What is spleen and stomach disharmony? It turns out there are these symptoms

To put it simply, inharmonious spleen and stomach means that the stomach is strong and the spleen is weak, or the stomach is hyperactive. The appetite is very good and the person can eat a lot, but the food cannot be absorbed or metabolized. After suffering from this disease, patients will experience loss of appetite, irritability and crying, easy cold and fever, sallow and pale complexion, blue spots on the whites of the eyes, etc.

1. What is spleen and stomach disharmony

The spleen and stomach both belong to the digestive system. In traditional Chinese medicine, they are considered exterior and interior to each other (other organs include the liver and gallbladder, heart and small intestine, lungs and large intestine, and kidneys and bladder).

If the spleen and stomach are not in harmony, for example, the stomach is strong and the spleen is weak, or there is hyperactivity of the stomach, the appetite is very good and one can eat a lot, but the food cannot be absorbed or transported - the spleen is weak, and one will have diarrhea after eating or the stomach will become more and more bloated after eating. This is a case of a strong stomach and a weak spleen.

2. Symptoms of Spleen and Stomach Disharmony

1. Loss of appetite, irritability, crying, and easy to catch cold and fever.

2. Spleen symptoms include bad breath, abdominal distension, and dry or loose stools.

3. The face is pale and sallow, and there are blue spots on the whites of the eyes.

4. Poor sleep at night, sweating on the head, love to sleep on the stomach, and sleep with eyes wide open.

5. The tongue is reddish, with thick white or greasy coating, and may also appear as a geographic tongue for a long time.

6. If the skin is rough, dry, dull, wrinkled, pigmented, or even has maculopapular rashes, once it is in sub-healthy condition, treatment to regulate the spleen and stomach can also achieve good results.

It is a syndrome characterized by spleen and stomach dysfunction, with loss of appetite and abdominal distension after eating as the main clinical manifestations. It is common in epigastric pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, belching, diarrhea, constipation, as well as chronic gastroenteritis, gastroduodenal ulcer, chronic hepatitis and other diseases in Western medicine.

The spleen and stomach jointly preside over the digestion and absorption of food, but each has its own characteristics. The stomach is responsible for receiving, and the spleen is responsible for transportation and transformation; the stomach qi is responsible for descending, allowing food and its waste to descend, while the spleen qi is responsible for ascending, so the essence of food can nourish the whole body; the stomach likes moisture and hates dryness, while the spleen likes dryness and hates dampness. This kind of acceptance and transformation, rise and fall, moistening and dryness, complements each other and is in unity of opposites. Disharmony between the spleen and stomach is a disorder of this unity of opposites. Clinically, any cause that can cause spleen and stomach dysfunction, such as improper diet (cleanliness), excessive thinking, excessive fatigue, accidental vomiting or diarrhea, etc. can lead to spleen and stomach disharmony syndrome.