The difference between spleen deficiency, body dampness, and body cold (practical health self-examination)

The so-called spleen deficiency is a noun term in traditional Chinese medicine. It generally refers to a series of pathological phenomena and symptoms of physiological dysfunction of the spleen caused by spleen qi deficiency. Including spleen qi deficiency, spleen yang deficiency, central qi sagging, spleen ununified blood and other syndrome types. It is mostly due to eating disorders. Caused by overwork, or long-term illness and physical weakness. The spleen has the functions of transporting nutrients in food, distributing water and fluid, and controlling blood. Spleen deficiency is abnormal transportation, and nutritional disorders may occur, and water is lost and dispersed and damp phlegm is generated, or blood loss and other symptoms occur.

Spleen deficiency syndrome refers to the syndrome caused by spleen weakness, and its condition is relatively complex, mainly including vomiting, diarrhea, edema, bleeding, amenorrhea, subbelt, cold of the limbs, and excessive salivation in children.

1. Spleen deficiency

Abdominal distension and intake, distension after eating, fatigue of limbs, fatigue, lack of breath and lazy speech, emaciation, or obesity and edema, pale tongue coating.

2. Spleen and yang deficiency

Loose stool, less abdominal distention, lingering abdominal pain, warmth-loving, timidity, cold and timidity, tepid limbs, unpretentious or edema, short urine or more leucorrhoea and clear and white, white tongue.

3. Depression of middle gas

On the basis of spleen qi deficiency, there are clinical manifestations of qi trapping, such as prolonged diarrhea, prolapse of the anus, uterine prolapse, etc.

4. The spleen does not unify the blood

On the basis of spleen qi deficiency, there are clinical manifestations of chronic bleeding, such as menorrhagia, leakage, hematochezia, hemorrhage, subcutaneous bleeding, etc. In addition to bleeding, some symptoms of weakness of the spleen must be seen.

The spleen belongs to the earth in the five elements, and it belongs to the yin to yin in the yin and yang of the five organs. The spleen is mainly transported, the blood is unified, the promotion is cleared, and the water valley is subtle, which is the "source of qi and blood biochemistry". After the human body is born, all viscera tissues and organs rely on the subtlety of the water valley generated by the spleen to nourish, so the spleen is called "the acquired foundation". Together with the stomach, flesh, lips, and mouth, it forms the spleen system. Spleen deficiency or uncontrolled diet, emotional factors, work-rest disorders, drugs and food damage to the spleen or chronic kidney disease patients with dampness and evil for a long time, damage to the spleen and spleen injury, etc., cause spleen function deficiency and insufficient biochemical sources. The spleen plays an important role in the digestion and absorption of food, so almost all gastrointestinal diseases can occur or be accompanied by spleen deficiency.

1. Spleen deficiency

It is mostly due to poor diet, or overwork, or long-term worry, damage to the spleen and soil, or insufficient resistance, and physical weakness.

2. Spleen and yang deficiency

It can also be caused by eating disorders, overeating and cold, or due to too much cold medicine, which damages the spleen and yang, or kidney yang is insufficient, and the fire is weak, and the fire does not produce soil.

3. Depression of middle gas

Zhongqi also refers to temper. If the spleen is deficient and the qi sinks, there can be long-term diarrhea, prolapse, uterine prolapse and other symptoms.

4. The spleen does not unify the blood

If the spleen is weak and cannot take blood, then the blood does not follow the menstrual flow.

Body dampness is the dampness in the body, which is mostly caused by liking to eat cold drinks, greedy for cold things such as raw and cold melons and fruits, and damaging the body's yang energy. Under normal circumstances, the human body has the ability to naturally regulate changes in external temperature and humidity, but some people have an imbalance in the body's water regulation system due to physical fitness, disease or poor living habits, and water cannot be discharged, thus affecting health.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen can transport water and dampness. If the spleen is invigorated, the spleen is healthy, and the function of water and dampness is normal, dampness is not easy to cause disease. On the contrary, after the dampness is too heavy and causes people to get sick, the patient often has symptoms such as dizziness, lazy limbs, heavy body pain, unfavorable joint flexion and extension, chest depression, abdominal distention, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, loose stools, thick tongue coating and so on.

Among the "six evil spirits" of wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire, Chinese medicine is most afraid of dampness. Cold and hot are easy to do, cold is warm, hot is cold; If there is wind, we will drive away the wind, if there is dryness, we will moisten it, and if there is heat, we will clear the heat. With the method of drying and dampness, nine times out of ten it will hurt the fluid, and the dampness evil still cannot be removed, so in addition to dampness, there are also methods to deal with dampness, dampness, and dampness in traditional Chinese medicine Dampness is the easiest to penetrate. Always have to be in cahoots with other evil spirits. When moisture meets cold, it becomes cold and damp, when moisture meets heat, it becomes damp heat, and when damp meets wind, it becomes rheumatism, and when dampness is under the skin, obesity is formed. Why is the disease of modern people so complex and so difficult to treat? Because they have dampness in their bodies, the evil qi outside the body is always in harmony with the dampness in the body, and they are entangled! How can you tell if you have dampness in your body?

Every morning when it is time to get up, I still feel very sleepy, I feel that there is something wrapped around my head, which makes people feel unrefreshed, or I feel that there is something wrapped around my body, which makes people lazy to move, and it can be judged that the dampness in the body is very heavy. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is said that "wet and heavy is like wrapping", and this feeling of being wrapped is the feeling of the body to moisture, as if wearing a shirt that has not been washed and dried.

"Body cold", in the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, most of them are called "deficiency cold", that is, the constitution is weak and cold. Traditional Chinese medicine can use the "Eight Outlines of Syndrome Differentiation" method to explain the disease, which is divided into "Yin, Yang, Appearance, Interior, Void, Reality, Cold, and Heat". People with a cold constitution are afraid of cold, and if they are weak, they are even more afraid of cold. Long-term cold constitution will affect fertility, menstruation, etc., and men will cause sexual dysfunction.

Body cold is a symptom caused by the interweaving of physical constitution and lifestyle habits, and it takes a long time to completely treat body cold, but as long as we pay more attention in our lives and adhere to healthy lifestyle habits for a long time, we can effectively prevent and treat body cold. Most of the heat in the body is generated by the "muscles", especially through the "use" of the muscles of the lower body, which can effectively promote the blood circulation of the whole body, so as to achieve the effect of body heat. On weekdays, you can stand on your toes as much as possible, stretch and stretch your fingers, the blood circulation is smooth, and the body cold is effectively prevented.

Mild symptoms of body cold: 1) cold intolerance, cold hands and feet; 2) Prone to colds and has a long recovery period from colds; 3) Severe menstrual pain during menstrual period, and a feeling of draping in the abdomen; 4) Dull complexion, bloodless; 5) Easy fatigue and soreness in the joints; 6) Poor sleep quality and light sleep. If the above 3 items are met, it can be regarded as mild body cold.

Symptoms of moderate body cold: 1) Inflammation in the mouth and mouth sores; 2) Easy to constipation, often feel that the stomach is swollen; 3) Menstrual period disorders, easy to delay or small amount after cold weather; 4) Dry skin that is prone to dryness and cracking; 5) The heel is easy to dry and cracked, and the blood circulation in the foot is poor; 6) Love to eat fruits, ice cream and other cold foods. If the above 3 items are met and above, it is a moderate body chill symptom.

Symptoms of severe body cold: 1) frequent urination, urine is not easy to pass; 2) severe edema of the lower body; 3) Hands and feet are still cold after a night's sleep; 4) numbness in the hands and feet when getting up; 5) often feel tired, soreness in the limbs, and lack of energy; 6) Frequent feeling of bloating. If the above 3 items are met, patients with severe body cold.

No matter what the physique is, recognize the facts, conditioning the body is the first priority, if it is an obese person, first regulate the spleen deficiency, and the body will slowly lose weight.