Speaking of weak spleen and stomach, many people may raise their hands to indicate that they are. Our Chinese medicine practitioners believe that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of human beings. After a person emerges from the womb in this life, whether a person lives wonderfully or not. Except for the advantages given by his innate parents, everything else depends on the strength of the spleen and stomach.
Although you know that you have a weak spleen and stomach, you may not know what caused your current weak spleen and stomach, right? Let's talk today!
What is the weakness of the spleen and stomach
The spleen is one of the five internal organs, and the stomach is one of the six internal organs. The spleen and stomach are the inner and outer parts of each other. The spleen controls the muscles and limbs, and also controls the transportation and transformation. It is responsible for digesting the food eaten in the stomach and transforming it into nutrients and water and then distributing it to the whole body. The spleen also promotes purification, loses the nutrition to the head and face, and can lift the internal organs. The spleen likes dryness and disgusting dampness, so the spleen becomes ill if the dampness is heavy.
The stomach is responsible for receiving and decomposing water grains, and receiving dietary foods eaten by people. After the stomach is decomposed, it becomes chyme for intestinal absorption. If the stomach falls, the food in the stomach can fall, and its function will be normal. The stomach must have gastric juice to help the stomach complete the function of decomposing water and grains, so the stomach likes to moisturize and dryness.
In view of the above functions of the spleen and stomach, after spleen disease, there will be problems in transporting, clearing, and blood control. Common symptoms include: abdominal distension, loose stools, poor appetite, edema, visceral prolapse, chronic bleeding disorders, etc.; after stomach disease Problems with acceptance, decline, and maturity. Common symptoms include: bloating, stomach pain, belching, nausea, vomiting, hiccups, etc.
and weakness of the spleen and stomach often co-exist with spleen disease and stomach disease, and they are mainly due to deficiency syndrome. Such as stomach bloating, stomach pain and aggravation after meals, diarrhea, loose stools, sagging internal organs, loss of appetite, accompanied by general weakness, yellow complexion, women may also have menstrual bleeding and other symptoms.
Why is the spleen and stomach weak?
eating improperly
The so-called eating improperly means that there is no temperance in eating. For example, for those who are not spicy or unhappy, spicy food will consume qi and hurt body fluid and hurt the stomach. For example, if you love eating cold and cold food too much, it will hurt the yang qi of the spleen and stomach, and cause bloating, diarrhea, and loss of appetite. Eating too much sweets will congest the Zhongjiao Qi machine and cause phlegm and dampness. Too much alcohol hurts the spleen and stomach.
A healthy eating habit should be to eat a little of everything when healthy, and not much. When you are sick, don't eat foods that are contrary to your physique and condition.
Hunger and fullness disorder
In life, we often encounter many people who do not eat breakfast, some do not eat dinner, and even eat a meal when they are hungry. This eating habit of hungry and full meal will damage the stomach over time and cause weakness in the spleen and stomach. As the "Huang Di Nei Jing" said, "Eat and drink with regularity, daily life" can live a hundred years old.
A good body requires good eating habits. If you do not know how to control your diet and do not know how to eat according to the physiological laws of the spleen and stomach, no matter how good the spleen and stomach are, one day they will be consumed as a "broken pot" .
Overthinking
Some people are born to worry about their lives and cannot stop thinking about it all the time. In order to survive, people in modern society mostly struggle not with physical strength but with mental strength, which inevitably leaves themselves in a state of overthinking. However, Chinese medicine believes that thinking is in the spleen. Excessive thinking will damage the temper and cause weak temper. Abdominal bloating, loose stools, loss of appetite, bleeding and other problems gradually came up.
Give yourself 1 hour a day, even half an hour, let yourself be quiet to read, read, practice calligraphy, or sit or stand still, which can temporarily stop the brain that is running at full capacity due to excessive thinking. For yourself, give your mind a chance to reset.
anger and discomfort
Your bad temper will not only cause pain and discomfort to others, but also affect your stomach. At the same time, the fast-paced, intense life and depressed living environment will also affect your spleen and stomach. Because Chinese medicine believes that the liver governs the release of qi, when the liver qi is not weak, people will be irritable, depressed, and stressed.Suppress. The liver can suppress the spleen. When a person is in a state of liver depression for a long time, the spleen and stomach will be affected and produce symptoms such as bloating, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
has a bad spleen and stomach, the first thing you need is to have a good mood and mood. When you want to get angry, you might as well go exercise. When you are depressed, you might as well find someone to talk to. A seemingly simple change can determine whether your spleen and stomach are strong.
is too comfortable
Lack of exercise is almost a common problem for modern people. As long as there is free time, you will be paralyzed on the sofa, and you have to drive for short distances, always finding reasons for yourself to be too busy. However, the spleen controls the limbs and muscles. If your limbs and muscles are rarely active, how can the spleen and stomach be strong? When the spleen and stomach are weak, our body's ability to metabolize water and dampness will become worse and worse, and eventually we will end up with a bloated body and no life. At this time, whether you are tonifying the yang qi or strengthening the spleen, it will not help.
sports, yang. It can invigorate the spleen and stomach, invigorate qi and blood, soothe the liver qi, and release the lung qi. It can nourish the qi from the light, or relieve the qi in the heavy. Proper use can benefit longevity and prolong life. Immortal!
