'Spleen deficiency produces all kinds of diseases'? Doctor: There are often 5 kinds of manifestations in the body, which may be spleen deficiency, and timely maintenance
Ms. Wang is 50 years old this year. She suffers from breast nodules, uterine fibroids and thyroid diseases, and her liver and stomach are also not good. If she is angry, her symptoms will worsen.
Later examinations revealed that her stomach was sagging and she could no longer eat and defecate normally.
Wang Guowei, the vice president of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, believes that Ms. Wang is not only full of two flanks due to liver stagnation, but also has abnormal digestive function caused by gastroptosis, which is a symptom of spleen deficiency and qi trapped.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, if the spleen is out of balance, the liver qi will not be able to discharge normally, which will lead to various diseases. The most serious consequence of spleen deficiency is the depression of the middle qi. At this time, the functions of the spleen and stomach of the middle energizer of the patient will all decline, and at the same time, multiple organs will prolapse. It is very difficult to reverse it.
Li Dongyuan said in "The Spleen and Stomach": "Injuring the spleen and stomach causes all diseases to arise."
Prosperity and no evil" means that people with good spleen and stomach are not easy to get sick all year round. What is spleen deficiency? How to strengthen the spleen?
1. If the spleen is deficient, a person is equal to half of the waste?
The spleen in traditional Chinese medicine is different from the spleen in modern medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine mainly understands the spleen in terms of human body functions and physiological functions, emphasizing that the spleen is an important organ for the human body to digest, absorb and distribute food. The required nutrition also needs to be nourished by the spleen to transport and transform the water and grains, so the spleen is regarded as the "basic of acquired" and "the source of qi and blood biochemistry".
In addition, the spleen can also participate in the metabolism of water and fluid in the human body, and play the role of transporting and transforming dampness. excreted.
The health of the spleen and stomach is very important to the human body. The spleen and stomach is a holistic concept that includes the entire digestive system. If the spleen and stomach are weak, it affects the metabolism of qi and blood, and it is easy to provoke various diseases. For example, the lack of qi and blood in some women is caused by the inability of the spleen and stomach to generate qi and blood. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine often emphasizes that the spleen and stomach must be regulated first in the treatment of diseases.
In fact, many people have spleen deficiency in life. Why do people have spleen deficiency? There are 3 main reasons:
·Irregular diet
Overeating, often eating sweet, greasy, spicy, fried, grilled, too salty, cold foods, etc. will increase the burden on the spleen, and it is easy to form spleen deficiency.
·Too much pressure
Excessive thinking and stress will affect the health of the digestive system and increase the chance of suffering from spleen deficiency to a certain extent. In addition, lack of sleep can prevent the spleen and stomach from being fully repaired at night, resulting in damage to the spleen and stomach.
· Overworked or overworked
Overwork can easily lead to spleen deficiency, but too much leisure can also induce spleen deficiency. In the previous life, people lived by labor and easily exhausted their spleen. However, the physical activity of modern people is greatly reduced, and the muscles are generally weak, which can also weaken the spleen and cause spleen deficiency.
2. "Spleen deficiency produces all kinds of diseases", what are the manifestations of spleen deficiency?
People with spleen deficiency will have some corresponding symptoms. If you want to judge whether the spleen and stomach are healthy, Huang Jing, a physician in digestive oncology at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out that you can look at these five aspects:
Aspect 1: Look at the tongue
People with spleen deficiency have a fat tongue with tooth marks, and the tongue coating is thick and greasy. The tooth marks are formed by the extrusion of the teeth and the tongue.
Aspect 2: Look at the meal
People with weak spleen and stomach often have symptoms of loss of appetite, abdominal distension after meals or need to go to the toilet after meals; people with strong stomach and spleen have good appetite, but poor digestion and absorption ability; sudden craving for heavy-tasting food may also be due to weak spleen and stomach Performance.
Aspect Three: Look at the five senses
People with a good spleen and stomach have rosy lips, lubricated and glossy, and moderate dryness and wetness, while those with a deficient spleen and stomach have dry, whitish lips, prone to cracks or peeling, and may drool when sleeping.
In addition, spleen deficiency may also cause sallow complexion, runny nose, tinnitus and deafness, eye fatigue, dry nasal passages, and blurred vision.
Aspect 4: Look at the humidity
People with weak spleen and stomach have abnormal transportation and metabolism of water and fluids, and are prone to internal dampness. Therefore, people with spleen deficiency are mostly accompanied by phlegm dampness, which is manifested as unformed stool, constipation or loose stools; I feel phlegm, pharyngitis and rhinitis are repeated; I have acne on my face, eye bags and dark circles; my body is prone to swelling, backache, joint pain, etc.
Aspect 5: Look at the body shape
People with spleen deficiency are either getting thinner or getting fatter. For example, some people have spleen deficiency and abnormal body fluid metabolism, resulting in accumulation of phlegm and dampness in the body that cannot be excreted. However, some people eat no matter how they eat without gaining weight, and they are prone to diarrhea, which is due to the absorption dysfunction caused by spleen deficiency.
3. Strengthening the spleen, with different emphasis in different seasons
Professor Qiu Jianxing, a nationally renowned Chinese medicine practitioner, mentioned that the three basic elements of health preservation are "essence, qi, and spirit". These three are mutually beneficial and interdependent. If you want to strengthen the spleen, you must take care of it from many aspects such as exercise, diet, and emotions.
· Walk slowly after meals
Chinese medicine advocates "moving to help the spleen", and taking a slow walk after a meal can enhance the function of the spleen and stomach and promote digestion. But be careful not to take a walk immediately after eating, but to take a ten-minute rest before starting. If you have eaten too much, you should extend the rest time. It is not important to exercise vigorously within half an hour after a meal.
· Eat less cold food
The spleen and stomach are afraid of cold, so in the diet, you should pay attention to eating less cold and cold food, and the diet should be moderate, especially for those who have a bad stomach.
· Pay attention to regulating emotions
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, anxiety and stagnation or anger will lead to stagnation of liver qi, which will affect the health of the spleen.
Because most of modern people are engaged in mental activities, it is easy to suffer from liver stagnation and spleen deficiency, so they should pay attention to regulating their emotions and face life with a positive and optimistic attitude.
· Beware of external cold invasion
Usually pay attention to keep warm to prevent the invasion of external cold, do not blow the fan on the body, the temperature of the air conditioner should not be too low, and cover the navel and waist when sleeping at night.
After we are born, all life activities need to rely on the spleen and stomach to obtain nutrients. If we do not pay attention to the spleen and stomach, it will easily lead to various diseases. Therefore, if we want to maintain a healthy body, we must pay attention to regulating the spleen and stomach.
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