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The tongue is fat and large, and taking spleen-boosting herbs is not effective instead, why?

The tongue is fat, indicating that the water-dampness evil has been more prevalent in the patient's body. The principle of Chinese medicine is to treat the symptom if it is urgent, and treat the root if it is slow, now, the water-dampness evil gathering in the body is its urgent, so the first problem to be solved is to get rid of the water-dampness evil, so that water-dampness is discharged out of the body, so that it captures the main contradiction of things, and the other problems will be solved naturally. At this time to take the spleen of Chinese medicine, the effect is not good, because did not seize the focus of the disease, the cart before the horse.

At this time we can give some favorable water food such as winter melon skin, Coix Seed porridge, can also use common Chinese medicine plantain, leucaena root boiled water to drink to solve! The method is simple, and the effect is still very good.

After the elimination of water-dampness, if there is still a deficiency of spleen qi, you can regulate the spleen with spleen-healthy prescriptions to restore the normal function of the body, the common spleen-healthy prescriptions are Sijunzi Tang, Isokongsan, and Xiangsha Liujunzi Tang, which are simple and practical.

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Observe the tongue to identify the moss, and you should look closely at the moisturizing and drying;

To detect the color and press the pulse, we must first distinguish between yin and yang.

This is for fellow Chinese medicine students.

Now many people's understanding of Chinese medicine, are only stuck in the basic cold and heat, tongue fat to dispel dampness, yellow tongue is hot.

Do not hear, tender tongue more master deficiency evidence, moss yellowish and slippery more fluid, and solid heat of the tongue red dry moss yellow dryer also have a difference, this front of the moss yellowish and slippery is due to yang deficiency, a flavor of the clearing of heat and dampness, always can not cure this tongue.

This problem is even more prominent, just observed the tongue fat, without first identifying the moist and dry, has not identified the yin and yang, even this is not dialectical, it appears, the last masked right, the next does not work.

One,A chubby tongue is a sign of water-dampness stagnation in the body


Many people see that their tongue is fat and say that they are spleen yang deficiency, and then take spleen-boosting Chinese medicine, but instead of the effect is not good, and there will even be some adverse reactions, this is how it is?


In fact, this is because there is no discerning analysis of this problem. A fat tongue is a manifestation of water-dampness stagnation in the body. What conditions can lead to water-dampness stagnation?



ii,Spleen-Yang deficiency can be seen in the fat tongue


Chinese medicine says that the spleen is the main transportation, the normal metabolism of water needs the spleen's function is strong, if the spleen's yang qi decline, promote the powerlessness, the slow running of water will stagnate in the body. The performance of the tongue, there will be a tongue body fat formation of teeth marks. Because of the lack of yang qi, the tongue is fat and reddish at the same time!


iii,Damp-Heat is also seen in the fat tongue


Spleen and stomach have dampness and heat, heat evil filling the body, can deplete the body fluid, fluid concentration cycle is slow, and at the same time there are damp and turbid evil entanglement, the blood circulation is further obstructed, so there can also be a fat tongue or even accompanied by teeth marks. Many people who like to smoke and drink are often able to form this state of dampness and heat obstruction, which is often very red tongue fat tongue. So generally clinically you need to clean up the dampness and heat first, and then you can strengthen the spleen at a later stage.



Four,Stasis can also be seen in the fat tongue


Some middle-aged or elderly people with cardiovascular disease, who tend to have slow-running blood viscosity, may also have a fat tongue, while the tongue texture tends to be purple and dark. If you look at the sublingual veins, there may also be obvious sublingual varicose veins. Nowadays, many young people like to stay up late, drinking, but also the formation of blood stasis in the body stagnant state, the formation of this tongue like.


Five,Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)


Therefore, the tongue body fat also depends on the specific causes, targeted treatment to achieve better results, rather than simply think that it is spleen Yang deficiency, can also be caused by dampness and heat, can also be caused by stasis and blood stagnation. Specific analysis of specific problems is the best policy.


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The earth is 70% water, the human body 60-80% is water. Water is unfavorable for wet, wet for the disease is very extensive. Water dampness flooding, there are a variety of reasons: spleen, lungs, kidneys, bladder function of the problem, but also the skin coupling meridian qi and blood Sanjiao problem, it is not so simple.

The tongue is fat and heavy with dampness. Spleen dampness is common, but there is also gastrointestinal dampness, triple jiao dampness, skin and membrane dampness. Treatment of dampness, can not be a word "healthy" word. Health is also benefit, is also complementary, there are "plug" and "block" of suspicion.

Dayu ruled the water and knew how to dredge, not block.

Therefore, in treating dampness, we should not just think of strengthening the spleen, but also move the qi and promote dampness, promote the lungs to resolve dampness, warm the water and dampness, aroma and dampness, clear heat and dry dampness, dispel wind and dampness, and diuretic and dampness.

The medicine can be used to move the gas and dampness, Hovenia, Citrus aurantium, Chen Pi, wood incense, abdominal skin, driver's license, thick Park;

Aromatic Dampness can be transformed by using Grass Nutmeg, Grass Nut, Sand Nuts and Nine Spice Worms;

To clear heat and dry dampness, use Huanglian, Huangbai, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Gentian grass;

To dispel wind and dampness, use white aconite, fengfeng, duhuo, wei lingxian, and dilutescence.

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First of all, we have to know that the overall concept and diagnosis and treatment is the soul of Chinese medicine; the biggest difference between Chinese medicine and western medicine lies in the treatment of disease, Chinese medicine is to think from the macro-thinking, to look at the problem as a whole, and then find the root cause of the problem, and then diagnose the disease through the method of "diagnosis and treatment", and finally to "discuss and treat" the disease based on the diagnosis results. Finally, based on the results of the diagnosis, the disease is "treated". Why is it "on treatment"? The meaning is that it is constantly changing, and the treatment method will be changed at any time according to the transformation and development of the disease.


Most people think that a fat tongue is a deficiency of the spleen; therefore, whenever they see a fat tongue with teeth marks, they will use spleen-healthy medicines directly, but they ignore the changes in the tongue coating and the tongue texture. There are many common cases of large and fat tongues, and it is not simply a matter of spleen deficiency that can be solved by using spleen-enhancing medicines. Below I will talk about a few symptoms that are related to a large tongue, but the use of spleen-enhancing medicines is not effective, for reference only:

1、Qi deficiency and blood stasis type

This type of syndrome is very common in clinics, mostly characterized by a dull tongue, fat tongue, thin tongue coating, and petechiae or ecchymosis in the front part of the tongue. It is mainly caused by the weakness of the body's qi and blood, which drives the blood to run weakly and leads to stasis of blood over a long period of time. Such patients tend to have symptoms such as weakness, easy fatigue, fear of cold, and lack of desire to eat, and many of them show signs of pain and discomfort in certain places. Clinical treatment is mostly based on replenishing qi, supplemented with medicines that invigorate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, with excellent results.

Patients can also press their Qihai, Guanyuan, Kidney Yu, Sea of Blood, Sanyinjiao and other points, or do moxibustion treatment on these points, can receive certain results.

2、Spleen heat, qi and yin deficiency

This kind of patient's tongue image is reddish, the tongue texture is red and tender, the tongue is fat, there is no tongue moss on the tongue surface, from the tongue image, it belongs to the heat evidence, the tongue moss is completely absent indicating that the yin fluid is greatly injured, and through the discovery of the tongue is fat, we know that the disease position is in the spleen. Clinical defense of most spleen heat spleen qi and yin deficiency. It can also be accompanied by loss of appetite, pallor, fatigue, dry mouth, constipation and other symptoms.

In this case, it is almost impossible to see the effect of purely using products to strengthen the Spleen, and all the medicines must be used only after the doctor's diagnosis. Even if treatment is given, it should be based on strengthening the spleen in conjunction with medicines that nourish and nourish the yin at the same time.

It can also be toned through acupoints, but it cannot achieve the purpose of treatment. Acupoints such as Spleen Yu, Kidney Yu, Foot Sanli, Sanyinjiao and Taixi can be chosen for stimulation.

3、Spleen and lung qi deficiency type

The tongue image of this syndrome type is mainly pale in color, with a fat tongue, tender tongue and a thin layer of white moss on the tongue surface. This type of tongue image occurs mainly due to the deficiency of qi, which is unable to promote the operation of substances in the body, and the insufficiency of the spleen and lungs, and the deficiency of the middle qi. Most of the patients with this tongue image have low functional activities of the internal organs, weakened resistance to disease, showing a white face, pale lips and mouth, lack of mental energy, body fatigue, defecation is difficult, easy to sweat after defecation, shortness of breath and other symptoms. Treatment should be based on strengthening the spleen and tonifying the lungs.

Pressure can be applied to acupuncture points such as the middle epigastric region, the large intestine acupoint, Qihai, Guanyuan, and the foot Sanli;


Secondly, there is also the fat tongue that can occur in diarrhea caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach;

Coughs due to lung and kidney deficiencies may present with a pale, fat tongue;

There are also cold and dampness accumulation, dampness and heat injection, dampness and heat, spleen and stomach dampness and heat, liver and gallbladder preheat, spleen and kidney yang deficiency, etc., can appear fat tongue, only each kind of fat tongue tongue, tongue texture, tongue coating, tongue, tongue image will have a different performance, and can not be simply strengthen the spleen can solve the problem.


[Note]: The above tongue pictures do not correspond to the type of evidence.

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Tongue body fat, Chinese medicine tongue diagnosis called fat tongue, fat tongue is generally because the body too much water and dampness, impregnation caused. In layman's terms, it is actually more water that causes the tongue to bubble and swell. And fat tongue generally appear, are accompanied by the tongue edge of the teeth, tongue full of oral cavity, teeth extrusion so the formation of teeth, so fat tongue and teeth will appear together, so fat tongue, teeth tongue represents the clinical significance of traditional Chinese medicine is what?

1. Spleen and kidney yang deficiency, water-dampness internal stoppage

The human body's water operation, relying on a number of organs to cooperate, kidney yang steam smoked, spleen yang transportation, lung qi Xuan Su, San Jiao Tong Li, any one of the internal organs have problems will cause the water operation abnormalities. And water running abnormalities will appear to stop gathering, so there is excessive dampness. So sometimes fat big tongue with spleen Chinese medicine effect is not good, then you need to start from the kidney and spleen yang qi, warm yang in order to melt water.

2、San Jiao is unfavorable and the channel is blocked

Dispel dampness do not forget to strengthen the spleen, spleen transportation of water, this is the basic theory, but many times the effect achieved is very poor, because sometimes the San Jiao is also very critical, the need to pass the guide, the San Jiao is known as the officer of the decision of malfeasance, the "Su Wen - Ling Lan secret canon theory": "the San Jiao, the decision of malfeasance of the officer of the watercourse, watercourses out of it." Note: "guide yin and yang, open the occlusion, so the officials decided to blasphemy, waterways out of it." So the human body fluid problems, to think of the San Jiao, you need to benefit the San Jiao qi, so that the San Jiao qi smooth, which is the effect of eliminating dampness will be better!

3、To facilitate urination, wet have a way out

In many cases, dampness spleen, warm Yang, but still the effect is not good, this time to be combined with the diaper, wet only have a way out, dampness in the human body, as if the field water diffusion, this time not only their own digestion, but also the need to open the drain, so that you can be too much dampness out, the human body is also, dampness from the way out of the two stools, sweat to exclude. Therefore, it is also a good way to get rid of dampness!

However, no matter whether it is warming the spleen and kidney yang, facilitating the triple jiao, or facilitating urination, it still needs to be considered comprehensively, combined with the symptoms and dialectical treatment, so that the dampness can be removed in a comprehensive manner!

A chubby tongue is indeed a representative symptom of spleen deficiency. Strengthen the spleen to diuresis, not only medication, but also more exercise, accelerate blood circulation, strengthen the cardiopulmonary function, fast walking, yoga, tai chi, whatever works. Adhere to the daily hot water foot soak and foot massage. Strengthening the spleen is a long-term process.

Tongue hypertrophy, there are many causes.1, the most common is, spleen qi deficiency, most often seen in the middle of the qi subsidence, bleeding and so on. You can take Chinese medicines that strengthen the spleen and replenish the middle qi. 2. Dampness is heavy, and dampness traps the spleen, causing the spleen qi to show deficiency, which is actually not very weak. Taking dampness and spleen strengthening traditional Chinese medicine (ginseng ling baizhu san); 3, kidney qi deficiency, the lack of kidney qi will lead to the body of water and dampness is too heavy, breeding dampness. Take herbs that tonify kidney qi (Jin Gui Ren Qi Pills); 4. Deficiency of Wei qi can also lead to tongue expansion, as well as colds, allergies, pneumonia and other diseases. Take traditional Chinese medicine that nourishes Wei Qi (Yu Ping Feng Granules).

There are several cases of tongue fat, tongue fat and pale, mostly for the spleen and kidney qi deficiency; tongue swelling mouth, can not be turned (also known as wood tongue), mostly for the heart and spleen fire heat is too abundant; tongue fat blue and purple bleak, mostly poisoning phenomenon. Prolonged tongue fat is mainly due to the spleen loss of health and transportation, the function of water and dampness is low, and the water and dampness caused by the internal stop.

Tongue fat pale sign of water and dampness, trapped spleen qi, so that the spleen qi can not rise, which is what we usually say "dampness trapped spleen", then why take the spleen of traditional Chinese medicine but the effect is not good? This is mainly because the spleen of the Chinese medicine is mostly tonic medicine, easy to nourish the convergence of evil, not only can not play the role of spleen, but will aggravate the burden on the spleen and stomach, and further aggravate the congestion of water and dampness, the formation of deficiency obesity and even swelling. Deficiency of the spleen's transport function is low when taking tonic medicine can not play a role instead of fire and other symptoms, "deficiency is not subject to tonic" is also this reason. Therefore, it is said that "complementary positive without forgetting to dispel the evil, fill the first qi must be rationalized".

When the tongue is fat, dampness is the symptom, the symptom; spleen deficiency is the cause, the root cause. There should be a differentiation in treatment, the general principle is "treat the symptom if it is urgent, treat the root if it is slow". Spleen deficiency and dampness should be used first to promote water and dampness of drugs such as poria, zejia, Tongcao, Fangji, etc. so that water and dampness drink evil discharged from the body, the spleen dry and not for the phlegm and drink water and dampness trapped, then the spleen qi rise, the spleen qi rise and transport water and dampness of the function of the return to normal, and then take the spleen of the traditional Chinese medicine will have an effect. Therefore, it is recommended to use water-inducing and dampness-inducing medicines to dispel dampness to treat the symptoms, and then use spleen-enhancing and qi-beneficial medicines to treat the root cause; or use spleen-enhancing and dampness-inducing medicines to treat both symptoms and root cause.

However, the use of dampness-expelling and water-inducing medicines should be used while the disease is still in progress, and should not be taken for a long period of time, or else the consequences of injury to yin will occur.

The tongue is fat, it may be dampness, simply strengthening the spleen is not very effective, you also need to dispel dampness

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