What does it mean to have loose stools and eat less?

Poor appetite and loose stools are actually a common problem in life. It usually manifests itself as loose stools with no formation. Especially for patients with liver disease, this disease can easily occur, so they need to pay attention to conditioning and symptomatic treatment.

1. Loose stools are commonly known as watery stools without a form. Unlike diarrhea, the frequency of bowel movements may not increase or may increase slightly. Poor stool excretion or a feeling of incomplete excretion are sticky and uncomfortable stools. The two can exist alone or alternately. Loose stools in patients with liver disease are related to digestive and absorption dysfunction, such as decreased bile and pancreatic secretions; sticky and uncomfortable stools in patients with liver disease are related to intestinal digestive and absorption dysfunction.

2. In addition, patients with liver disease are less active, or the disease causes weakened intestinal smooth muscle motility, which can also cause symptoms of constipation. If patients with liver disease have loose stools, they should be diagnosed based on other symptoms. If a patient with liver disease has symptoms of loose stools and also has fatigue, abdominal distension, poor appetite, etc., the diagnosis should be weak spleen and stomach. Weak spleen and stomach, insufficient spleen yang, and inability to transport and transform can lead to the above symptoms. Although the patient has liver disease, we cannot assume that the liver disease is caused by a virus. When treating the patient, we should not ignore the patient's underlying condition and simply clear away heat, detoxify and eliminate evil. This will further damage the patient's spleen and stomach and make the condition worse. Instead, we should strengthen the spleen and stomach, strengthen the body and consolidate the foundation, only then will we have satisfactory therapeutic effects.

3. If the large intestine is sticky and uncomfortable, and there is heat in the anus and the stool is smelly, it is mostly due to dampness damaging the stomach and severe food stagnation that turns into heat. During treatment, the dampness and heat in the large intestine should be cleared away. If the stool is sticky and uncomfortable and there is also abdominal distension, it is mostly due to food stagnation that damages the stomach. The food stagnation is severe and turns into heat. During treatment, we should take advantage of the situation and adopt the method of promoting circulation to eliminate various stagnations, clear away heat and remove dampness. In addition, liver disease is often related to emotions. Emotional tension or frustration can cause the liver to lose its smooth function, hinder the rise and fall of Qi, and attack the spleen, causing it to lose its healthy function. Symptoms include fullness in the chest and abdomen and loose stools. The treatment is to suppress the liver and support the spleen, and the symptoms can be eliminated by themselves.