Spleen and stomach weakness is a common condition in traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis, manifested as decreased appetite, indigestion, and diarrhea, among other symptoms. With the acceleration of modern life pace and changes in environmental factors, this health issue is becoming increasingly prevalent. To effectively improve spleen and stomach weakness, you can start from several aspects such as diet, beverage choices, and lifestyle adjustments in daily life.
In terms of diet, maintaining regular meal times, chewing food thoroughly, and avoiding overeating can help the spleen and stomach work normally. Choosing easily digestible and highly nutritious foods, such as pumpkin congee, Chinese yam congee, and millet congee, while reducing the intake of greasy, spicy, and cold foods to avoid increasing the burden on the spleen and stomach. Additionally, moderately consuming ingredients like red dates, peanuts, coix seeds, and adzuki beans are beneficial for spleen health.
When it comes to beverages, warm drinks are recommended, such as hot milk or hot tea, to warm the spleen and stomach and promote digestion. In particular, red date and astragalus tea and hawthorn chenpi tea are good choices, both tasty and spleen-nourishing.
Lifestyle adjustments are also important. Moderate exercise, such as tai chi, walking, can promote metabolism; avoid overwork and ensure sufficient rest; maintain a cheerful mood, relax through hobbies; pay attention to keeping the abdomen warm to prevent cold from affecting digestion. In addition, acupressure massage, such as Zusanli and Zhongwan points, is also an effective way to regulate the spleen and stomach.
Traditional Chinese medicine offers more choices. Under the guidance of a professional TCM practitioner, you can use spleen-nourishing herbs such as white atractylodes, codonopsis, pore fungus, or try traditional therapies like acupuncture, moxibustion, and cupping to stimulate specific acupoints and regulate spleen and stomach functions. These methods can effectively promote the circulation of qi and blood, enhance digestive absorption capacity.
In conclusion, for spleen and stomach weakness, a comprehensive approach, combined with individual circumstances, adjusting under medical advice will be safer and more effective.
