If the spleen is deficient, the water and grain essence cannot be transported and transformed, and the internal organs and limbs cannot be nourished, resulting in sallow complexion, mental fatigue, physical fatigue, sleepiness after eating, and lack of food; A series of manifestations of spleen deficiency include bloating after eating, loose stools and diarrhea; failure to digest cereals, lack of warmth in limbs, shortness of breath and coldness, spleen deficiency in women and vaginal discharge; pale and fat tongue with teeth marks on the edges; thin and weak pulse, and other symptoms of spleen deficiency.

How do people with spleen deficiency choose food?

Foods that should be eaten are foods that can nourish the spleen, replenish qi, wake up the spleen, whet the appetite and eliminate food, such as japonica rice, indica rice, crispy rice (cooked pot), barley, cooked lotus root, millet, yam, lentils, cowpeas, grapes, red dates, Carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, etc.

Do not eat foods that are cold in nature and can easily damage the spleen, such as bitter melon, cucumber, winter melon, eggplant, water spinach, celery, amaranth, wild rice, lettuce, daylily, persimmon, banana, loquat, pear, Watermelon, mung beans, tofu, oatmeal, etc. Among them, foods that are thick and greasy and can easily hinder the function of spleen and stomach transportation, such as duck meat, pork, soft-shell turtle meat, oyster meat, milk, sesame seeds, etc. Foods that are good for qi and eliminate accumulated qi, and can easily damage the spleen, such as buckwheat; hawthorn, radish, coriander, etc.

Dietary therapy reference recipe

Japonica rice porridge

50 grams of japonica rice and 10 grams of raisins. Boil the japonica rice with appropriate amount of water until it is nine-mature, add raisins, and *** Stew until mushy.

Sweet potato

Commonly known as sweet potato, potato and sweet potato. It is neutral in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of nourishing the spleen and blood, replenishing qi and laxative. "Suixiju Diet Manual" says: "Cooking food can replenish the spleen and stomach, replenish qi, protect against wind and cold, and improve color." "Supplements to the Outline" believes that sweet potatoes can "tonify the middle, warm the stomach, and fatten the five internal organs." People with spleen deficiency can use sweet potatoes as their staple food and eat them regularly.

Jujube

Warm in nature and sweet in taste, it can nourish the spleen and stomach, and replenish qi and blood. As early as 2,000 years ago, there was a record in the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" that "Jujube is good for nourishing the spleen". Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty said that "Jujube is the fruit of the spleen, and it is suitable to eat it if there is a spleen disease." For people with spleen deficiency, loose stools, weak stomach, little food, and insufficient qi and blood, it is best to take jujube regularly.

Strengthen the spleen: You can use yam, Atractylodes, Yiren, potatoes, white lentils, sweet potatoes, etc., as long as they grow deep in the ground, they can strengthen the spleen. You can use them to make porridge, stew meat, or cook them alone. If you add a little lotus leaf, the effect of awakening the spleen will be better.

Special attention

Spleen deficiency generally does not appear alone, either with cold, with heat, or with qi stagnation, etc., so there is generally no fixed prescription. To regulate spleen deficiency, you need to ask a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to diagnose it for you, and then the medicine will be fully effective. Otherwise, although the spleen deficiency will be improved, other symptoms will follow, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

As for dietary conditioning: Generally, a light and easy-to-digest diet is recommended; medicinal porridge generally uses yam, coix seed, etc. as the base, and can be taken for a long time.