Will a bad spleen and stomach make you fat?

We often say that people who eat less and don’t feel hungry have poor spleen and stomach and need to regulate their spleen and stomach. However, people who eat a lot may also have poor spleen and stomach. So will a poor spleen and stomach make you fat? It is understood that excessive appetite is also a phenomenon of poor spleen and stomach, so eating too much will lead to weight gain. In short, people with poor spleen and stomach can regulate their body through Chinese medicine and pay more attention to their diet.

1. Will a bad spleen and stomach cause weight gain?

A bad spleen and stomach can lead to weight gain.

One manifestation of spleen and stomach disharmony is a strong appetite and a constant desire to eat, which will lead to excessive calorie intake and cause obesity. According to traditional Chinese medicine, a weak spleen is unable to transport and transform fluid, which is transformed into phlegm and fluid, leading to weight gain, and more commonly, abdominal obesity. Therefore, a bad spleen and stomach does not necessarily lead to weight loss. It depends on the cause of the bad spleen and stomach. Being too thin or too fat is an unhealthy sign, and a person's weight or obesity has a lot to do with diet. Only by maintaining a balance between calorie intake and calorie expenditure can a person maintain a standard weight. Of course, the premise is that it has a lot to do with the health of the stomach.

2. How to regulate poor spleen and stomach

2.1 Dietary adjustment

In real life, 9 out of 10 fat people may be people with weak constitutions. Their so-called weakness is mainly reflected in spleen deficiency, that is, spleen and stomach disorders. This type of people are most afraid of the cold in winter and the heat in summer. The main reason is that they have poor metabolism. In order to regulate spleen deficiency and prevent obesity, they should pay more attention to food. You can eat some lotus root, white radish, and yam. These foods can regulate the spleen and stomach and prevent and treat spleen deficiency.

2.2 Acupoint treatment

There is another good way to treat spleen deficiency, which you can treat yourself at home. This is the acupoint therapy. There is an acupoint under the human knee called Zusanli. This acupoint has a very good effect on regulating the spleen and stomach. Use your two thumbs to locate the Zusanli point and press hard. If you feel pain, press it a few more times. Normally, press it about 40 times. If it hurts, you can press it for 5 sets of 40 times in a row. Regular massage of this acupoint can treat spleen deficiency.

3. What to eat when your spleen and stomach are not in good condition

3.1. Jujube

The Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Dates are sweet in flavor, can make you healthy, soothe the stomach, nourish the spleen, soothe the stomach, open the nine orifices, help the twelve meridians, replenish insufficient qi, insufficient body fluids, insufficiency in the body, and relieve the four major shocks, and harmonize with hundreds of medicines. Long-term consumption can make you lighter and prolong your life."

3.2 Honey

"Shennong's Herbal Classic" points out that honey can "calm the five internal organs, replenish deficiencies, replenish qi and nourish the middle, relieve pain and detoxify, cure long-term diseases, and harmonize hundreds of medicines. Long-term consumption can strengthen the will and body, and prolong life."

3.3 Lotus seeds

The Qing Dynasty's "Compendium of Materia Medica" said that lotus seeds "fallen in the fields will not spoil for a hundred years, and people who eat them will have black hair and stay young." The Song Dynasty's "Taiping Shenghui Fang" records lotus seed powder porridge. Take 15 to 20 grams of lotus seed powder each time and 100 grams of polished rice or glutinous rice to cook porridge. Eat it in the morning and evening. It can treat the elderly and weak, chronic diarrhea, dreaminess and insomnia, nocturnal polyuria, and make people strong.

3.4 Coix seeds

The Compendium of Materia Medica of the Ming Dynasty said: "Coix seed is a Yangming medicine, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach, and replenish the mother when it is weak, so it is used for pulmonary tuberculosis and lung abscess. Diseases of tendons and bones are based on treating Yangming, so it is used for stiffness, stiffness, and rheumatism. Earth can overcome water and remove dampness, so it is used for diarrhea, dysentery, and edema."