Symptoms of Qi deficiency

Chinese medicine pays attention to whether the various functions of the human body are too weak. For example, kidney deficiency, etc., are relatively common symptoms of physical weakness. In our lives, the most common constitution is qi deficiency. Specifically, qi deficiency constitution includes three conditions: lung qi deficiency, heart qi deficiency, and spleen and stomach qi deficiency. The specific clinical manifestations of these three different types of Qi deficiency will be different, so please make sure to understand in detail the manifestations of Qi deficiency constitution.

The so-called Qi deficiency constitution means that some physiological functions of the human body are not very good and are in a bad state. Therefore, the human body is more prone to various symptoms such as fatigue. For example, women after giving birth are prone to drowsiness and soreness in the limbs due to Qi and blood deficiency. The specific manifestations of Qi deficiency are as follows:

General manifestations of Qi deficiency constitution: feeling tired, general weakness, easily fatigued, listless, lack of energy when speaking, no desire to exercise, and pale tongue. Foods such as yam, coix seed, yam, and shiitake mushrooms are suitable for people with qi deficiency. You can drink yam and coix seed tea at ordinary times. This tea can replenish the vital energy, refresh the mind and make the complexion more rosy.

Symptoms of Qi deficiency (lung Qi deficiency): occasional symptoms such as coughing, sputum, weakness in speaking, unwillingness to speak, shortness of breath, etc. People with lung Qi deficiency can eat more red dates, eggs, pig lungs, etc. You can try red date glutinous rice porridge, which is very suitable for people with lung Qi deficiency. Lung-Qi deficiency mainly refers to the weakness of lung Qi, and its clinical manifestations include spontaneous sweating, coughing, sputum, coughing, and wheezing.

Symptoms of Qi deficiency (heart Qi deficiency): Heart Qi deficiency is often manifested by lack of energy, listlessness, easy palpitations, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, weakness, restlessness and other symptoms. What is good for people with weak heart qi to eat? People with weak heart qi can take ginseng, astragalus, and cinnamon. Ginseng nourishes the spleen and replenishes Qi, promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst, soothes the mind and refreshes the brain, replenishes Qi and maintains health.

Symptoms of Qi deficiency constitution (spleen and stomach Qi deficiency): People with spleen and stomach Qi deficiency have sallow complexion, weak limbs, fatigue, loss of appetite, mental depression, etc., accompanied by abdominal distension, polyuria, indigestion, etc.; another manifestation of Qi deficiency constitution is kidney Qi deficiency, which is manifested by dull complexion, easy dizziness, occasional tinnitus and deafness, sexual weakness, weak knees and other symptoms. People with spleen and stomach qi deficiency can eat more medicinal materials such as Poria cocos, red ginseng, and coix seed, and take them as medicine; people with kidney qi deficiency can eat more foods such as radish, lotus root, pear, etc., and can also eat more black foods (such as black rice, black beans, black fungus, etc.). In addition, some health-care medicinal wines can also well improve kidney qi deficiency, such as wolfberry wine, rehmannia wine, and longevity wine.

Now that you know the symptoms of Qi deficiency, if you find that you have similar symptoms, don't be too anxious. Generally, people with Qi deficiency can recover their health after a period of conditioning through daily diet and paying attention to getting enough sleep and combining work and rest. Therefore, you don't need to be too anxious to see a doctor.