What is blood deficiency? Traditional Chinese medicine teaches you how to treat blood deficiency based on syndrome differentiation

In life, many people always feel overly tired, but they don't do much. Such symptoms mean that there is something wrong with the body. In traditional Chinese medicine, such symptoms are likely a sign of blood deficiency. So, what does blood deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine mean?

What is blood deficiency?

It refers to blood deficiency, malnutrition of internal organs, meridians and body, with pale or sallow complexion, pale lips, tongue, nails and fingernails, dizziness, palpitations and frequent dreams, numbness of hands and feet, scanty and light-colored menstruation, late or amenorrhea in women, and thin pulse as common symptoms.

Diet therapy

1. Immortal Porridge

Prepare 30-60g of Shouwu, 100g of polished rice, 3-5 red dates, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. First, boil the Shouwu, remove the residue, take the concentrated juice, and cook it into porridge with polished rice and red dates. Add brown sugar to the porridge and boil it for 1-2 more times before eating.

2. Stewed pork liver with soybeans

100 grams of soybeans and 100 grams of pork liver. First cook the soybeans until they are 80% cooked, then add the pork liver and cook until done. Take twice a day for 3 weeks.

3. Rabbit liver stew

1 rabbit liver, 20g wolfberry, 20g virginiana, boiled in water and taken.

4. Pig liver puree

Take pig liver and make it into a puree, cook it, and eat it regularly.

Treat according to syndrome differentiation

1. Blood deficiency syndrome in palpitations

Symptoms: palpitations, dizziness, insomnia, pale complexion, fatigue, pale red tongue, weak pulse. Treatment principle: nourishing blood and heart, replenishing qi and calming the mind. Main prescription: Guipi decoction. Prescription: Atractylodes macrocephala, Angelica sinensis, white Poria cocos, stir-fried Astragalus, Polygala tenuifolia, longan meat, stir-fried Ziziphus jujuba seeds, Codonopsis pilosula, costus root, roasted licorice, ginger, jujube.

2. Blood deficiency syndrome in asthenia

The main clinical manifestations are symptoms of blood deficiency in the heart and liver.

(1) Symptoms of heart blood deficiency: palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia, sallow complexion, pale tongue, thin or intermittent pulse. Treatment principle: nourishing blood and calming the mind. Main prescription: Yangxin Decoction. Prescription: Angelica, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Ophiopogonis, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, Semen Platycladi, Radix Poriae, Herba Leonuri, and Semen Ligustici Nuciferae.

(2) Symptoms of liver-blood deficiency: dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, flank pain, nervousness, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and even skin and nail disorder, pale complexion, pale tongue, and stringy pulse. Treatment principle: replenish blood and nourish the liver. Main formula: Siwu Decoction with added ingredients. Prescription drugs: Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, White Peony Root, and Ligusticum chuanxiong.