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What does Chinese medicine mean when it says, "The spleen and stomach are the foundation of the later life"?

What does Chinese medicine mean when it says, "The spleen and stomach are the foundation of the later life"?

Spleen is the origin of the acquired, the previous sentence is "the kidney is the source of the innate", the kidneys hide the essence of the Lord of reproduction, people are born after receiving the innate essence of the parents, began to carry out the activities of life, the five viscera and six bowels began to perform their duties, in which the spleen dominates the function of transportation, transporting and transforming the body's water, grain and essence and fluids.

The so-called water and grain essence is the substance called essence, or Jing Qi, after the food that the body takes in from the outside world is putrefied by the stomach and transported by the work of the spleen. The spleen transports this essence upward to the heart and lungs for the heart and lungs to carry out their vital activities; downward to the kidneys, where the waste is discharged through the bladder after the metabolic vaporization of the essence in the kidneys!

The so-called fluid, that is, the body from the outside world into the stomach, and then after the transportation of the spleen, it becomes fluid, also by the spleen upward delivery of the heart and lungs, for the heart and lungs for life activities; downward also delivered to the kidneys, the reason with the essence of the water and grains of a reason!

To be precise, the spleen and stomach are two organs for each other, that is, the stomach is responsible for digestion, the spleen is responsible for transportation, the two closely cooperate with each other to ensure the balance of other viscera function! If the spleen's transport dysfunction, spleen and stomach disharmony, the spleen can not be normal essence and fluid delivery to the other organs, thus making the viscera dysfunction, so people's health will light up the "signal light", from this point of view, the function of the spleen in the human body plays a pivotal role! Therefore, the spleen is the foundation of the latter day!


The Spleen and Stomach digestive system, breaks down the nutrients in food, various different components and distributes them Sour goes to the Liver, Bitter goes to the Heart, Salty goes to the Kidneys, Pungent goes to the Lungs, and Sweet goes to the Spleen.

Regarding the spleen and stomach, which are the essence of the acquired body, this is how I understand it:

The human body needs to have an important function in order to live, which is to eat some food that can supply the body with nutrients, and the body has the function of converting them into substances that can be utilized by itself.Otherwise, in vain nutrients, if there is no digestion and absorption of this function, people will still be starved to death, and this digestion and absorption function is mainly refers to the stomach and intestines, that is, Chinese medicine is often referred to as the nature of the "spleen and stomach".If the body is compared to a tree, the stomach and intestines are equivalent to the roots deeply rooted in the soil, all the nutrients are absorbed from the roots in order to be transported to the entire tree branches and leaves and fruits and other parts of the tree, if the roots are not there, or Huma, then the entire tree will die, and if the roots of the plant is still there, even if the leaves are not there, the branches are broken, and even the entire tree is gone, as long as he has roots, then no one can prevent it from living, and even finally blossom. can't stop it from living and even blossoming in the end. We have all had the experience of weeding in our lives, right? (Even if we don't have this experience, we should have heard the phrase "cut off the roots", right?) We all know that the roots of plants are so important, but we neglect the roots of the human body.The gut is our roots, the sole source of the nutrients we need for every cell of our body.You can't drink the northwest wind and be full can you, so I see people in my life who have bad intestines (roots) and your other organs, tissues are not supplied with adequate nutrients and are no better.

However, nowadays, although people do not lack of food, wanton treatment of the stomach and intestines, abuse him, overeating, hungry a full meal, one side in order to lose weight crazy diet, the other side of the barbecue and drink beer, and finally lead to the stomach and intestines are full of holes, it is no wonder that China's intestinal and gastrointestinal morbidity rate is so high, is not for no reason. One or two meals is nothing.According to statistics, if a person can live to 70 years old, he has to eat 60 tons of food (equivalent to the weight of 12 elephants) and excrete 4,000 kilograms of stool in his life, and these huge workloads (absorption, excretion, immunity) are all the daily work of the intestinal tract.So, do you still think that the stomach and intestines are not important? Is the title of the spleen and stomach, the foundation of the later life, called in vain? So how do you usually treat it?

Finally, I would like to share the above image, although I find it unbelievable, regardless of its authenticity for the time being, I hope that we are like this mango tree, although the leaves are gone and the pole is broken, as long as the core is still there and the roots are still there, no one can stop it from blossoming and bearing fruit!And for the body, weof the gut is our roots .....

People are the same, even if everything is gone, age, it does not matter, as long as the health is still there, can start again, do you think?

With everyone ----- Feel free to leave any questions in the comments section .....


About the Author:

Zhao Bo, National Senior Dietitian, is a dietitian dedicated to bringing a healthy lifestyle to people!

The Spleen and Stomach are the foundation of the body, the source of vital energy and blood.



(1) the main transport transport, that is, transit transport; chemical, that is, digestion and absorption. The main transportation of the spleen refers to the physiological function of the spleen to turn water and grains (food and drink) into essence and transfer the essence to the whole body. The spleen's function of transportation can be divided into two aspects: transportation of water and grains and transportation of water and liquids.

Transportation of water and grains Transportation of water and grains is the digestion and absorption of drinking food. After the diet enters the stomach, the digestion and absorption of food is actually carried out in the stomach and small intestine. However, it must rely on the transportation function of the spleen to transform water and grains into essence. Similarly, it also depends on the Spleen's function of transmitting and dispersing essence in order to 'irrigate the four sides' and spread the essence of water and grains throughout the body. For example, the Su Wen - The Treatise on Meridians and Vessels says, 'When food qi enters the stomach, it disperses essence in the liver ...... , and when turbid qi returns to the heart, it obscures the essence in the veins' and 'When drink enters the stomach, it overflows with essence, which is then transported upwards to the spleen, and the spleen disperses the essence, which is then returned upwards to the lungs' and so on, which both indicate that the absorption of nutrients from food and drink depends on the spleen's function of transmitting and dispersing essence. This physiological function of the spleen is also what the Suwen - Syncope Lecture says, 'The spleen is the main body that carries out its fluids for the stomach'. Therefore, the spleen's transport of water and grain essence function is strong, the body's digestion and absorption function can be sound, in order to provide enough nutrients for the production of essence, gas, blood, fluid, in order to make the internal organs, meridians and channels, limbs, as well as flesh, skin and hair, and other tissues to get adequate nutrition, and normal physiological activities. On the contrary, if the spleen's function of transporting and transforming water and grain essence is reduced, known as the spleen is not healthy, the body's digestive and absorption function is out of order because of it, and abdominal distension, loose stools, loss of appetite, and even lethargy, emaciation and qi and blood biochemical insufficiency and other pathologies. So: the spleen and stomach for the nature of the origin, the source of qi and blood biochemistry.

Transporting and transforming water and fluid Transporting and transforming water and fluid, also known as 'transporting and transforming water and dampness', refers to the absorption, transfer and dispersal of water and fluid, and is an integral part of the Spleen's main function of transporting and transforming. The absorption of nutrients from food and drink is mostly in liquid form, and the so-called function of transporting and transforming water-liquid means that the excess water in the absorbed water and grain essences can be transferred to the lungs and kidneys in a timely manner, and through the qi and chemical functions of the lungs and kidneys, it can be transformed into sweat and urine to be discharged out of the body. Therefore, if the spleen's function of transporting and transforming water and liquid is robust, it can prevent water and liquid from stagnating abnormally in the body, and also prevent the generation of pathological products such as dampness, phlegm and drink. On the contrary, when the Spleen's function of transporting and transforming water and fluid is reduced, it will inevitably lead to the stagnation of water and fluid in the body, and the production of pathological products such as dampness, phlegm and drink, or even lead to edema. Therefore, "Su Wen - to the true to the great theory" said: "all dampness, swelling and fullness, all belong to the spleen", which is the spleen deficiency generates dampness, the spleen is the source of phlegm and the mechanism of the occurrence of the spleen deficiency edema.

Transportation of grains and liquids are two aspects of the main transport function of the spleen, and the two can be divided but not separated. The transport function of the spleen is not only the main physiological function of the spleen, but also vital to the life activities of the entire body, so it is called the spleen and stomach as the 'base of the latter day', the source of qi and blood biochemistry. This is actually a high theoretical generalization of the physiological significance of dietary nutrition and digestion and absorption functions. Therefore, Li Zhongzi in the "medical must read" said: "a body, must be capital grain gas, grain people in the stomach, sprinkled in the six bowels and gas to, and adjusted in the five viscera and blood, and the human capital for the birth of the person also, so that the nature of the latter day in the spleen.

The spleen and stomach are 'the foundation of the latter day' and are also of great significance in disease prevention and health maintenance. For example, Li Dongyuan said in "Spleen and Stomach Theory - Spleen and Stomach Bloom and Decline Theory": "All diseases are born from the decline of the spleen and stomach. Therefore, in our daily life, we should not only pay attention to diet and nutrition, but also protect the spleen and stomach; for example, when we are sick, we should avoid food for our illness, and we should take the spleen and stomach into consideration when we use medicines and so on, all of which are the concrete embodiment of the spleen and stomach as the 'foundation of the later life' in preventing diseases and maintaining health.

(2) The main ascending and clearing function of the spleen is to ascend and clear. The so-called 'ascending and clearing' of ascending refers to the movement characteristics of the spleen qi, which is predominantly ascending, so it is also said that 'the spleen qi is mainly ascending.' Qing' refers to nutrients such as water, grain and essence.' Rising and clearing' refers to the absorption and uptake of nutrients such as water and grain essences and subtleties in the heart, lungs, head and eyes, and the generation of qi and blood through the heart and lungs to nourish the whole body. Therefore, it is said that 'the spleen is healthy by ascending'. Ascending and descending are a pair of contradictory movements of the internal organs and qi. The spleen's ascending clear, and the stomach's descending turbid relative, that is, ascending clear and descending turbid relative, this is one aspect. On the other hand, the lift between the internal organs, coordination and balance is an important factor in maintaining the body's internal organs relatively constant in a certain position. Therefore, the spleen's ascension and clear function is normal, the nutrients such as water and grain essence can be absorbed and normal transmission, as Li Dongyuan emphasized the spleen qi rise, then the vital energy, the human body began to have the opportunity to be born; at the same time, also due to the ascension of the spleen qi in order to make the internal organs of the body does not droop. If the spleen qi can not rise clear, the water and grain can not be transported, qi and blood biochemistry without a source, there can be fatigue, dizziness, abdominal distension, diarrhea, etc.; therefore, the "Suwen - yin and yang should be like the great theory" said: "clear gas in the lower, then the birth of food and drink. Spleen qi (middle qi) subsidence, can be seen in the prolonged leakage and prolapse of the anus, or even prolapse of internal organs and other conditions.

(3) the main blood spleen main blood, unity, is the meaning of unity, control, that is, the spleen has the function of unity blood in the meridians in the popular, to prevent the escape of the veins outside the function. The "Classic of Difficulties - Forty-two Difficulties" says: "The spleen wraps the blood and warms the five viscera. The word "wrap" here means that the spleen has the function of wrapping the blood and preventing it from escaping, which actually means that the spleen has the function of regulating the blood. The main mechanism of the Spleen in regulating blood is actually the fixing effect of Qi. For example, Shen Minan's "Notes on the Essentials of the Golden Chamber" says: "The blood of the five organs and six bowels depends on the spleen to regulate the blood. The reason why the spleen can unify the blood, and the spleen is the source of qi and blood biochemistry is closely related. The spleen's transport function is robust, the qi and blood is full, and the qi's regulating function is also more sound, and the blood will not escape from the veins and cause bleeding; on the contrary, the spleen's transport function is reduced, the qi and blood biochemical source, qi and blood deficiency, qi's regulating function is reduced, and lead to hemorrhage. However, since the spleen is responsible for ascending and clearing, and the spleen qi is responsible for ascending, it is customary to refer to hemorrhage, blood in urine, and metrorrhagia as the spleen's failure to regulate blood.

The Spleen in the Chi, in the Fluid, in the Body and in the Orifices

(1) in the Zhi for the spleen in the Zhi for Si, Si, that is, thinking, thinking, is a state of the human body's spiritual consciousness thinking activities. Such as (Ling Shu - this God) said: 'because of the Chi and the survival of change is called Si'. Thinking, although the spleen's will, but also with the heart of God, so there is 'thinking out of the heart, and the spleen should be' said. Normal thinking has no adverse effect on the physiological activities of the body, but in the case of overthinking and thinking too much, it can affect the normal physiological activities of the body. The most important of these is that it affects the normal movement of qi, leading to qi stagnation and qi stagnation, which is why the Su Wen. Lift the pain theory" said: "Thinking is the heart has to store, God has to return, the positive gas to stay and not work, so the gas knot carry on. From the impact of the physiological functions of the internal organs, the most obvious is the spleen's transport function, due to the gas knot in the middle, affecting the spleen's ascension of the clear, so excessive thinking can often lead to not think about food, epigastric distension, dizziness and other symptoms.

(2) in the liquid for salivation Salivation for the mouth, saliva in the thinner called salivation. It protects the mucous membrane of the oral cavity, moistens the oral cavity, secretes more when eating, and helps in the swallowing and digestion of food. Suwen - Xuanming five qi said: 'the spleen is salivation', so there is salivation out of the spleen and overflow in the stomach said. Under normal circumstances, saliva travels upwards in the mouth, but does not overflow outside the mouth. If the spleen and stomach are not in harmony, then it often leads to a sharp increase in saliva secretion, and salivation occurs from the mouth and other phenomena, so it is said that the spleen in the liquid for saliva.

(3) in the body and muscle, the main limbs "Su wen - impotence theory" said: "spleen main body muscle", this is due to the spleen and stomach for the source of qi and blood biochemistry, the whole body of the muscle, need to rely on the spleen and stomach transported by the essence of the grain to nutrients in order to make the muscles developed and plump, to achieve the robust, as "Su wen ji ji jie zhuo - the five generative organs chapter" said: "the spleen main transported by the essence of the grain, in order to generate and support the muscle, so the main meat". Therefore, the human body muscle strength or not, and the spleen and stomach transport function related to the spleen and stomach transport dysfunction, will lead to muscle thinness, weakness, and even atrophy. This is the main theoretical basis of "Suwen - impotence theory" said: 'treatment of impotence only take Yangming'.

The limbs are the end of the human body in comparison with the trunk, so they are also known as the 'four ends'. The human body's limbs, the same need for the spleen and stomach transportation of nutrients such as water, grain and micro-essence to maintain their normal physiological activities. Nutritional delivery of the limbs, all rely on the rising of the Qing Yang XuanFa, so "Su Wen, yin and yang should be like the great theory" said: "Qing Yang real limbs. Spleen main transportation and ascending clear, therefore, the spleen qi healthy transportation, the nutrition of the limbs is sufficient, and the activity is also light and strong; if the spleen is not healthy transportation, Qing Yang does not rise, cloth dispersal powerlessness, then the nutrition of the limbs is insufficient, visible tiredness and weakness, or even atrophy and weakness with no use. Therefore, "Su Wen - Tai Yin Yang Ming Theory" said: "The limbs are endowed with gas in the stomach but not to the meridian, must be due to the spleen is endowed. Now the spleen disease can not be for the stomach to line its fluid, the limbs are not endowed with water and grain gas, gas day to day to decline, the pulse is not favorable, sinews and bones and muscles have no gas to produce, so do not use it.' That is to say, the function of the limbs is normal or not, and the spleen's transportation of water and grain essence and ascending clear function is closely related.

(4) In the orifice is the mouth, and its splendor is in the lips The spleen opens the orifice in the mouth, and the mouth is the uppermost part of the digestive tract. The orifice of the spleen is the mouth, and the mouth is the uppermost part of the digestive tract. The opening of the orifice to the mouth refers to the close relationship between dietary tastes and the function of the spleen. Whether the taste is normal or not, it all depends on the transportation function of the spleen and stomach, i.e. whether the spleen's ascension and stomach's descension are normal or not. If the spleen and stomach are healthy, the taste will be normal and the appetite will be enhanced. That's why Ling Shu - Pulse Duo said: 'Spleen qi passes through the mouth, and if the spleen is harmonized, the mouth will be able to know the grains and cereals.' If the spleen is not healthy, there can be tastelessness, sweetness, greasiness, bitterness and other abnormal tastes in the mouth, thus affecting the appetite.

The color of the lips and mouth is related to whether or not the qi and blood of the whole body is full. Because the spleen is the source of qi and blood, so the color of the lips is red, not only is the whole body qi and blood condition of the reflection, and in fact, is also the spleen and stomach transportation of water and grain essence of the functional state of the reflection. Therefore, "Su Wen - Five Organ Generation" said: "The spleen's combined flesh is also, its glory lips.

Introduction to the Stomach

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The stomach, also known as the gastric epigastrium, is divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower. The upper part of the stomach is called the epigastric cavity, including the cardia; the middle part of the stomach is called the middle epigastric cavity, i.e., the part of the stomach body; and the lower part of the stomach is called the hypogastric cavity, including the pylorus. The main physiological function of the stomach is to receive and putrefy water and grains, and the stomach descends as harmony.

acceptance by principal

Reception, means to receive and accommodate. Putrefaction, is the meaning of preliminary digestion of food and drink through the stomach, forming the meaning of food and drink inlet, through the esophagus, accommodated in the stomach, so it is called the stomach as 'Taicang', 'the sea of water and grain'. Physiological activities of the organism and the production of qi, blood and fluids need to rely on the nutrition of the diet, so the stomach is also known as the 'sea of water, grains, qi and blood'. For example, the Ling Shu - Jade Plate said: 'the person's gas, the grain; the grain of the injection, the stomach; the stomach, the sea of water, grain, qi and blood also.' Accommodated in the stomach in the grain, through the stomach after the putrefaction, down in the small intestine, the essence of the spleen by the transportation and nutrition of the whole body. Therefore, although the stomach has the function of accepting and maturing the water and grains, it must cooperate with the transportation function of the spleen in order to turn the water and grains into essence to generate qi, blood and fluid to nourish the whole body. Diet and nutrition and the spleen and stomach on the diet of water and grain transportation function, for the maintenance of the body's vital activities, it is essential, so the "Suwen - Pingren Weather Theory" said: "people with water and grain-based"; "Suwen - Yu Ji Zhen Zang Theory" said: "five organs, are endowed with qi in the stomach; the stomach, the five viscera of the original also. It shows that the vital activities of the human body and its survival are related to the abundance and decline of stomach qi. Li Dongyuan said in "Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach - Treatise on the Transmission of Spleen and Stomach Deficiencies and Changes": "The sufficiency of vital energy is due to the fact that the qi of the spleen and stomach is not injured, and then it can nourish the vital energy. If the stomach qi is weak and the diet is doubled, then the qi of the spleen and stomach will be injured and the vital energy will not be enriched, and the cause of all diseases will be born.' Clinical diagnosis and treatment of diseases, also attaches great importance to the stomach qi, often 'to protect the stomach qi' as an important therapeutic principle. Therefore, Jingyue Quanshu - Miscellaneous Evidence Mol - Spleen and Stomach said: 'Anyone who wants to check the disease must first check the stomach qi; anyone who wants to cure the disease must always take care of the stomach qi. If the stomach qi is not damaged, there is nothing to worry about.'

main throughput

The stomach is the 'sea of water and grains', and food and drink enter the stomach, and after being putrefied by the stomach, they must go down into the small intestine for further digestion and absorption, which is why it is said that the stomach is the main passer of descending, and descending is the same as descending. Because in the Tibetan doctrine, the spleen rises and the stomach descends to summarize the physiological function of the entire digestive system, therefore, the stomach's role in the passage of descending, including the small intestine will be food residues down to the large intestine, and the large intestine to pass the dregs of the function within.

The passage and descent of the stomach is the descending of turbidity, and the descending of turbidity is the prerequisite for receptivity. Therefore, the loss of gastric ventilation and descent can not only affect appetite, but also cause bad breath, distension or pain in the epigastrium and constipation due to turbid qi in the upper part of the body, such as "Suwen - Yin and Yang Yingxiang Daxian", which says: "If turbid qi is in the upper part of the body, then it will give birth to true distension. If the stomach qi not only loses its circulation and descending, but then forms the stomach qi upward, then symptoms such as warmth and sourness, nausea, vomiting, and eructation can occur.

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The Spleen and the Stomach are connected to each other through the meridians and form a superficial relationship. 胃主受纳,脾主运化,两者之间的关系是'脾为胃行其津液',共同完成饮食物的消化吸收及其精微的输布,从而滋养全身,故称脾胃为'后天之本'。

Spleen main rise, stomach main fall, the opposite of each other. If the spleen qi rises, the essence of water and grain can be transmitted; if the stomach qi descends, the water and grain and its dregs can be carried down. Therefore, the "Clinical Guide to Medical Cases" says: "The spleen should be elevated to be healthy, and the stomach should be lowered to be in harmony. Stomach belongs to dryness, spleen belongs to wetness, stomach likes wetness, spleen likes dryness, spleen likes wetness, the two organs of dryness and wetness, yin and yang are in harmony, in order to complete the process of food and drink. Therefore, the "Clinical Guide to Medical Cases" also says: "Taiyin wet soil is transported by yang, and yangming dry soil is rested by yin.

Because the spleen and stomach in the physiological interconnection, and therefore in the pathology of each other, 'such as the spleen for the wet trapped, transport failure, Qing Qi does not rise, you can affect the stomach's acceptance and and descending, can appear to eat less, vomiting, nausea, epigastric distension and fullness and other symptoms. On the other hand, if the diet is not in order, food stagnation in the stomach and epigastric region, the stomach is out of harmony, which also affects the ascension and transportation of the spleen, and abdominal distension and diarrhea can occur. Su Wen - Yin Yang Ying Xiang Da Lun said: 'Clear gas in the lower, then born food; turbid gas in the upper, then born really bloated.' This is a generalization of the pathology and clinical manifestations of the diseases caused by disorders of elevation and elevation of the spleen and stomach.

Spleen and Stomach Maintenance

The key to preventing spleen and stomach diseases is to protect the normal functioning of the spleen and stomach. Therefore, attention should be paid to the maintenance of the spleen and stomach.

First, emotional factors have a great impact on appetite, digestion and absorption. Therefore, to maintain the spleen and stomach, the first thing to do is to maintain a good mood. According to research, bad mood can lead to decreased appetite, abdominal distension, warmth, indigestion, etc., while a good mood is beneficial to the normal activities of the gastrointestinal system.

Second, dietary regulation is the key to maintaining the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the diet should be regular, three meals regularly, quantitative, not overeating. Vegetarian-based, meat and vegetables. Need to eat vegetables and fruits, to meet the body's needs and keep the bowel movement. Eat less stimulating and difficult-to-digest foods, such as sour and spicy, fried, dry, hard and sticky foods, and cold foods should be eaten as little as possible.

Third, pay attention to cold and warm. As the saying goes, 'ten stomach problems nine cold'. This is indeed the voice of experience, so pay attention to warm and cold is very important. In the spring and fall when the climate is unpredictable, patients with cold stomach pain should pay attention to warmth, avoid cold; have a weak spleen diarrhea, can be in the umbilical cord paste warm umbilical cord plaster, but also should eat less cold fruits and vegetables, such as cold stomach and epigastric part, can take ginger tea in a timely manner.

Fourth, we should insist on participating in appropriate physical activities, such as walking, jogging, playing tai chi, doing qigong and so on. Appropriate physical exercise can increase the body's gastrointestinal function, so that gastrointestinal peristalsis to strengthen the secretion of digestive juices to increase, promote the digestion of food and absorption of nutrients, and can improve the gastrointestinal tract itself, promote its metabolism, and delay the aging of the digestive system. Can also be every night before going to bed, lying in bed with both hands massage the upper and lower abdomen, back and forth about 40 ~ 50 times, can help the spleen to transport, stagnation, through the gas, the spleen and stomach have a good health care role.

Massage to nourish the spleen

From the perspective of Chinese medicine, the five seasons of spring, summer, long summer, fall and winter correspond to nourishing the liver, heart, spleen, lungs and kidneys of the human body. Since the spleen is of the five elements of earth and resides in the center, nourishing the spleen is not only in the season of long summer, but every season of the year should be prioritized to nourish the spleen and stomach.'' Spleen and Stomach are the foundation of the latter day' and 'Spleen and Stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry'. Conservation of the spleen and stomach is the root of disease prevention and health care, here we introduce a few self-massage simple and effective ways to nourish the spleen and stomach.

Method 1: hands stacked, to the navel as the center of the clockwise, counterclockwise direction of rubbing the abdomen 10 times. Method 2: Hands stacked, with the palm of one hand on the navel, slightly trembling abdomen for 1 to 3 minutes, the frequency of 120 to 180 times per minute.

Method 3:Hands knocking the belt vein for 3 to 5 minutes, that is, hands clenched fist, knocking on both sides of the waist, to the extent that their own tolerance.

Method 4:Along the medial edge of the big toe of the foot, the inner calf of the inner shinbone from the bottom up to push the foot Taiyin Spleen meridian route, each time 10 times, and then point and press Tai Bai is located in the medial edge of the foot, when the first metatarsal small head of the lower back of the depression, the Sanyinjiao is located in the inner calf, the foot of the inner ankle tip of the 3 inches, the yinlingquan is located in the inner side of the knee, the medial epicondyle of the tibia depression and the point of the pain pressure each half a minute.

Method 5:Along the foot yangming stomach meridian calf route from top to bottom push the front lateral side of the calf, focusing on pointing and pressing the foot Sanli 3 inches directly below the knee eye, Fenglong point the front lateral side of the calf, the outer knee eye and the outer ankle tip of the line of the mid-point of the line and the point of the pressure and pain.

Method 6: Tap and knead the mid-epigastric cavity is located in the navel above the 4 fingers, Neiguan point is located in the palm side of the wrist, the center of the transverse carpal stripe on the distance of about two thumbs each 1 ~ 3 minutes.

It should be noted that:Massage for functional gastrointestinal diseases have a certain degree of efficacy, but for organic diseases such as tumors, ulcerative diseases, etc., should be timely to the hospital, in order to prevent the delayed condition.

"The foundation of the day after tomorrow" 🈯️ is the spleen and stomach. After the birth of a person, the maintenance of the body's vital activities and the blood and fluid production are dependent on the spleen and stomach transportation of water and grain essence, so that the spleen and stomach for the source of qi and blood biochemistry - the basis of the day after tomorrow.

Chinese medicine has a tonic soil soil method, where serious illnesses if repeated treatment is not effective, or no way to start, then you may want to try to regulate the spleen and stomach; according to the five elements, the earth for the axis, the spleen is the main rise and the stomach is the main drop, the earth is prosperous axis of transportation, naturally, can lead to the left wood rise and the right gold fall, water rise and fire fall, so the five viscera and bowels are all balanced, naturally, healthy and disease-free.

Nourish the spleen and stomach in many ways, the diet should be regular meals, eat less chili and other stimulating foods, you can often eat such as: sweet potatoes 🍠, millet, yam, jujubes, ginger and other warming ingredients; good mood tends to be a strong digestive ability of the intestines and stomach, thus playing a regulating effect of the spleen and stomach. Usually pay attention to keep warm, you can often moxibustion foot Sanli point, in the epigastric point, Taibai point, etc. are helpful to warm the spleen Yang; in addition, pay attention to try not to stay up all night. Thank you!

The spleen and stomach are the foundation of the latter day and the source of qi and blood biochemistry. The so-called latter day corresponds to the "first day", and the kidney is the foundation of the first day, and the essence of the first day is hidden in the kidney, which is what is meant by this.

Spleen and stomach have the function of digesting food, absorbing food essence, and generating qi and blood, so whether the body is strong or not is related to the spleen and stomach!

This is why "the spleen and stomach is the foundation of the latter day, the source of qi and blood biochemistry".

When you are born, you have to live on food. Man is iron and food is steel.

"Food is the God of the people" and diet is the foundation of human survival. The spleen and stomach are vital to the maintenance of life. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says: "The human being is based on water and grains; therefore, if a person is deprived of water and grains, he will die." Normal life activities of the human body depends on diet and nutrition (water and grain essence), the stomach's acceptance of decay, the spleen's main physiological function of transportation has the dietary substances into water and grain essence, and water and grain essence transferred to the body's function.

The specific food transformation process is like this: food enters the body through the mouth, through the stomach's acceptance of putrefaction, preliminary digestion, and sent down to the small intestine for further digestion. However, it is necessary to rely on the qi role of the spleen, into the essence of grains and cereals, and through the transfer of spleen qi, dispersed throughout the body, play a nourishing role. The essence of the upward transmission of the heart and lungs, qi and blood, nourishing the whole body; down to the kidneys, nourishing the essence of the innate, in order to promote the growth and development of people and reproductive function. After birth, the function of the organs and tissues of the body are dependent on the supply of qi, blood and fluid, and qi, blood and fluid generation and enrichment, originating from the stomach's acceptance of decay, the spleen's transportation, so the spleen and stomach as "the basis of the day after tomorrow", "qi, blood and the source of biochemistry".

Physiologically, if the stomach accepts and decays with normal function and the spleen is healthy, then the essence and microorganisms are sufficient, the qi and blood are abundant, and the internal organs and tissues can be nourished. If the stomach receives and decays abnormally, the spleen is not healthy, the water and grains are not transformed, and the qi and blood are insufficient, then we can see the symptoms of undigested diet such as abdominal distension and loose stools, little food and dullness, or we can see the symptoms of qi and blood insufficiency such as tiredness and fatigue, and yellowish skin and thinness.

Because of the extraordinary importance of the spleen and stomach as "the foundation of the later life" and "the source of qi and blood biochemistry", Chinese medicine naturally pays special attention to the spleen and stomach in the treatment of spleen and stomach disorders as well as in the process of health maintenance and prevention of diseases. There are three major aspects in the treatment of the spleen and stomach: 1) tonifying the spleen and stomach, using Chinese medicine or acupuncture to improve and strengthen digestion and absorption; 2) coordinating the elevation function of the spleen and stomach, so that it is in harmony with the other organs and itself; and 3) taking care of the stomach and gas, and being cautious of using all kinds of medicines or therapies that may impair or damage the digestive function. Nutrition and disease prevention in the attention of the spleen and stomach, mainly to emphasize dietary moderation, degree, regularity; to guard against hunger and satiety, intake of food without time, depending on the mood and other bad habits; focus on a wide range of recipes, food should be light, cold and temperature is appropriate; do not want to eat a certain food a certain taste, or cold and hot, acidic and pungent, biased fat and sweet, etc.; pay attention to the hygiene of the food and drink, pay attention to the behavior of the intake of food is reasonable and the behavior of the intake before and after the appropriate, and so on.





There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine: "All diseases are caused by the decline of the spleen and stomach", which shows that the spleen and stomach play a very important role in our body. The energy we need in our body comes from the transformation of food by the spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach are the foundation of human existence, i.e., "the foundation of the latter". The spleen is one of the five viscera, which is yin in nature, and the stomach is one of the six bowels, which is yang in nature. The spleen and stomach are mutually exclusive, and therefore, although the spleen and stomach are two different organs in the human body, they are closely linked and work together.

The main function of the stomach is to accept and putrefy. The so-called acceptance is to accept and accommodate, putrefaction is the initial digestion of food through the stomach, into a porridge like the midnight body material that is the food surimi. Food nutrition is the source of our body's physiological activities and blood and fluid, so it can be said that the stomach is "the sea of water, grain, gas and blood. Sufficient stomach qi is the guarantee of our health.

It is not enough for the stomach alone to absorb nutrients; the stomach must work with the spleen to supply nutrients to the whole body. The main function of the spleen is transportation and absorption. After food is digested in the stomach, the rest depends on the transportation and operation of the spleen to transport nutrients upward to the lungs and downward to the bladder, so as to provide sufficient nutrients for the essence, qi, blood, and fluids, which is the key link for the human body to obtain effective energy and maintain normal metabolism.

Spleen and stomach as the body's acquired nature, in order to have a good body, healthy body, we must pay attention to the maintenance of the spleen and stomach.

It is the theory of Chinese medicine that the spleen is the foundation of the latter and the kidney is the foundation of the innate;

Kidney is the foundation of the innate, the spleen is the foundation of the innate, Chinese medicine to the spleen and the stomach is as a set of correspondences to see the relationship between each other, each other, to make a long story short, it is called the spleen and stomach it!

Re-popularize the general knowledge of Chinese medicine: organs are solid, viscera are pocketed, kidneys heart liver spleen solid, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, San Jiao, bladder, gallbladder is viscera. Lungs ancient cognitive unknown, San Jiao is a virtual.


Delineate the focus:It means that when one comes out of the womb, one's physical condition, healthy or not, depends on the kidneys. If the kidney essence is sufficient, the body is healthy; if the kidney essence is weak, the body is poor. What about the nature of the afterbirth? When a person comes out of the womb, whether he is fat or thin, does it all depend on the maintenance of the latter? The maintenance of the acquired, mainly rely on the spleen and stomach. The spleen is the source of blood biochemistry, and has the function of transporting nutrients to the whole body. All life activities after birth depend on the spleen and stomach to take in nutrients to provide energy.

Expand on the point:"The spleen opens the orifices in the mouth, and its splendor is in the lips." The normalness or otherwise of a person's dietary taste and appetite is closely related to the spleen's ability to transport and transform. If the spleen is healthy, the taste and appetite will be normal; on the contrary, there will be loss of appetite or abnormal taste, such as bland mouth, sweet mouth and greasy mouth. The complexion of a person with a healthy Spleen and Stomach: slightly yellowish with reddish moisturizing, slightly glossy, and red lips. The spleen is the main dampness, if the spleen is weak, too much water is dampness, easy to get tired, face more dark yellow, dry, such a person eat anything to grow fat, fat.

Emphasis added:The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says, "The spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry." Only if the spleen and stomach function normally, the qi and blood biochemical function will be vigorous, life can be maintained, the skin and muscles will get enough nutrition to maintain health, the face can be radiant. If the spleen is weak, the food can not be converted into nutrients, the body will have problems. Chinese medicine also believes that the five flavors into the five organs, sour into the liver, sweet into the spleen, salty into the kidneys and so on. Sweet food into the spleen, can tonic spleen qi, it is advisable to eat, such as some rich in high quality protein sugar food: lean meat, eggs, jujubes, honey, fresh vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, etc. can strengthen the spleen to replenish qi.

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