools with white curds.
- General Symptoms:
- Pale, sallow complexion, fatigue, and lack of energy.
- Cold intolerance: patients often feel cold, with cold extremities in winter, pale complexion, and a preference for warm water.
- Weak pulse, cold hands and feet, fatigue, reduced appetite, and worsening discomfort after exertion or exposure to cold.
- Tongue Appearance: Pale, swollen tongue with a white, moist coating and a light tongue body.
- Pulse Characteristics: Weak and forceless pulse, deep and slow pulse.
- Other Symptoms: Some patients may also experience acid reflux, vomiting, abdominal distension, limb edema, cold intolerance, preference for warmth, clear and prolonged urination, or difficulty urinating.
How to Regulate Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency with Cold
- It is advisable to consume warm, sweet, and spicy foods that strengthen the spleen, tonify Qi, warm the stomach, and dispel cold, such as indica rice, lamb, chicken, beef tripe, pork tripe, chain fish, grass carp, lychee, chili, leeks, fennel, mustard greens, cinnamon, dried ginger, fresh ginger, Sichuan pepper, black pepper, cumin, white cardamom, and brown sugar.
- Avoid cold and cooling foods that can damage the Yang Qi of the spleen and stomach, such as buckwheat, oat, mung beans, tofu, spinach, water spinach, eggplant, black fungus, enoki mushrooms, lettuce, winter melon, celery, amaranth, water bamboo, cucumber, bitter melon, watermelon, persimmons, bananas, loquats, pears, peaches, kiwifruit, water shield, clam meat, Ophiopogon, snails, crabs, water chestnuts, and melons. Additionally, those with cold stomach pain should also avoid mung beans, dried persimmons, raw tomatoes, bamboo shoots, bottle gourd, lettuce, kelp, raw loofah, raw radish, raw lotus root, raw cucumber, raw sweet potatoes, honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, mint, duck eggs, clams, water spinach, and various cold drinks and chilled foods, as these can exacerbate the pain from Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency with Cold.
Treatment for Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency with ColdCombining TCM and Western medicine for treatment, experts utilize a novel integrative approach to address Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency with Cold. This method is primarily based on TCM treatment, supplemented by Western medicine, focusing on dispelling cold, tonifying deficiency, and harmonizing the spleen and stomach, ensuring a differential diagnosis and treatment. This therapy comprehensively summarizes the shortcomings of traditional drug treatments, prioritizing TCM regulation without causing any side effects, ensuring safety and efficacy, allowing for immediate treatment and discharge, and utilizing unique medicinal components to regulate spleen and stomach functions, preventing recurrence of Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency with Cold, achieving both psychological and physiological health standards.
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