What Chinese patent medicine should I take for spleen deficiency and dampness?

Spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction is a disease in traditional Chinese medicine. The reason for this situation is that there is always varying degrees of moisture in the living environment, and the invasion of moisture will cause the disease. Patients with spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction often show symptoms in their daily life such as easy acne on their faces, thick stools, poor mental state, etc. So, what Chinese patent medicine is more effective for spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction?

1. Overall characteristics: Phlegm and dampness condense, with obesity, abdominal distension, sticky mouth and other phlegm and dampness manifestations as the main characteristics.

2. Physical characteristics: Obese body with plump and soft abdomen.

3. Common manifestations:

Obesity (skin and muscles droop down and become loose), fatigue, weakness, sweating and stickiness. The face is slightly swollen (no pits when pinched, almost invisible) and the skin is oily. The mouth tastes sticky and sweet (the spleen controls sweetness, and when the spleen is weak, phlegm and dampness are too much and easily move back and forth in the mouth, so the taste tastes sweet). The patient likes to eat fatty, sweet and greasy food, has a greasy white tongue coating and a slippery pulse. Chest tightness and excessive phlegm.

4. Principles of dietary conditioning for phlegm-dampness constitution: eat less fatty, sweet and greasy foods, eat more foods that can eliminate dampness: coix seed, lotus leaf, lentil, winter melon, seaweed, kelp, loofah, poria, with foods that warm the yang and promote blood circulation: dried ginger, cinnamon, tangerine peel, white mustard (TCM medicine for eliminating phlegm). Food should be light: the diet should be light, eat less fatty meat and sweet, sticky and greasy food. You can eat more kelp, winter melon, etc.

5. Dietary guidance for phlegm-damp constitution:

1. Chinese Yam and Winter Melon Porridge

2. Barley and Lentil Porridge

3. Strengthen the spleen, replenish qi, and eliminate dampness: Yam and winter melon soup: Put 50 grams of yam and 150 grams of winter melon in a pot and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes. Season and drink.

4. Red bean and carp soup for strengthening the spleen, removing dampness and reducing phlegm: remove the scales, gills and internal organs of a live carp (about 800 grams); stuff 50 grams of red beans, 10 grams of tangerine peel, 6 grams of chili and 6 grams of cardamom into the fish belly, put it in a bowl, add appropriate amount of cooking wine, ginger, scallion, pepper, and a little salt, steam it in a steamer until cooked.

5. Lotus leaf and hawthorn tea.

What Chinese medicine prescription should I take for spleen deficiency

1. Atractylodes macrocephala can replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, dry dampness and promote diuresis, stop sweating and stabilize the fetus. It can be used for symptoms such as poor appetite, loose stools, fatigue, shortness of breath, and spontaneous sweating caused by weak spleen; phlegm and edema caused by stagnant water and dampness; and symptoms such as weak spleen and qi, restless fetus, and swollen feet during pregnancy.

2. Codonopsis pilosula

It can replenish the middle and benefit Qi, produce body fluid and nourish blood. It is often used for fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitations, poor appetite, loose stools, thirst due to deficiency of both Qi and body fluid; sallow complexion, dizziness and other symptoms due to deficiency of both Qi and blood, as well as physical weakness and malnutrition after illness.

3. American ginseng replenishes qi and nourishes yin, clears away heat and produces body fluid. It is suitable for symptoms such as lung deficiency and fatigue cough, chronic cough, wheezing and cough, hemoptysis, and aphonia. It is a good choice for people who feel tired, weak, sweating and exhausted after intense activities.