How to treat spleen deficiency and cold stomach? What should I eat?

The modern life is fast-paced and the work pressure is high. People are facing greater challenges physically and mentally. Bad living and eating habits also cause varying degrees of damage to our spleen and stomach. "All diseases are caused by spleen and stomach failure." What exactly is hurting our spleen and stomach?

Causes of Spleen and Stomach Damage

Spleen deficiency and stomach cold are generally caused by spleen yang deficiency, irregular diet such as frequent overeating of raw and cold food, overwork, long-term illness, or excessive thinking that damages the spleen.

Damage manifestation

Symptoms include pain in the epigastric region when the weather turns cold or when eating cold food, accompanied by a feeling of coldness, which is relieved by warmth. The stomachache is subtle, the pain is uncomfortable with cold, the patient prefers warmth and pressure, the pain is worse on an empty stomach, and is relieved by eating. The pain is triggered or aggravated after fatigue, eating cold food, or being cold. The patient vomits clear water, has poor appetite, is tired and weak, has shortness of breath and is lazy to talk, has cold hands and feet, has loose and thin stools, has a pale tongue with a white coating, and has a weak pulse.

Preparation method

1. Keep a happy mood

When you are depressed, you will lose your appetite, but a relaxed environment and a happy mood will increase your appetite. Chinese medicine has long been aware of the fact that "emotions hurt the stomach", so ancient sages often emphasized "regulating emotions" in the treatment of stomach problems. This to a certain extent also shows that emotions have an important impact on the spleen and stomach, so if we want to nourish the spleen and stomach, we must first regulate our mood.

2. Eat more whole grains

The spleen and stomach are the organs of storage. Healthy diet starts with nourishing the spleen and stomach.

Carrot Rice Porridge: 100 grams of rice, 50 grams of carrot. Add carrots after the rice is cooked into porridge. Eat it after it is cooked through. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach.

Glutinous rice and wheat porridge: 50 grams of glutinous rice, 60 grams of wheat kernels, cook into porridge, add appropriate amount of sugar, season and drink, it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and replenishing the qi.

Gorgon Fruit and Poria Cocos Porridge: 15g Gorgon Fruit, 10g Poria Cocos, and appropriate amount of rice. Put the first two ingredients into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, cook until soft, then add appropriate amount of rice, continue to cook until soft into porridge, and take it in divided meals. Gorgon Fruit and Poria Cocos Porridge has the effect of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, clearing the intestines and stopping diarrhea.

3. Move your toes more often to strengthen your spleen and stomach

The meridian system is distributed in the human limbs. Appropriate physical exercise can promote the circulation of the body's meridians, react to the spleen and stomach, and enhance the spleen and stomach function. Especially in the legs, it has a good tightening and stimulating effect on the spleen meridian in the calves.