Symptoms of dampness and coldness in the spleen and stomach

Spleen and stomach cold and dampness is a relatively common disease, which can easily lead to dampness and coldness in the spleen and stomach. It is usually caused by the obstruction of the smooth flow of qi and blood in the human body. It can easily lead to symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, body edema, and chills in the limbs. It can usually be treated with oral Chinese patent medicine. In daily life, you can also eat more light vegetables and fruits, or eat some barley porridge, or red bean porridge, tangerine peel and other foods. So, what are the symptoms of cold and dampness in the spleen and stomach?

Symptoms and diagnosis

[Typical symptoms]

The stomachache is dull and continuous, with discomfort caused by cold, prefers warmth and pressure, is worse on an empty stomach and relieved by food, and the pain occurs or worsens after fatigue, eating cold food, or catching a cold. The patient vomits clear water, eats less, feels tired and weak, has cold hands and feet, has loose and thin stools, has a pale tongue with a white coating, and has a weak pulse. If the main symptoms are spleen yang deficiency, the following can be seen: abdominal distension and poor appetite, which is relieved when the abdomen is full, abdominal pain that is relieved by warmth and pressure, clear water in the mouth, loose, thin and clear stools, cold limbs, or heavy limbs, or general edema, difficulty urinating, or excessive and thin leucorrhea, a sinking lower abdomen, and soreness and heaviness in the waist and abdomen. The tongue is pale and fat, the tongue coating is white and slippery, and the pulse is deep, slow and weak.

Cause

Dampness and cold are mostly caused by spleen deficiency. If the air outside is damp and cold, it will cause spleen deficiency and symptoms of dampness and coldness, and there will be dampness and coldness in the human body.

1. When cold and dampness stay in the meridians and joints, you should use drugs that can eliminate rheumatism and dredge the meridians. Most Chinese medicinal vines have this effect; different Chinese medicinal materials should be selected according to the differences between the upper and lower limbs of the body. For example, Notopterygium wilfordii is generally used for the upper limbs, while Duhuo is mostly used for the lower limbs.

2. When cold and dampness evil stays in the internal organs, you should choose dampness-removing or dampness-drying drugs that can enter the internal organs. Such as Patchouli, Tangerine Peel, Pinellia, Magnolia Officinalis, etc.

3. The use of medicine to treat cold and dampness also depends on the specific cause of the cold and dampness. Cold and dampness are divided into external dampness and internal dampness. External dampness is mostly due to cold and dampness of the six exogenous evils; internal dampness is mostly due to insufficient yang energy in the internal organs, especially internal dampness caused by yang deficiency of the spleen and kidneys. External dampness should be eliminated, while internal dampness should be warmed and replenished to the yang energy of the internal organs.

If you want to resolve the evil of dampness and cold, you need to remove dampness and warm the middle. Do not eat raw or cold food to avoid damaging the spleen and aggravating dampness and cold. Cook porridge with 50 grams of yam, 250 grams of coix seed and 30 grams of poria, and take it at 9:00 in the morning. It can strengthen the spleen and qi, eliminate dampness and raise yang. Persistent use of the medicine can eliminate the dampness and cold in the body.

Cold and damp symptoms:

A pale, bluish, dark or black complexion indicates that there may be cold in the body. The darker the color, the more severe the cold and dampness.

1. White tongue coating indicates cold and dampness in the body.

2. Repeated oral ulcers indicate that there is cold in the body.

3. When you have bad breath and your tongue is coated with white fur, it indicates that there is cold in your body.

4. When you cough, the phlegm is thin and white, which means there is cold in the body.

5. Clear runny nose indicates that there is cold in the body.

6. The sweat that comes out is cold sweat, which means there is cold in the body.

7. If you love to sneeze, especially in the morning when you wake up, and you sneeze constantly when you are exposed to the wind, it means that there is cold in your body.

8. When you have a cold and fever, you feel cold all over, which means there is cold in your body.

9. Frequent abdominal pain and diarrhea indicate that there is cold in the body.

10. Acne and spots on the face indicate that there is cold in the body.

11. Eczema, psoriasis, and vitiligo indicate that there is cold in the body.

12. Chronic cold hands and feet indicate that there is coldness in the body.

13. Swollen ankles indicate kidney deficiency and kidney coldness.

14. Symptoms such as pain in the limbs and joints, neck and shoulder pain, periarthritis of the shoulder, and low back pain indicate that there is cold and dampness in the body. The more painful areas there are and the longer the pain lasts, the heavier the cold and dampness in the body.