What is phlegm-dampness blocking the middle part of the body?

If you suffer from phlegm-dampness obstruction in the middle of the body, you will feel a lot of phlegm, which will have a great impact on your life. However, many people do not know how to treat this situation when faced with it. In the following article, I will tell you what phlegm-dampness blocking the middle part of the body is. I hope this article can provide some help to you.

Phlegm-dampness blocking the middle of the body often causes symptoms such as chest tightness, palpitations, dizziness, lack of energy, soreness of the limbs, bloating, anorexia, and diarrhea. The cause is long-term diet of fatty and greasy food, and it needs to be treated with appropriate drugs for removing dampness, eliminating phlegm and activating blood circulation. It needs to be treated with Chinese medicine Erchen Decoction, Sanzi Yangqin Decoction, peach kernel, safflower, angelica, etc. Specific treatment needs to be based on tongue and pulse analysis and targeted treatment.

Etiology and pathogenesis:

1. External evil enters the body. External evil invades the skin surface. If the treatment is not appropriate, the internal attack and purgation are used incorrectly, the spleen and stomach will be damaged, and the external evil will invade the skin surface.

The empty space sinks into the interior and accumulates under the heart, blocking the Qi flow in the middle burner, thus causing fullness and distension.

2. Improper diet, or overeating, indigestion of old food, or eating raw and cold food, which damages the middle burner, affects the spleen and stomach's ability to receive and transport food, causes food stagnation in the middle abdomen, causes the stomach to lose harmony and descend, and causes fullness and distension.

4. Emotional disorders: Excessive worry will damage the spleen, and excessive anger will damage the liver. The liver and spleen qi will be stagnant and their rise and fall will be abnormal, causing fullness and distension. It can cause Qi depression due to sadness or fear, which can lead to Qi disorder and poor rise and fall, resulting in fullness and distension.

5. Weak spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach are weak and the vital energy is insufficient; or due to overeating, fatigue, and abnormal hunger and satiety, which damage the spleen and stomach; or the stomach qi has not recovered after an illness, all of which can cause the spleen to lose its healthy function, the qi to be unfavorable, the stomach to lose its harmony and descending function, and cause fullness under the heart.

The pathological nature of abdominal distension can be divided into deficiency and excess. Those who are true are caused by internal obstruction of evil, such as external evil entering the inside from the outside, food stagnation in the middle, phlegm and dampness stagnation in the body, and stagnation of Qi, which affect the rise and fall of Qi in the middle burner. Those who are weak have weak spleen and stomach, poor circulation of Qi, and inability to rise and fall. Deficiency and excess can transform into each other. For example, if excess evil blocks the body internally, it may damage the spleen and stomach over time. If the spleen and stomach are weak, phlegm and dampness, and qi stagnation are easily produced, leading to unfavorable rise and fall of qi. In addition, various pathogenic factors can also affect each other. For example, phlegm and dampness, and food stagnation can block the normal circulation of Qi; Qi stagnation turning into heat can also cause phlegm and dampness. When the course of epigastric distension is long, a pattern of mixed deficiency and excess often forms. If phlegm, dampness and qi stagnation are intertwined, it will block blood circulation over time, and the phlegm, qi and blood stasis will spread to the esophagus and appetite, which may cause hiccups. If phlegm and qi turn into heat and damage blood vessels, vomiting blood, black stools and other diseases may occur.