1. Stomach Yin Deficiency may also be caused by liver issues affecting the stomach, but you belong to the Yang deficiency constitution. In summer, excessive heat and sweating can lead to the leakage of Yang Qi, resulting in internal Yang deficiency. It is advisable to avoid strenuous labor and excessive sweating, as it can harm Yang. Additionally, one should not indulge in cold drinks. Individuals with Yang deficiency tend to be introverted and quiet, often experiencing poor moods and feelings of depression. Daily food should primarily consist of warming items, and it is also important to consider incorporating Qi-tonifying foods to protect the spleen and stomach, thereby enhancing the body’s resistance. Commonly used Yang-tonifying foods include stir-fried lamb, dog meat, chicken, hairtail fish, loach, yellow eel, shrimp (lobster, prawn, green shrimp, river shrimp), sea cucumber, mussels, quail, sword beans, chestnuts, and leeks. Avoid excessive consumption of frozen foods in summer.
Cook walnut kernels into porridge. Ingredients: 50 grams of walnut kernels, an appropriate amount of millet, cook together until soft, and consume as a snack between meals. You can add a little brown sugar when eating. One to two meals per day for two weeks is recommended. This porridge strengthens the spleen, benefits Qi, warms the stomach, and moistens the intestines.
2. Looking at your tongue coating, severe deficiency of Yin fluids indicates that you are feeling quite uncomfortable, anxious, irritable, and mentally foggy. Heart Yin deficiency is caused by excessive mental strain, prolonged illness, or heat illness that depletes Heart Yin, leading to insufficient fluids due to internal heat from Yin deficiency. Common symptoms include palpitations, irritability, insomnia, easy fright, and forgetfulness; severe cases may present with night sweats, low fever, five hearts heat, and dry mouth. Treatment should focus on nourishing the heart and calming the spirit. Options include Bai Zi Yang Xin Wan (Semen Platycladi Heart Nourishing Pill) and Gan Mai Da Zao Tang (Licorice, Wheat, and Jujube Decoction).
3. Blood deficiency with cold body and excessive dampness, Liver Blood Deficiency may be indicated by the color of your tongue. You may feel lethargic and have dry eyes. Liver Blood deficiency is essentially Liver Yin deficiency, which can be caused by excessive emotional strain leading to fire damaging Yin and depleting blood, or by overconsumption of bitter warming herbs that can also harm Liver Blood. It is recommended to consume more pig’s blood, duck blood, walnuts, goji berries, and longan. In severe cases, you can take Ejiao (donkey-hide gelatin), which is most effective when cooked at home in a clay pot.
4. Yang Deficiency with Insufficient Qi and Blood presents with poor appetite, fatigue, and lack of vitality. The main manifestations include two aspects:
① Yang deficiency with excessive cold leads to stagnation of Qi, resulting in pale complexion, cold limbs, sore lower back and knees, and abdominal cold pain.
② Impaired digestion leads to abdominal distension, chronic diarrhea, or even watery stools.
Treatment for Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency varies depending on whether the condition originates from the spleen or kidney, but the basic principle is to warm and tonify the spleen and kidney. Formulas such as Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang (Aconite Decoction to Regulate the Middle), Ji Sheng Shen Qi Wan (Kidney Qi Pill for Life), You Gui Wan (Right Returning Pill), and Spleen and Kidney Tonifying Pill can be selected based on the symptoms.
It is recommended to use herbal medicine for treatment and regulation, as it has fewer side effects and less harm to the body while being effective. Avoid raw, cold, greasy, and spicy foods. Maintain a happy and relaxed mood.
Eight Immortals Cake: 5 grams each of Huang Qi (Astragalus), Bai Zhu (Atractylodes), Shan Yao (Chinese Yam), Shan Zha (Hawthorn), Fu Ling (Poria), Chen Pi (Dried Tangerine Peel), Xiang Lian Mo (Lotus Seed Powder), and Dang Shen (Codonopsis). First, decoct the above herbs to extract the juice, then steam with an appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour and sugar to make a cake. Suitable for spleen deficiency diarrhea and poor appetite.
Yam Rice: 30 grams each of Shan Yao (Chinese Yam), Lian Rou (Lotus Flesh), Mi Ren (Rice), and Bian Dou (Hyacinth Bean), wash and chop, peel the lotus flesh, and cook until soft, then mix with glutinous rice. Suitable for spleen deficiency diarrhea and poor appetite.
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