Weakness of the spleen and stomach is different from deficiency cold in terms of etiology, symptoms and treatment.
Weakness of the spleen and stomach is mostly caused by uncontrolled diet, or excessive fatigue, or prolonged worry, or insufficient endowment (congenital constitution and poor function), spleen deficiency, or old age, or chronic illness, and lack of prudent maintenance, etc. The patient shows no appetite or little food, abdominal distension, bloating after eating, loose stools (thin and unshaped stools), fatigue and weakness.
The patient manifests as not wanting to eat or having little food, abdominal distension, bloating after eating, loose stools (thin and unformed feces), fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), lack of qi and laziness (lack of strength, don’t want to talk), tiredness of the limbs, or puffiness, or wasting, or obesity, and yellowish complexion. Treatment is based on strengthening the spleen and promoting qi.
Spleen and stomach coldness is mostly formed due to the aggravation of spleen qi deficiency, or due to over-eating cold, over-use of bitter and cold, external cold directly in the middle (external evils through the muscle surface to directly invade the internal organs), damage to the spleen and yang; or renal yang insufficiency, the fate of the fire failure (the body of renal yang weakness, the reduction of the function of the warming and promotion of the operation of the qi and blood), fire does not give birth to the earth due to.
The patient manifests abdominal pain (persistent mild abdominal pain), preferring warmth and pressure, less food, abdominal distension, scanty stools or undigested food in stools, cold limbs, or swollen limbs, or scanty leukorrhea, or scanty urination. Treatment is based on warming Yang and strengthening the spleen.
If you have any related conditions, it is recommended to be treated under the guidance of a professional physician, and not blindly self-medication.