According to Chinese medicine, spleen deficiency can be categorized into spleen qi deficiency, spleen yang deficiency, spleen qi deficiency, and spleen does not regulate blood (the spleen cannot regulate blood). Commonly used methods for treating Spleen Qi deficiency include medication and other treatments, etc. It is necessary for a Chinese medicine practitioner to carry out diagnosis and treatment, and choose the appropriate treatment according to the different types of symptoms.
Patients with spleen qi deficiency may suffer from loss of appetite, abdominal distension, loose stools (thin and unformed feces), etc. Treatment mainly focuses on strengthening the spleen and enhancing qi, such as ginseng-ling-white-artemisia powder and six-junzi soup.
Spleen-Yang deficiency mainly manifests as abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and a high amount of loose feces, etc. The main treatment principle is to strengthen the spleen and warm the Yang, and Chinese medicines such as Li-Zhong Pill and Li-Zhong Pill with Conjugated Zi are commonly used.
For those with spleen deficiency and qi subsidence, the main manifestations are dizziness, prolonged diarrhea, mental fatigue, or prolapse of the anus, etc. The main treatment principles are tonifying the middle Jiao (treating qi deficiency by tonifying the spleen), and ascending and lifting the sun to lift up the subsidence of the organs (lifting the yang qi of the body to lift up the subsidence of the organs), and the commonly used medicines in the clinic include ginseng, angelica, astragalus, and ascending flax.
Spleen does not regulate blood (non-physiological hemorrhagic disease) is mainly manifested as vomiting blood, blood in stool, blood in urine and other hemorrhagic evidence, treatment is based on the principle of benefiting qi and replenishing blood, and can be used in spleen soup and other prescription drugs.
In addition, acupuncture or moxibustion of acupoints such as Foot Sanli, Stomach Yu, Spleen Yu, or cupping, gua sha and other therapies are also effective in treating the symptoms of spleen deficiency.
Patients with spleen deficiency should consult a Chinese medicine practitioner to confirm the diagnosis and give targeted treatment according to the principle of TCM diagnosis and treatment, and the adverse effects or contraindications of the above medications are not yet clear.