The difference between deficiency cold of the spleen and stomach and dampness-heat is in the nature of the disease, pathogenic factors, symptoms and treatment methods.
1. Nature of the disease: The nature of the disease of deficiency cold of the spleen and stomach is usually a deficiency disease, which is characterized by cold, while dampness-heat of the spleen and stomach is a real disease, which is characterized by dampness-heat.
2. Causative factors: The causative factor of deficiency cold of spleen and stomach is the weakness of yang qi of spleen and stomach itself, while damp-heat of spleen and stomach is mostly due to the feeling of damp-heat, or damp-heat in the body that hinders the function of spleen and stomach.
3. Symptoms and treatments: People with deficiency cold in the spleen and stomach mostly have less food and less appetite, like to eat hot drinks and have loose stools, etc. They can be treated with Yi-Stomach Tang or Ginseng Spleen Pill with additions or subtractions as prescribed by the doctor.
Damp-heat in the spleen and stomach, although also manifested as loss of appetite, but with heavy limbs (limb weakness and heaviness), liking to eat cold beverages, stool urgency (discomfort in the lower abdomen, wanting to defecate very much, and a feeling of incomplete defecation after defecation), or constipation, etc., can be treated with Diarrhea and Yellow Powder combined with Clearing the Stomach Soup with additional reductions, according to the doctor’s instructions.
If there is any discomfort in the spleen and stomach that needs to be regulated, it should be treated by a TCM practitioner after the four diagnoses and identification of evidence, and then take the medication as prescribed by the doctor, and it is not recommended to take the medication by oneself, so as to avoid delaying the condition or causing adverse effects.