There is no obvious difference in the clinical symptoms of spleen and stomach deficiency between men and women, while spleen and stomach deficiency is generally categorized into spleen yang deficiency and stomach yang deficiency. Spleen yang deficiency can be seen in loose stools, poor appetite and dullness (no appetite, reduced food intake), etc. Stomach yang deficiency can be seen in cold pain in the stomach and epigastric cavity, vomiting of clear water, etc.
1. Spleen Yang Deficiency: This syndrome is caused by Spleen Yang deficiency, Spleen dyskinesia (dysfunction of the spleen’s transportation function), and cold arising from it.
Clinically, it can be seen in reduced appetite, abdominal distension, abdominal pain (persistent mild abdominal pain), warmth and pressure, fear of cold, lack of warmth in the limbs, white face with little blossom or weakness, pale mouth with no thirst, loose stools (thin and unshapely stools), or even undigested grains (more undigested food in the stools), swelling of limbs, and short urination.
2. Stomach yang deficiency: This syndrome is caused by the lack of yang qi in the stomach, the loss of gastric healing and descending (obstruction of the stomach’s descending and ventilating function), and the prevalence of yin and cold within the stomach. Clinically, it can be seen that the cold pain in the stomach and epigastric region is continuous, sometimes onset and sometimes off, preferring warmth and pressure, relieved after eating, vomiting water or undigested food, little food and epigastric plumpness, light mouth and no thirst, tiredness and weakness, fear of cold and cold limbs, etc. If a man has spleen yang deficiency or stomach yang deficiency, it can be seen as a result of the lack of yang in the stomach.
If men have symptoms of spleen yang deficiency or stomach yang deficiency, it is recommended that they go to the hospital in time for diagnosis and treatment by a Chinese medicine practitioner and choose the appropriate treatment to avoid delaying the condition and causing adverse consequences.