Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency (Pí Wèi Xū Hán) is a term in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that refers to the deficiency of Yang Qi in the spleen and stomach, characterized by the presence of internal cold. This condition includes both Spleen Yang Deficiency and Stomach Yang Deficiency, often caused by dietary imbalance, excessive consumption of cold foods, overexertion, prolonged illness, or emotional stress affecting the spleen. Symptoms of Spleen Yang Deficiency may include poor appetite, abdominal distension, abdominal pain relieved by warmth and pressure, a pale and moist tongue, and a weak pulse. Stomach Yang Deficiency is often triggered by cold weather or the consumption of cold foods, leading to pain that is alleviated by warmth. Symptoms include dull, persistent stomach pain, a sensation of cold in the stomach, and a preference for warmth, with symptoms worsening after eating cold foods or during fatigue.
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Dietary Therapy
1. Pepper Pork Stomach Soup (Hú Jiāo Zhū Dù Tāng): Ingredients include pepper, pork stomach, and 5 honey dates. Clean the pork stomach with flour and salt, then rinse. Place the pepper inside the stomach, sew it up, and add it along with the honey dates into a pot with sufficient water. Boil over high heat, then simmer for 3 hours. Season to taste and consume the soup along with the pork stomach and honey dates. This soup warms the middle, strengthens the spleen, disperses cold, and alleviates pain. It is suitable for those with gastric ulcers or duodenal ulcers due to Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency, presenting symptoms of cold stomach pain, preference for warmth, abdominal distension, and cold extremities.
2. Ginger Porridge (Shēng Jiāng Zhōu): Fresh ginger sliced, 2-5 jujubes, and glutinous rice are cooked together to make porridge, seasoned with oil and salt. This dish warms the spleen, nourishes the stomach, dispels wind, and alleviates cold. It is suitable for post-illness recovery or for elderly individuals with Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency, presenting symptoms of nausea, vomiting clear fluids, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
3. Dried Ginger Honey Glutinous Rice Drink (Gān Jiāng Fēng Mì Nuò Mǐ Yǐn): Dried ginger and glutinous rice are cleaned and ground into fine powder, boiled with water for 30 minutes, then honey is added after cooling. This drink is taken in the morning and afternoon. It warms the stomach, replenishes deficiency, stops vomiting, and disperses cold.
4. Other Recommendations
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Fresh ginger, glutinous rice, and white sugar. Clean and slice the ginger, then cook it with the glutinous rice in water until thickened, adding white sugar to taste. Consume in the morning and evening. This dish warms the middle, disperses cold, and alleviates vomiting.
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One scaled and gutted silver carp, sliced, with dried ginger and salt, cooked together. This dish warms and supplements the spleen and stomach, suitable for those with Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency and poor appetite.
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Cooked lamb with tofu and ginger, seasoned with salt, suitable for irregular menstruation and Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency.
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For elderly individuals with Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency, nausea, vomiting clear fluids, abdominal pain, and cough due to lung cold: Fresh ginger sliced, 5 jujubes, and glutinous rice cooked together, seasoned with oil and salt.
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Dietary Considerations
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Foods to Eat: Warm and sweet-spicy foods that strengthen the spleen, warm the stomach, and dispel cold, such as indica rice, lamb, chicken, beef tripe, pork stomach, chain fish, grass carp, lychee, chili, leeks, fennel, mustard greens, cinnamon, dried ginger, fresh ginger, Sichuan pepper, black cardamom, and brown sugar.
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Foods to Avoid: Cold and cooling foods that can damage the Yang Qi of the spleen and stomach, such as buckwheat, oats, 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, kiwis, water shield, clam meat, ophiopogon, snails, crabs, water chestnuts, and sweet melons.
Additionally, those with cold stomach pain should avoid foods such as mung beans, persimmons, raw tomatoes, bamboo shoots, loofah, raw lettuce, kelp, raw lettuce, raw radish, raw lotus root, raw cucumber, raw sweet potato, honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, mint, duck eggs, clams, water spinach, and various cold drinks and frozen foods, as these can exacerbate the pain associated with Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency.
(Content sourced from the internet)
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