What causes spleen and stomach weakness

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Weakness of the spleen and stomach is one of the three major health problems afflicting urban white-collar workers. Everyone's understanding is different. The main symptoms are stomachache, bloating, nausea, constipation and so on, which are closely related to the working and living habits of white-collar workers. Chinese medicine experts from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine analysis of white-collar prone to spleen and stomach disease three major reasons.

What causes spleen and stomach weakness

First: mental tension and stagnation of liver qi. It mainly refers to gastrointestinal rhythm disorder caused by mental anxiety and tension. In traditional Chinese medicine, the liver includes the functions of digestion, mental nerve and other systems. It is believed that "the liver governs the catharsis". If the liver can normally catharsis, it can ensure the comfort of emotions, the flow of Qi and blood and the gradual prosperity of digestion. On the one hand, the spirit is anxious, easy to be nervous and angry; on the other hand, it can conquer the spleen and stomach, leading to qi stagnation in the middle energizer, stomach disharmony, epigastric pain, fullness, belching and other discomfort.

Second: sedentary, weak spleen and stomach. In traditional Chinese medicine, the spleen and stomach are located in the middle Jiao, which is mainly used to transport and transform the muscles of the limbs, mainly including the digestive and motor systems. If the spleen is in charge of clearing and the spleen qi is in charge of rising, then nutrients can be transported to the whole body; if the stomach is in charge of descending turbidity and stomach qi is in charge of descending, then the dross of digestion can be discharged from the body. Once the rise and fall of the spleen and stomach qi disorders, it will lead to low digestion and absorption function, gastrointestinal motility, abdominal distension, dull pain, loss of appetite and other symptoms. Lack of exercise of the "sit on duty", coupled with excessive fatigue, will damage the spleen and stomach.

Third: eat too much oil, stagnation stomach. There is also a functional dyspepsia with "support" as the main performance, such as abdominal fullness, especially after eating, early satiety, anorexia and so on. According to traditional Chinese medicine, this is mostly caused by stagnation of diet and stagnation of dampness. The reasons are mostly related to irregular diet, hunger and fullness, or frequent overeating and eating greasy and indigestible food.

matters needing attention

Some diseases need to avoid some foods, such as sores, spicy food for lung diseases, salt for edema patients, greasy food for jaundice patients, spicy food for warm diseases, and raw and cold fruits for cold diseases.