Spleen deficiency diarrhea is caused by spleen qi deficiency, or excessive intake of cold and cool foods after illness, or irregular diet, or exhaustion of the spleen due to overwork. The basic symptoms of spleen deficiency diarrhea are weakness and aversion to cold, yellowish complexion, cold hands and feet, fatigue of the limbs, loss of appetite, frequent thin stools. The pulse is often thin, soft, or deep and slow. Treatment is mainly based on warming and transporting the spleen, and selecting formulas such as the Li Zhong Decoction, Fuzi Li Zhong Bolus, Shen Ling Bai Zhu Powder, and the Si Jun Zi Decoction. See also spleen diarrhea and diarrhea.
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Spleen deficiency diarrhea
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1. What are the causes of the onset of spleen deficiency diarrhea
2. What complications can spleen deficiency diarrhea easily lead to
3. What are the typical symptoms of spleen deficiency diarrhea
4. How to prevent spleen deficiency diarrhea
5. What laboratory tests need to be done for spleen deficiency diarrhea
6. Diet taboos for patients with spleen deficiency diarrhea
7. Conventional methods for treating spleen deficiency diarrhea in Western medicine
1. What are the causes of the onset of spleen deficiency diarrhea?
1. Diarrhea due to spleen deficiency is caused by dampness blocking the intestines and stomach, and the spleen failing to transport, unable to control water, causing dampness to accumulate in the intestines. This disease belongs to deficiency syndrome caused by evil accumulating in the gastrointestinal tract, where water accumulates into dampness, grain stagnates into accumulation, the essence of water and grain cannot be transformed, the qi of clarity does not rise but sinks, and there is no power to differentiate and benefit, so dampness and water accumulate in the large intestine, leading to diarrhea.
2. Diarrhea in children due to spleen deficiency, mostly due to constitutional weakness or insufficient vital energy from long-term illness, leading to spleen and stomach Qi deficiency and weak transformation.
3. Diarrhea caused by deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, mostly due to improper transformation of spleen deficiency, and kidney deficiency leading to loose Yin.
2. What complications can spleen deficiency diarrhea easily lead to?
Symptoms include loss of appetite, intestinal rumbling, cold limbs, soreness in the loins and knees, vomiting, diarrhea, edema, hemorrhage, amenorrhea, leukorrhea, cold limbs, and excessive saliva in children. This includes syndromes such as spleen qi deficiency, spleen yang deficiency, middle qi sinking, and spleen failure to control blood. The spleen has the functions of transporting nutrients from food, distributing body fluids, and controlling blood. Deficiency of the spleen leads to malfunctions in transportation, and can appear nutritional disorders, body fluids failing to be distributed and dampness accumulating into phlegm, or symptoms such as hemorrhage.
3. What are the typical symptoms of spleen deficiency diarrhea?
1. Diarrhea due to spleen deficiency is caused by dampness blocking the intestines and stomach, and the spleen failing to transport, unable to control water, causing dampness to accumulate in the intestines. This disease belongs to deficiency syndrome caused by evil accumulating in the gastrointestinal tract, where water accumulates into dampness, grain stagnates into accumulation, the essence of water and grain cannot be transformed, the qi of clarity does not rise but sinks, and there is no power to differentiate and benefit, so dampness and water accumulate in the large intestine, leading to diarrhea.
2. Diarrhea in children due to spleen deficiency, mostly due to constitutional weakness or insufficient vital energy from long-term illness, leading to spleen and stomach Qi deficiency and weak transformation.
3. Diarrhea caused by deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, mostly due to improper transformation of spleen deficiency, and kidney deficiency leading to loose Yin.
4. How to prevent spleen deficiency diarrhea
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is the 'dampness and phlegm' and 'transformation', if a person has spleen deficiency, then the body will have problems of 'dampness and phlegm turbidity'. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the spleen, and the food that strengthens the spleen mainly includes Job's tears, white adzuki bean, lotus seed, yam, etc. At the same time, attention should be paid to regulating diet, not to overeat and overdrink, and not to take too greasy or indigestible food. In addition, attention should be paid to living routine, not to overwork, and to engage in moderate exercise, such as jogging, swimming, walking, and other moderate-intensity exercises are suitable for spleen deficiency patients.
5. What kind of laboratory tests should be done for spleen deficiency diarrhea
Twelve syndromes of spleen deficiency, diet and fatigue, injury to spleen and fever, indigestion, belong to spleen deficiency; overeating is inevitable, and stopping eating is due to excessive drinking of soup or cold tea, cold wine. Edema belongs to spleen deficiency with spleen Yin deficiency; dysphagia belongs to deficiency of both Qi and blood, due to decreased blood, not due to obstruction of phlegm and Qi. Spleen deficiency belongs to Qi deficiency, forgetfulness belongs to deficiency of both Qi and blood, fatigue and love of lying down belong to insufficient spleen Qi. Abdominal pain due to spleen deficiency stops when pressed, belongs to blood deficiency; mass, belongs to spleen deficiency and Qi stagnation.
6. Dietary taboos for patients with spleen deficiency diarrhea
Food that strengthens the spleen mainly includes Job's tears, white adzuki bean, lotus seed, yam, etc. At the same time, attention should be paid to moderate diet, not to overeat and overdrink, and not to take too greasy or indigestible food.
7. The routine method of Western medicine for treating diarrhea due to spleen deficiency
1. Diarrhea due to spleen deficiency
Treatment: Warming the spleen and promoting its function, permeating dampness and stopping diarrhea.
Prescription: Lizi Decoction, Fuzi Lizi Pill, Shenling Bai Zi Powder, Sijunzi Decoction, Fenshui Shendan with modification, etc.
2. Diarrhea in children due to spleen deficiency
Treatment: Strengthening the spleen and warming the middle to stop diarrhea.
Prescription: Qiwai Bai Zi San plus mung bean, braised ginger.
3. Diarrhea caused by deficiency of spleen and kidney yang
Treatment: Chinese herbal foot bath.
Formula: Black pepper, bone-breaking herb each 9 grams, mugwort 150 grams.
Usage: Boil the medicine in water and wash both feet. 30-60 minutes per time, 3 times a day, for several days in a row.
Source: 'Acupoint Paste Therapy'.
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