What is spleen-stomach disharmony?

The dysfunction of spleen and stomach is mainly manifested as loss of appetite and abdominal distension after meals.

Common in upper abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting,

Belching, diarrhea, constipation, chronic gastroenteritis, gastroduodenal ulcer, chronic hepatitis and other western medicine diseases.

Spleen and stomach co-chair the digestion and absorption of diet, but each has its own characteristics in performance. Stomach governs reception and spleen governs transport and transformation; Stomach qi governs descending, so that food and its dregs decrease, and temper rises, so that the essence of diet nourishes the whole body; The stomach likes moistening and hates dryness, while the spleen likes dryness and hates dampness. This kind of acceptance and transformation, rising and falling, moistening and drying, complement each other and unite opposites. The disharmony between spleen and stomach is the imbalance of unity of opposites. Clinically, all the causes that can cause dysfunction of spleen and stomach, such as improper diet (cleanliness addiction), overthinking, overwork, and vomiting by mistake, can lead to disharmony between spleen and stomach.

The clinical manifestations of spleen-stomach disharmony syndrome are anorexia and abdominal distension after eating, abdominal distension and pain, even diarrhea, belching, nausea and vomiting. Due to the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite and abdominal distension occur simultaneously after eating; Due to the imbalance of ascending and descending, the temper will not rise but fall, and then diarrhea, even small abdominal distension, proctoptosis and so on will be seen. Stomach qi rises instead of falling, showing belching, nausea and vomiting. Not suitable for moistening dryness, stomach yang deficiency, stomach dysfunction, loss of appetite, noisy and easy drinking, retching, hiccups, even diaphragmatic choking, dry stool; Spleen deficiency and dampness can be seen as fullness after eating, mental fatigue, light and fat tongue or tooth marks on the edge of tongue, little or no coating, thin and weak pulse and many symptoms.

Spleen and stomach interact physiologically and pathologically. Generally speaking, dyspepsia, abdominal distension after eating and loose stools are mainly in the spleen; Loss of appetite or noisy hunger, its lesions are mainly in the stomach. Spleen and stomach diseases, with spleen and stomach as the main indications. Prescriptions such as Zhi Zhu Pill and Jianpi Pill can be selected.