Spleen Yang Deficiency
脾阳虚pí yáng xū · deficiency + cold
Tongue
pale, swollen, teeth-marked, with a wet white coating
Pulse
deep, weak and slow
Description
The Spleen Yang fails to warm and transform, producing cold digestive weakness with watery stools and cold signs — a deeper, colder stage of Spleen Qi deficiency.
Symptoms
poor appetite, abdominal distension after eating dull abdominal pain relieved by warmth and pressure loose stools or watery diarrhoea, sometimes with undigested food cold limbs, aversion to cold fatigue and heavy limbs possible oedema
Treatment principle
warm and tonify the Spleen Yang
Recommended formulas
理中汤
Points
Zusanli
Sanyinjiao
Zhongwan
Pishu
For education only — not medical advice. Consult a qualified practitioner.