Symptoms of spleen and stomach deficiency

Spleen and stomach deficiency means that both the spleen and stomach are relatively weak. This health problem is also relatively common. Of course, its impact on human health cannot be underestimated. Because of long-term spleen and stomach deficiency, it will have a great impact on people's physical health and even affect the patient's mental state. Deficiency of both spleen and stomach will have certain symptoms. Below, we will introduce to you in detail the symptoms of deficiency of both spleen and stomach!

Common clinical manifestations of weak spleen and stomach: long course of disease, diarrhea that is sometimes mild, sometimes severe, or comes and goes, loose stools, light color and no odor, with undigested food residues, easy diarrhea after eating, abdominal distension and frequent stools after eating too much, loss of appetite, sallow complexion, fatigue, thin body, pale tongue, thin white fur, and weak pulse.

Symptoms of spleen deficiency include: abdominal distension, wheezing after eating, loss of taste in the mouth, or even loss of appetite, loose stools, lack of energy, weight loss, limb fatigue, shortness of breath and laziness to speak, sallow or pale complexion, or swollen limbs, pale tongue with white coating, and slow, weak pulse.

If the symptoms are spleen yang deficiency, the symptoms include: abdominal distension, poor appetite, persistent abdominal pain, preference for warmth and pressure, cold body and limbs, and loose, thin and watery stools. Or the limbs may feel heavy or swollen, urination may be difficult, or there may be excessive and watery leucorrhea. The tongue is pale and fat, with a white and smooth coating. The pulse is deep, slow and weak.

If the symptoms are that the spleen cannot regulate blood, then the following will be seen: spleen deficiency leads to inability to transport and transform qi and blood, and deficiency of qi and blood can be seen, such as poor appetite, abdominal distension, loose stools, limb fatigue, shortness of breath and laziness to speak, sallow complexion, pale tongue with white coating, and slow and weak pulse. One is a variety of bleeding symptoms, such as blood in the stool, blood in the urine, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, etc. Those with blood in stool and the spleen cannot control blood will have blood in the stool, blood and stool mixed together, or blood in the stool before blood, dark purple blood, or pitch black stool, and symptoms of spleen qi deficiency. Those with metrorrhagia and the spleen cannot control blood will have sudden metrorrhagia, or continuous bleeding, light color and thin texture, pale or puffy complexion, fatigue, cold limbs, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, poor appetite and loose stools, etc.

If it manifests as a sinking of the middle qi, the symptoms include: pale complexion, dizziness, sweating, shortness of breath, fatigue, poor appetite, loose stools, heavy abdomen, frequent urge to defecate, and turbid urine like rice water. It is common in diseases such as gastroptosis, nephroptosis, uterine prolapse, rectal prolapse and chronic diarrhea.

If it manifests as stomach yin deficiency, the symptoms include: dry mouth and lips, noisy mouth, dry retching, decreased appetite, or difficulty swallowing, chest discomfort after eating, dry and hard stools, red tongue with a dry center and little coating, or a shiny, dry and purple tongue, and a thin and rapid pulse.

If it manifests as spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, the symptoms include: dull stomach pain, continuous pain, discomfort caused by cold, preference for warmth and pressure, severe pain on an empty stomach, relief after eating, pain attacks or aggravation after fatigue or eating cold food or catching a cold, vomiting of clear water, less appetite, fatigue, cold hands and feet, loose and thin stools, pale tongue with white coating, and weak pulse.