The common types of spleen and stomach diseases are weak spleen and stomach, spleen deficiency and dampness. Chinese herbal prescriptions for regulating the spleen and stomach include Si Jun Zi Tang (四君子汤) and Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu San (参苓白术散).
Four Gentlemen Soup is composed of four herbs: Radix Codonopsis, Poria, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae. Its main effect is to benefit the qi and strengthen the spleen, and it is used for the symptoms such as poor gastric intake due to deficiency of qi of the spleen and stomach, lack of energy and laziness in speech (lack of strength, not wanting to speak), weakness of limbs, and loose stools due to low intake of food.
Ginseng and Atractylodes Macrocephalae, mainly composed of Atractylodes Macrocephalae, Poria, Ginseng, white lentil, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Chinese yam, Job’s tears grains, etc., the efficacy of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, used for the deficiency of the spleen and dampness caused by the loose stools, fatigue, sleep, bloating diarrhea and so on.
To regulate the spleen and stomach must be identified after the selection of appropriate Chinese medicine, need to be under the guidance of a professional physician to use medication, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment, avoid self-medication, so as to avoid delays in the condition.