In the five elements, the spleen belongs to the earth, and in the five yin and yang organs, it is the most yin of the yin. The spleen is responsible for transporting and transforming the blood, regulating the blood, raising and distributing the essence of water and grain, and is the “source of biochemistry of qi and blood”. After birth, all internal organs depend on the water and grain essence produced by the spleen to moisten and nourish them, so the spleen is said to be the “source of the latter day”. The spleen plays a very important role in the digestion and absorption of food, so almost all gastrointestinal diseases can be accompanied by spleen deficiency. Let’s take a closer look at the symptoms of spleen deficiency and the daily regimen.
I. Symptoms of spleen deficiency
1.Cold hands and feet
Some people do not feel cold in autumn and winter, but their hands and feet are always cold and unheated, which is a manifestation of spleen deficiency and cold.
2.Body obesity
The body is obese, 90% of the people are physically weak. Weakness is the body spleen and stomach function weakening recession caused by. Weakness will lead to slow metabolism, the body’s vitality is weakened, so that the ability to consume nutrients is reduced, nutrition can not be consumed so piled up in the body, forming obesity.
3.Anemia
People with spleen deficiency are prone to symptoms of anemia, other cases are not yet mentioned, but from time to time there will be two or three dizzy symptoms, easy to mental unhappiness, difficult to laugh and laugh, inevitably depressed, serious cases may also appear mental depression.
4.Shortness of breath in the chest
When you wake up in the morning, if you feel short of breath and dizzy, it means that our spleen and stomach function is weaker. According to Chinese medicine, when the spleen is weak, the lungs will be exhausted first. This means that the functions of the spleen and lungs are mutually influential. When the spleen is deficient to a certain extent, the lung is deprived of nourishment, so it is easy to have shortness of breath, shortness of breath and other manifestations of lung qi deficiency.
5.Decreased appetite
When dampness enters the body it is most likely to injure the spleen. The main function of the spleen is to digest and absorb the various foods and liquids eaten into the body, transforming these substances into nutrients that can be used by the body to provide new energy for the body’s metabolism. Most people experience a decrease in appetite and digestive function during the hot and humid summer months. However, there are some people whose appetite is not affected and have a strong sense of hunger, yet they feel full after eating, which is also a sign of a strong stomach and weak spleen.
6. Thick yellow tongue coating
Changes in the tongue are an outward manifestation of the spleen. The surface of a healthy tongue should be red and look moist. There is a layer of tongue moss on the surface of the tongue that is light and very clean. If the edge of the tongue has obvious teeth marks, it means that there is already a problem with the body function. If the tongue is white and thick and looks smooth and moist, it indicates that there is cold in the body. If the tongue is rough or very thick, yellow and greasy, it indicates that there is damp heat in the body. If the tongue is red and without moss, it means that the body has been heated to a certain extent to hurt Yin. Also, in summer, people with spleen dampness often feel sticky inside the mouth, with a very thick and yellow tongue coating.
II. Regulating spleen deficiency
1.Press and rub the foot three li
Foot San Li is an important health point for the human body, located below the outer eye of the knee. Pressing it 50-100 times a day can strengthen the spleen and stomach, regulate the middle and qi, guide stagnation and open the channels, which is suitable for all types of spleen and stomach pathologies.
2, insist on early to bed
It is best to go to bed at half past ten and go to sleep at eleven, so that the body enters a deep sleep, because eleven to three o’clock is when the bile and liver meridians begin to work, this time the liver and gallbladder begin to detoxify, metabolize and nourish blood.
3.Regular rise and fall
Adhere to a regular routine, quantitative meals, which is conducive to promoting human metabolism, if meals have been irregular, quantitative, the liver and gallbladder each time you have to follow the change, long-term liver and gallbladder will be blood disorders, damage to the spleen and stomach.
4, moderate diet
Do “eat seven portions of rice, tea, drink seven percent”, excessive diet will only increase the burden on the liver and gallbladder, gastrointestinal, so that the spleen and stomach indigestion.
5, eat foods that strengthen the spleen
(1) chestnuts: sweet, warm, to the spleen, stomach, kidney meridian.
Effects: Tonifies the spleen and strengthens the stomach, tonifies the kidneys and strengthens the tendons, activates the blood and stops bleeding. Suitable for spleen deficiency food less, regurgitation, diarrhea. Gas stagnation and abdominal distension is contraindicated.
(2) Lentils: sweet, slightly warm, belongs to the spleen and stomach meridian.
Effects: Strengthening the spleen, resolving dampness, clearing summer heat and neutralizing. Suitable for spleen deficiency and dampness, less food, diarrhea, summer dampness. Gas stagnation and abdominal distension is contraindicated.
(3) Red Date: sweet, warm, belongs to the spleen and stomach meridian.
Effects: Tonifying the spleen and stomach, nourishing blood and calming the mind. Suitable for weakness of the spleen and stomach, scanty food and stool, fatigue and weakness. It is contraindicated for people with Qi stagnation, damp heat and constipation.
(4) Yam: sweet in taste and flat in nature, belongs to the spleen, lung and kidney meridian.
Effects: Tonifies the qi and strengthens the spleen, nourishes the yin and benefits the lung, and nourishes the kidney and fixes the essence. Suitable for weak spleen, loose food, chronic diarrhea. Dampness and fullness of Qi stagnation is contraindicated.
(5) Shiitake mushroom: sweet in taste and flat in nature.
Effects: Benefiting stomach qi and supporting pox. Suitable for weakness of the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, tiredness and fatigue. Are hairy, measles and skin diseases, allergic diseases avoid eating.
(6) sweet potato: sweet, flat, to the spleen and stomach meridian.
Effects: nourish the spleen and stomach, benefit the qi, wide intestines and stomach. Suitable for weakness of the spleen and stomach, thin and weak, less diarrhea. Eat more prone to acid reflux heartburn, gastrointestinal distension.
6.Rubbing the umbilicus
One hand palm or palm root against the umbilicus, the other hand according to the back of the hand, clockwise rotation and kneading, each time about 5 minutes, 1 ~ 2 times a day. This method can warm the Yang and disperse cold, nourish Qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and stomach, eliminate food and stagnation, mostly used for patients with indigestion, stomach cold, bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation.
7, adhere to foot soak to warm the spleen and stomach
Because the spleen and stomach meridians begin at the foot, so we can insist on foot soak to warm the spleen and stomach and nourish the blood. Method: Before going to bed, use about 40 degrees of water over the ankle, soak for 10 to 20 minutes, by the way, massage the soles of the feet, feet, by stimulating the acupuncture points, open meridians, the warmth will be conducted to the whole body, dispel the cold spleen and stomach, and maintain the whole body blood.
8, avoid excessive worry
People have seven emotions and six desires, the normal time the body’s yin and Yang in balance, and if excessive worry, will break this balance, the organs and other abnormal functions, the spleen and stomach began to run poorly, will lead to disorders of Qi and blood. Therefore, in the face of stress, you can choose to sit in meditation, stance and other ways to relax their bodies, the body slightly sweating, tendons and bones stretching, in order not to feel overworked is appropriate. The project of sweating profusely after exercise is not suitable, because this type of exercise consumes qi and hurts fluid, but will aggravate the symptoms of shortness of breath and weakness, reducing our body’s immune function.