The so-called spleen deficiency is a term of art in Chinese medicine. It refers to a series of pathological phenomena and evidence of malfunctioning of the physiological functions of the spleen caused by the deficiency of the spleen qi. Including the spleen qi deficiency, spleen yang deficiency, the middle qi subsidence, the spleen does not control the blood and other types of evidence. Mostly due to dietary disorders. Labor and leisure, or caused by chronic illness and body weakness. The spleen has the role of transporting and transforming nutrients in food and water as well as regulating blood. If the spleen is deficient, the transportation is not normal, and nutritional disorders can occur, the water is not dispersed to produce dampness and phlegm, or blood loss and other diseases. From the Chinese medicine point of view, many people with spleen deficiency will cause obesity. Spleen and stomach bad people should not eat more sour food, because acid into the liver, will make the liver qi more vigorous, and liver wood is grams spleen earth, this will make the weak more weak. So people who usually have symptoms of spleen deficiency such as indigestion, loose stools and low speaking voice should eat less. If you suffer from gastric ulcers and excessive stomach acid, you should also not eat it, or it may worsen the symptoms.

The general symptoms of spleen deficiency are weakness, poor spirit, easy to be sleepy or easy to fall asleep and drool, bloating and difficult to digest, there are two extremes of stools, one is loose stools, and the other is constipation without the strength to solve, and sometimes the symptoms of lumbar cold.

If the spleen is really weak, then use warm foods and medicines. Such as ginger, onion, mutton, etc. are warm tonic, eat less cold things such as herbal tea.

The most obvious symptom of a weak spleen is poor digestion, loose stools, unformed, sticky toilet; followed by a feeling of fatigue, the old can't get up the spirit; and is prone to phlegm, drooling. Female patients also tend to have symptoms of heavy menstrual flow, which is called spleen and kidney yang deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine, leading to spleen and kidney yang deficiency, warmth, transportation, fixed intake role is weakened to measure the downliquid, diarrhea and slippery. It is recommended to take traditional Chinese medicine, cinnamon sticks and windproof decoction to send kidney qi pill kidney qi pill is the main formula to warm the kidney to help Yang. In the formula, the ripened earth sweet warm tonic kidney, cornelian cherry meat, yam tonic liver and spleen, the three drugs together, tonic kidney, liver and spleen; with the epiphyllum, Gui Zhi (or cinnamon) to warm the kidney to help the Yang; ze diarrhea, Poria, danpi through the liver, spleen and kidney of the turbid qi. The whole formula is warm but not dry, nourishing but not greasy, focusing on warming kidney qi. Use Gui Zhi and Fang Feng to disperse wind-cold on the surface, and take Kidney Qi Pill with decoction to achieve the purpose of warming the kidney and helping Yang to relieve the surface. Pathology of Spleen-Qi weakness. Mostly due to dietary disorders. It is often caused by dietary imbalance, excessive labor, or prolonged illness. Spleen has the role of transporting and transforming nutrients in food, transporting water and fluids, and regulating blood. If the spleen is weak, the transportation is not normal, and nutritional disorders can occur, the water and liquid can not be distributed and generate dampness and phlegm, or blood loss and other diseases.　 Clinical manifestations of weak spleen and stomach are as follows: loose stools, pale and odorless, with undigested food residue; easy diarrhea after eating, bloating and excessive stools after eating too much; loss of appetite, yellowish color, fatigue, and thinness, pale tongue, and thin white moss. The treatment is based on strengthening the spleen and vital energy, and assisting in transporting and transforming dampness. The drugs used to ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Ren Ren, Chen Pi is the main, eat more hot and pungent onions, ginger, leeks, garlic, pepper, etc. It is recommended that the temperature of the diet should be "not hot, not cold" for the degree of attention to the prevention of cold; eat less fried food; eat less cold food stimulating food.