Spleen Dampness and Phlegm Dampness, both in Chinese medicine, Spleen Dampness is one of the common common types of evidence in Chinese medicine, while Phlegm Dampness, refers to the symptoms of a person's constitution, there is still a clear difference between the two.

spleen-wetness

Spleen Dampness, also known as Middle Jiao Damp-Heat, refers to a series of symptoms manifested when the spleen and stomach are trapped by dampness.

Typing:Spleen Dampness is divided into solid and deficiency evidence, the solid evidence is further divided into cold-damp and damp-heat; deficiency evidence, is further divided into spleen qi deficiency and spleen yang deficiency.

Reason:It is mostly caused by deficiency of vital energy, loss of healthy transportation of the spleen, uncontrolled diet, internal obstruction of water and dampness, and internal growth of phlegm and turbidity.

Key performance:Fatigue, yellowish color, generalized swelling, short and reddish urine, stuffiness in the epigastric region, heavy head and body, loss of appetite, sticky mouth, phlegm and saliva congestion, loose and unformed stools, pale and fat tongue with teeth marks on the side and white greasy moss, and other symptoms.

Principles of treatment:strengthen the spleen and resolve dampness

Commonly used proprietary medicines:Proprietary Chinese medicines include Gui Spleen Pill, Jian Spleen Pill, Liu Jun Zi Pill, Mu Xiang Shun Qi Pill, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Pill, Ping Stomach Pill, Pian Zi Lizhong Pill, Ginseng Ling Bai Shu Pill, and so on.

• If spleen deficiency is predominant, leading to internalization of dampness and turbidity, manifested by scanty stools, poor appetite, and a pale tongue, Ginseng and Atractylodis Macrocephalae Powder can be used.
• If spleen yang deficiency is predominant, such as cold pain in the stomach and epigastric region, use Radix Rehmanniae Pill.
• If dampness is predominant, manifested as white moss, thick and greasy mouth, accompanied by cold symptoms, can choose to use patchouli Zhengqi.

Because spleen-dampness is divided into different types, clinical specific medications need to be identified accurately before choosing the right medication for treatment.

Conditioning Methods:

• Improve bad living and eating habits, eat a light and nutritious diet that is easy to digest, and eat more food such as yam, Semen Coicis, red kidney beans, lotus seeds, etc., and make congee and soup.
• Regular work and rest, do not stay up late. Appropriate exercise, daily brisk walking or jogging 40-60 minutes, no less than five times a week, long-term persistence, more sweat.
• Pay attention to keeping your abdomen warm, avoid living in wet areas for a long time, sunbathe your bedding often, and keep your home dry and ventilated.
• You can also use moxibustion and cupping to get rid of dampness, and the main points include the foot Sanli point, the middle epigastric point, the spleen acupuncture point, the stomach acupuncture point, and the Yinlingquan point.

痰湿

Phlegm-dampness, a symptom of the human constitution, is known as phlegm-dampness, in which both phlegm and dampness are pathological metabolic products in the body.

Reason:According to Chinese medicine, the formation of phlegm-dampness is closely related to the dysfunction of the three internal organs, including the lungs, spleen and kidneys. The spleen's dysfunction is the most prominent, because the spleen is responsible for the transportation of water and dampness, and the lungs are the storage of phlegm, so the symptoms of phlegm-dampness will mainly be related to the spleen and lungs.

Key performance:Obesity, easy swelling of the limbs, cough and sputum, sputum white and dilute, more coughing, light mouth, no thirst, poor appetite, head and body heavy and sleepy, easy to sweat, tongue fat, tongue texture pale tongue coating white, pulse stringy and slippery.

Principles of treatment:Resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moving the spleen and resolving dampness

Commonly used proprietary Chinese medicines: proprietary Chinese medicines areGui Spleen Pills, Jian Spleen Pills, Mu Xiang Shun Qi Pills, Radix Rehmanniae Pills, Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu San, Jin Shui Bao, etc., and the formula can be given as Er Chen Tang and San Zi Nourishing Relative Tang with additions and subtractions.

Conditioning Methods:

• Diet should be light, no cold, too sweet and too salty food, which is easy to produce phlegm, and no fat, sweet and thick flavors, which are easy to damage the spleen and stomach and lead to the lowering of the spleen and stomach's function of transportation and digestion.
• Eat more vegetables and fresh fruits, you can eat more kelp, winter melon, and eat some ginger, dry ginger and other spicy foods as appropriate.
• . Avoid living in humid environments and do regular exercise such as jogging, walking, swimming, tai chi, etc. Lose weight and improve your health.

What is the difference between Spleen Dampness and Phlegm Dampness?

From the perspective of Chinese medicine, spleen dampness belongs to the etiology of the disease, which can cause different types of evidence, while phlegm-dampness is the name of a disease, which refers to a symptom of the human body constitution, is a pathological product of the spleen transportation, water and dampness after the dysfunction of a pathological product.

From the above etiology, main manifestations, etc., it can also be seen that spleen-dampness and phlegm-dampness, they are still different.

But the same point is very much related to the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach, which is why there are many of the same symptoms, such as swelling, head and body heavy and sleepy, white tongue, and other clinical manifestations.It is more difficult to completely differentiate between them. Generally, TCM practitioners will use the right medication according to the specific symptoms and manifestations of the patient.

Hello, I am glad to answer your question, how should we distinguish between spleen-dampness and phlegm-dampness in Chinese medicine? This is a question that many people are confused about, and Dr. Zhu will answer this question for you with his professional knowledge of Chinese medicine.

Spleen Dampness is also called Spleen Dampness Evidence, which is caused by external dampness or the inability of the spleen to transport and transform water and liquids, resulting in the formation of dampness trapped in the spleen, and is mostly manifested as symptoms of dampness affecting the spleen and stomach, such as gastric and epigastric discomfort, loose stools and diarrhea, including stomach and intestinal colds manifested as dampness obstructing the middle Jiao, nausea and vomiting, and joint pain and swelling caused by dampness attacking the skin and joints, etc. Spleen Dampness is more extensive and is not confined to the above mentioned illnesses;

When Dampness is in a person, it enters the skin as stubborn numbness, enters the qi and blood as tiredness, enters the lungs as wheezing and fullness, enters the spleen as dampness, phlegm and swelling, and enters the liver as fullness of the coils and unfavorable limbs - The Ancient and Modern Medical Journal

② phlegm-dampness is also called phlegm-dampness evidence, due to the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach, the water can not be metabolized, stagnation in the internal organs somewhere and the formation of metabolites, phlegm-dampness can impede the internal organs, meridians, qi and blood operation, causing many diseases, such as chronic lung obstruction during the development process of the phlegm and drink obstruction of the lungs, coughing and phlegm, light and greasy tongue;; cerebral stroke and psychiatric illnesses show phlegm clearing the orifices, headache and dizziness, confusion, coma, and so on.

The root of phlegm is water, originating in the kidney; the movement of phlegm is dampness, dominated by the spleen - Miscellaneous Writings of the Ming Physicians

Chinese medicine believes that "the spleen is the main fluid transportation", in the stimulation of the cause, the spleen does not transport, stagnation of fluid is spleen dampness, dampness over time into phlegm is phlegm-dampness, so the main difference between the two is that spleen dampness is the beginning of phlegm-dampness, phlegm-dampness is the progress of the spleen dampness aggravated spleen-dampness is more for the spleen deficiency is mainly affected by the disease, phlegm-dampness is the progression of the spleen deficiency leading to the internal organs Spleen Dampness is mostly caused by Spleen Deficiency, while Phlegm Dampness is caused by the progression of Spleen Deficiency leading to dysfunction of the internal organs. Please note that both are "evidence" in Chinese medicine, the concept of evidence is the stage of disease development, not specifically referring to a particular disease, that is to say, no matter what kind of disease, the manifestation of spleen-dampness or phlegm-dampness can be used as the basis for identification and treatment. Next, we will talk in detail about the reasons for the formation of spleen-dampness and phlegm-dampness and the difference between them.

The transformation of phlegm and saliva is originally caused by water and grain, so that if the spleen is strong and the stomach is healthy, then it will be transformed with food and become blood and gas, so how can it be retained as phlegm--Jingyue Quanshu (The Encyclopedia of Jingyue)

★Spleen and stomach disorders are the basis for the formation of phlegm and dampness

• Chinese medicine believes that "the spleen likes dryness and evil dampness", meaning that the spleen is the main transportation of water and dampness, to ensure the normal distribution of daily dietary fluids and body fluids metabolism for the needs of human life activities. Due to long-term living in a humid environment or dietary cold and greasy, too much hunger and satiety, or overthinking emotional disorders lead to dysfunction of the spleen and stomach, qi lifting and lowering is blocked, fluid and water run poorly, stagnation in the spleen and stomach is formed.Spleen Dampness Evidence. Therefore, the pathologic basis of spleen dampness is the trapping of the spleen by dampness caused by exogenous or internal injuries, and the symptoms are manifested as:
• ①Dampness obstruction, spleen and stomach elevation disorders, due to external dampness, the onset of the disease is acute, most often in gastrointestinal dysfunction or gastrointestinal flu, dry vomiting and nausea, diarrhea watery stools, dampness and heavy turbidity, see sleepy around the body, head distension and head sinking, tongue pale moss thick and greasy, floating and slippery pulse;
• ② due to diet, emotional impact, the spleen does not transport, dampness stagnation, chronic recurrent gastric distension, stomach discomfort, dry heaves, heavy body, due to the sticky nature of dampness, can be seen in sticky stools, defecation, or face and lower limbs swelling. The above problems occur most often in people with chronic gastritis, chronic enteritis, and hypothyroidism.Influenced by the individual's physique, the spleen dampness of the yang-sheng hot physique, the dampness follows the yang and turns into heat, forming dampness-heat, which is characterized by obesity, sticky mouth, blocked throat, sticky stools, oily skin or eczema and acne, dizziness and bloating, and short, yellowish urination. In Yin Sheng Cold Body, Spleen Dampness turns cold with Yin, forming Cold Dampness. Symptoms include cold pain in the stomach and epigastrium, relieved by heat, lack of warmth in the hands and feet, and loose stools.

Dampness has different external and internal causes, dampness and heat, cold and dampness - Miscellaneous Diseases

• Spleen dampness evidence for a long time, dampness gathered into phlegm, will form phlegm-dampness evidence, due to the "lungs main through the regulation of the waterway" and "the kidney main water", the two organs and the spleen at the same time to participate in the metabolism of water and fluid, lungs and kidneys dysfunctional can appear or aggravate phlegm-dampness, phlegm-dampness, although the gas lifting and lowering, can be formed. Walking to the organs and meridians, causing many problems. Note that the visceral disorder caused by phlegm is one of the disease-causing factors in Chinese medicine, not just coughing up phlegm.

Example:

• ①Phlegm-dampness obstructs the lungs, which mostly occurs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic bronchitis.The patient manifests as a steady stream of phlegm, long-term repeated coughing phlegm, white and sticky, can be accompanied by chest tightness and shortness of breath, phlegm obstruction of respiration, can be wheezing thick, but also often accompanied by lung, spleen and kidney dysfunction, such as diarrhea loose stools, abdominal distension of spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency of the lumbar and knee soreness and urinary frequency, the specific circumstances should be analyzed according to the individual performance of the identification of the evidence.
• ② phlegm-dampness obstruction of the stomach, mostly occurring in patients with gastroptosis, functional dyspepsia, chronic gastritis and so on.Manifestations of emaciation, intestinal tinnitus, rumbling in the stomach, described in Chinese medicine as "reeling sound", diarrhea and loose stools, pale tongue, greasy moss, smooth pulse.
• In addition, phlegm-dampness obstructing the meridians can cause subcutaneous nodules, phlegm-dampness obstructing the throat can form plum-core qi, and phlegm-dampness obstructing the heart can cause insomnia, sleeplessness and palpitations, etc. The patient's condition should be analyzed according to the patient's condition. Because of the many symptoms caused by the disease, the specific situation should be based on the patient's situation to be dialectical.
• To summarize, it is easy to find that when the spleen-dampness syndrome lasts for a long time and is accompanied by further dysfunction of the lungs, spleen and kidneys, the phlegm-dampness syndrome will arise. Phlegm-dampness is more complex, although it is the progression of spleen-dampness, the symptoms are more serious than spleen-dampness, which is also the difference between the two.

★Difference between Spleen-Dampness and Phlegm-Dampness syndromes

• The similarities between the two evidences can be both triggered by spleen and stomach disorders, both with dampness as the main contradiction, and the differences can be summarized as follows:
• ①The disease is characterized differently:Spleen Dampness, due to excessive consumption of cold and raw foods or external dampness, such as in heat stroke and gastrointestinal colds, isIt's quick, it's fast, and, of course, it's fast.Spleen Dampness, which is formed by emotions and long-term dietary disorders, can develop slowly and recovery from treatment is slower;And phlegm-dampness evidence mostly comes from the aggravation of spleen-dampness.Mostly occurs in a variety of chronic underlying diseases, such as chronic gastritis, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism and other evidence can be manifested as phlegm-dampness, so, phlegm-dampnessThere is usually no acute illness, and all are manifestations of chronic disease.
• ② different organs involved: spleen wet organs involved in the spleen and stomach, phlegm dampness, can be involved in the lungs, spleen, kidney and other visceral disorders, can also block the viscera meridians, causing a variety of diseases.
• ③ different methods of treatment: spleen dampness to strengthen the spleen and dry dampness is the main, can also wake up the spleen and dampness or water seepage dampness, always to strengthen the spleen as the fundamental method: phlegm dampness must be identified by which dysfunctional internal organs caused by the spleen is the strengthening of the spleen, due to the kidneys is to tonify the kidneys, due to the lung is the adjustment of the lungs, do not see phlegm phlegm, phlegm is the treatment of the symptomatic approach does not comply with the idea of the root of the treatment of disease in Chinese medicine.

The birth of phlegm is due to the external infection of the six qi evils, then the spleen, lungs, stomach elevation mechanism is out of order, resulting in the dietary transmission of the inability to be born; due to excessive consumption of fat, sweet, tea and alcohol; due to the deficiency of the spleen and stomach yang, the dampness stagnation of the birth of the kidney deficiency of the water as phlegm - Guide to the Proctored Medical Cases

★Professional Summary

Spleen dampness and phlegm dampness are both evidence in Chinese medicine, evidence is occurring in a variety of stages of the disease development process, although both have the word "wet", wetness are due to the spleen and stomach weakness, can not transport metabolism of water fluid fluid triggered, but the two are also significantly different. The main difference is that spleen dampness is generally lighter, the site of the spleen mainly; phlegm dampness is more serious, phlegm dampness can be aggravated by the progress of the spleen dampness, more than suggesting that the lungs, spleen, kidneys and other internal organs dysfunctions, is not limited to the spleen and stomach. Clinically, the two evidence can occur in a variety of chronic diseases, such as chronic gastritis, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc., but the spleen dampness can be caused by exogenous dampness, such as by the influence of the humid environment, the emergence of acute eczema, or heat and dampness after the heatstroke cold (gastrointestinal flu), and phlegm dampness basically occurs in the chronic disease, but also can be invasive meridians and skin, the formation of lumps and nodules.

To maintain the spleen and stomach to eat a reasonable diet, regular quantities, pay attention to avoid worrying, irritability and other bad moods, appropriate exercise, work and rest, regular sleep, such as can not identify the health of the body, can be formal medical or consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to give guidance.

Finally, I hope Dr. Zhu's answers are helpful!

What is the difference between Spleen Dampness and Phlegm Dampness?

Many people will be confused about this issue, so let's take a closer look:

spleen-wetness

The theory of temperature and heat "in the body of yin and yang, stomach dampness is always more, in the body of Yin Sheng, spleen dampness is also quite a lot, but its heat is a" wet temperature for the disease, due to differences in body, evil bias, the main disease of the lungs and bowels, and the formation of spleen dampness.

Clinical manifestations of Spleen Dampness:

Spleen dampness due to dampness and heat bias, organs of the difference, the body of the transfer and the clinical manifestations of the main tongue slippery, white and sometimes slightly yellow.

Mostly see the heat is not Yang, morning light and evening heavy, head and body pain, nausea, vomiting, epigastric plumpness and abdominal distension, loose stools, urine turbid and unclear, thirst does not lead to drink, or even not thirsty, tasteless, white greasy moss, white slippery, or white like powder, tongue slightly red and other symptoms, which spleen deficiency and dampness symptoms is the main point of its identification.

The etiology of "Spleen Dampness" is mainly external and internal injuries, external dampness and heat, spleen and stomach deficiency, internal and external combination of the evil, it will develop into dampness and temperature. Dampness and heat as a disease, the spleen and stomach are sick, the evil in the qi is its pathological characteristics.

Conditioning:

Formula: patchouli leaves one Qian, Peilan leaves one Qian, wide Chenpi one Qian and five minutes, the preparation of half-summer one Qian and five minutes, abdominal skin one Qian, thick Park eight minutes (ginger juice fried), plus fresh lotus leaves three Qian as a guide, water decoction to take.

痰湿

Chinese medicine believes that "fat people more wet" "fat people more phlegm" "fat people more gas deficiency", phlegm and dampness congestion in the body or because of the lungs, spleen, kidney qi deficiency can not be normal transportation of water, peanuts and micro-substances, then become water, dampness, phlegm and turbidity, affecting the normal operation of the qi, so that the qi rise and fall normally, there will be snoring at night, apnea or suffocation. The phlegm and wetness of the airway, the water, dampness, phlegm and turbidity, blocking the airway, affecting the normal operation of the qi, so that the qi rise and fall out of order, phlegm and wetness congestion in the airway, there will be snoring at night, apnea or suffocating; phlegm and wetness blockage of the waterway, resulting in the body of water metabolism is not in order, there can be oedema; phlegm and wetness in the day, the turbidity, damage to the yin of the liver and kidney, resulting in diseases, such as thirst.

Clinical manifestations of phlegm-dampness:

Most people with phlegm-damp body are obese, especially with a full and flabby abdomen, more facial skin oil, more eye mucus, swollen eye cells, obvious bags under the eyes, sweating, sweating sticky sticky clothes, chest tightness, often have a feeling of foreign body in the throat, phlegm, easy to snore when sleeping, sleep time is long, fatigue, sleepy, loose stools or constipation, slippery veins, usually like sweet and sweet and thick flavored products, sticky and sweet in the mouth, more than a dry mouth and do not want to drink. Frothy urine.

Conditioning:

The formation of phlegm-damp body is mostly due to phlegm and dampness retained in the body, so its prevention and treatment should focus on the pathway of phlegm and dampness formation and the method of lifting.

Reasonable diet, mainly light diet, less spicy and greasy food is the most basic method;

A good lifestyle, such as taking regular breaks and getting enough sleep;

Arrange vacations at the right time, soothe your emotions, and exercise appropriately, mainly aerobic exercise. The Chinese medicine for phlegm-dampness is based on strengthening the spleen, resolving phlegm and dispelling dampness as the main medicine, and according to the different conditions of the physique, add or subtract according to the symptoms. At present, commonly used are ling gui juju gan soup, ze diarrhea soup, Xiaobianxia plus poria soup, wuling san and other formulas.

Resolving phlegm and dispelling dampness formula: often used are Chen Pi, Qing Hanxia, Codonopsis, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Chinese yam, lentils, Job's tears, sand nuts, lotus seed meat, raw bushels, roasted licorice and so on.

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Spleen Dampness and Phlegm Dampness are both more commonly used in Chinese medicine, and many people may have heard of them, but the understanding of the specifics of the two is often relatively small. In fact, the difference between the two is relatively large.

According to Chinese medicine, splenic dampness is caused by the body's spleen loss of health and transportation, resulting in dietary inactivity. In life, spleen dampness can also be divided into cold dampness and dampness-heat, and its main clinical symptoms are that the patient's diet is reduced, loose stools, once the food is greasy, it is easy to have diarrhea, and often due to its improper diet and induced croup. In general, when the human body has tiredness and fatigue, shortness of breath and laziness, phlegm and thick and greasy moss or white greasy and other symptoms, this time is often due to the presence of spleen dampness and caused.

In contrast, phlegm-dampness is just a disease name, which refers to a symptom of the human body, phlegm-dampness, mostly due to the patient's improper diet or disease distress, and ultimately lead to. It should be noted that the phlegm here does not only refer to the general concept of phlegm, but also refers to the abnormal accumulation of body fluids, which is a pathological product.

The dampness referred to at this time is divided into internal dampness and external dampness, external dampness refers to the air humidity and environmental humidity. Internal dampness refers to the improper functioning of the digestive system, the flow of water in the body out of control so that the fluid stagnation, this situation can occur due to excessive dietary water and the body fluid gathered to stop and the formation of internal dampness. Generally speaking, this kind of body type is mostly accompanied by spleen and stomach dysfunction and endocrine disorders.

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Many people think that the body heavy dampness is caused by spleen deficiency, or that spleen deficiency leads to water and grain essence is not chemical must be the formation of dampness, in fact, Chinese medicine in theWater and dampness include four pathological products: phlegm, drink, water and dampness, and the dampness that we usually hear is only one of them. Today we will talk about how this phlegm-dampness is formed and what is the difference between spleen-dampness and phlegm-dampness.

The first thing we need to understand is that all dampness stems from water metabolism problems in the body, including, of course, theInternal or external dampness, but all are part of water metabolism.

So what internal organs are responsible for this water metabolism?

Mainly made up of ourSan Jiao (belongs to one of the six viscera), lungs, spleen, kidneysThese organs are responsible.san jiao (triple heater; functional metabolic organ in Chinese medicine)Yes, sir.Whole body hydration and vaporization, is the channel for running water grains and fluids, and when qi is vaporized, water flows; if the San Jiao qi is out of order, it will lead to non-transportation of water and fluids, resulting in the formation of four pathological products, namely phlegm, drink, water and dampness, which are generally referred to as phlegm-drink, water-drink or phlegm-dampness, and so on.

equalThe lungs are in charge of propagating and purging, dispersing water, grain and fluids.If the lungs fail to pronounce and descend, and the water channels are out of order, phlegm or water-dampness will also be formed;

The spleen is the main transporter and can transport water, grain, essence and fluid.If the spleen loses its transportation and digestion, it will also lead to the internalization of phlegm and beverages;

The kidney is a water organ, in charge of the vaporization of water and liquids, and vaporizes water and liquidsIf kidney qi is out of order or kidney yang is insufficient, it will also lead to the flooding of water-dampness and the formation of phlegm-drinking.

So what is the difference between the four pathological products - phlegm, drink, water and dampness?

湿notice fromMorphologically speaking, it's the slightest.It is diffused in the body, out of sight and out of mind, but has a greater impact because it fills the body inside and out, has a wide range of action, and symptoms can be mild or severe;

水，Wetness collects as water, which is tangible, visible, often walking on the skin of the body, such as the head and face, limbs or the whole body appear subcutaneous edema;

饮，Water stops for drinking, a little thicker than waterIt is mobile and often stays in the stomach and intestines (called thephlegm), chest (calleddropsy), thoracic lungs (calledgeneric term for a drink (e.g. rice wine)) or skin, limbs (calledspillage), etc;

痰，Drinking coagulates into phlegm, which is a little thicker than drinking.The first is to walk in the skin outside the membrane, muscle meridians or organs, the whole body are walking, so the general strange disease more phlegm, more phlegm for a long period of time.

So what are the signs of phlegm in the body?

For example, if the evil drinker stops at肺lead toCoughing, vomiting clear watery sputum, frothy sputum; stopping at thesubcutaneous (injection)For exampleEdema or phlegm(e.g., lipoma); stopping atgastrointestinalthenDribbling, or sticky, unpleasant stools; stays in theheadEasy.Forgetfulness, headaches, heaviness or seizuresSeizures; as for the usual tiredness, fatigue, drowsiness, loss of appetite, thick or watery tongue that people feel, they are only some of the symptoms.

So what is the difference between Spleen Dampness and Phlegm Dampness?

It should all be clear now.Spleen Dampness is mainly due to the fact that the Spleen has problems in transporting and transforming water, grain, essence and micro-organisms, or water fluids, and is unable to transport and transform them, resulting in the internalization of phlegm, drink, water and dampness.This is not necessarily the presence of Spleen deficiency. It is possible that Spleen deficiency is unable to transport and transform (forming internal Dampness), or that Cold is directly in the center of the body, or that excessive drinking, rapid drinking, etc. leads to Water-Dampness not having the time to be transported and transformed into Phlegm-Dampness (forming external Dampness).

And the formation of phlegm-dampness isn't just caused by problems with the spleen and stomach, as mentioned earlierIt's also related to the triple jiao, lungs and kidneys.. So it can be simply understood asSpleen Dampness is only one type of Phlegm Dampness.

Of course there are some people who think of Phlegm Dampness as Phlegm and Dampness, or as Phlegm, not including Water and Drink. Generally these four pathological products are collectively referred to as phlegm-drink, phlegm-dampness, water-dampness, water-drink, etc., so let's just understand them as pathological products of water metabolism.

In terms of treatment, because phlegm-dampness is formed in many ways and is also related to the internal organs as well, it is relatively difficult to remove. But these phlegm-dampnessIt is a yin evil and is usually warmed with Yang-warming medicines and expelled from sweat, urine or stool.However, if it is interspersed with heat evil together, then use sweet and light medicines that benefit dampness.Overall, the spleen bears the brunt of the formation of phlegm-drinking, so it is generally recommended to strengthen the spleen and stomach more often to help get rid of phlegm-dampness in the body.

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Let's start with a one-sentence summary:Spleen deficiency causes Spleen Dampness, and Spleen Dampness causes Phlegm Dampness.

That's a bit of a roundabout way of putting it. More on that below.

Spleen Deficiency → Spleen Dampness

Spleen is characterized by "like dryness and dislike dampness", one of its functions is to metabolize the body after the water and some waste, transfer to the lungs and kidneys, through the lungs and kidneys of the qi role, into sweat, urine and so on out of the body, to maintain a coordinated and balanced metabolism of the body's water and fluids.

But if the spleen is deficient and weak in transportation, it's bad.

This excess water cannot be discharged from the body, and it slowly turns into dampness, which in turn blocks the spleen and stomach, making the spleen and stomach's function of transportation and digestion even worse. The spleen is located in the middle jiao, so this condition is called "dampness blocking the middle jiao" in Chinese medicine, which is also known as "spleen dampness".

Symptoms of Spleen Dampness, mainly:Indigestion, loss of appetite, bloating, and loose stools. It is also prone to fatigue and weakness, shortness of breath and laziness.

How to cure it? Of course, it is to strengthen the spleen and dissolve dampness.

There's a big name dietary remedy in Chinese medicine that I've talked about many times, and it's theeight-treasure cake (traditional Chinese food)that specializes in conditioning this set of issues.

It has 6 base ingredients: yam, poria, fructus, lotus seed, white lentil and barley.

There are two versions of the other two materials, one version is the party ginseng (or ginseng), white atractylodes, used to strengthen the body, is given to the frail middle-aged and elderly people to eat, Qianlong and Cixi ate the "Qing Palace eight treasures cake" is this kind.

The second version is hawthorn and malt, which is the original recipe of Chen Shikong, the founder of Pat Chun Gao, and was given to children, young and middle-aged people, to eliminate food and dissolve stagnation.

Modern people live in good conditions, eat a lot of fat, sweet and thick flavors, easy to accumulate undigested food, the general recommendation is to use hawthorn and malt.

These ingredients may seem like nothing, but together, they are a wonderful recipe for regulating the spleen and stomach. One of the yam, lotus seed, gravy, are spleen and stomach; Poria, Job's tears, white lentils, all have the effect of eliminating dampness; plus hawthorn, malt to eliminate food and resolve the accumulation of special treatment of the spleen deficiency of dampness of various symptoms.

It's easy to do, too.The above eight materials 60 grams each, plus 125 grams of round-grained polished surface, all research for the fine powder, plus 250 grams of sugar and well, spread in the steamer to steam, cut into squares, can be eaten. Eat fine soft flavor thick, sweet and delicious.

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Spleen Dampness → Phlegm Dampness

Phlegm-Dampness is a body type, how is it formed? It has a lot to do with Spleen Dampness.

After the spleen dampness, dampness within the body, over time, will gather wet into phlegm, which is what we call "phlegm-dampness".

This is why Chinese medicine says that the spleen is the source of phlegm.

So where is the most obvious reaction after phlegm-dampness?

The answer is the lungs. Because "the lungs are the reservoir of phlegm".

That's why the first major manifestation of a phlegmatic-damp body is an uncomfortable throat.

Always feel phlegm in my throat, can't stop coughing up phlegm, so I'm always clearing my throat and coughing, symptoms somewhat similar to chronic pharyngitis.

Secondly, the body shape will be more obese, especially the small belly protruding, you think the belly on all the fat? In fact, there are a lot of collected phlegm and dampness.

In addition, others may feel tightness in the chest and drowsiness in the body.

How can this phlegm-dampness be regulated?

It starts with the root cause-Spleen deficiency spleen dampness conditioning, the idea is still to strengthen the spleen to dispel dampness, the eight precious cakes can not do, usually eat more yam, barley, winter melon, red beans, etc., eat less fat, sweet and thick taste and cold drinks.

Secondly, it is most important to dry up dampness and resolve phlegm, especially if you have an uncomfortable throat.

There are many herbs for drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and based on my experience, I would like to share one ingredient in particular - Hua Tangerine Red.

This stuff is most familiar to Cantonese people because tangerine red is found everywhere, but only the tangerine red from Huazhou, Guangdong, is listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and is now a National Geographical Indication product.

What does Hua Tangerine Red do? It is to dry dampness and resolve phlegm, and to regulate Qi and broaden the middle!

For example, if you cough a lot at night, or if you cough during the day, have a lot of phlegm, and the phlegm is white, it's truly so helpful to use hua tangerine red in water and drink it.

The Compendium of Materia Medica states, "Tangerine red is a good product, its flesh has red and white, diuretic, phlegm, cough twice as much as other medicines... the more its effect is aged, the better." So it also has a nickname - Chinese cough treasure!

There is also something very familiar - kumquat, when used medicinally, enters the lung and gallbladder meridians and has the effect of regulating qi and relieving depression as well as relieving coughs and phlegm.

It's not just theory, I know it first hand.I have a bit of spleen deficiency myself, and because of smoking, my throat has been uncomfortable, at any time in the throat clearing, I feel that there is phlegm in the throat, coughing can not be swallowed, it is very difficult.

As we all know, our health magazine will share some good health products, so we are very familiar with the manufacturers of tonic products. Two months ago, Fudonghai from Guangdong sent me a few jars of Huaganghong and kumquat cream, saying that they would like me to try some samples.

I received it in the afternoon and then immediately made a cup, drank it and then worked and forgot about it.As a result, when I was about to leave work, my colleague across the table said, hey, you don't seem to be coughing this afternoon. I just suddenly remembered, seems to be really good a lot, after drinking throat moist, not that kind of dry itchy feeling.

But when I forget to drink it later, I cough again. Another drink and it works for a couple hours again.

So how can I say, realistically, if you smoke like me and have pharyngitis, unless you quit smoking, this chemo won't cure it, it can only relieve it at the time.

But I think it's good enough to have a cup in the morning and a cup in the afternoon and basically be comfortable all day.

People can also try it if they usually have throat discomfort, phlegm, cough, dry and itchy.

First point, let's make a conceptual distinction between dampness and phlegm:

Wet for invisible evil, easy to block the qi, easy to damage the yang; wet heavy (zhuo), easy to make the human body to produce heavy, heavy feeling; wet viscous, such as the performance of the stool viscous, and the course of the disease lingering difficult to heal; wet tends to the lower part of the human body, easy to injure the lower part of the human body, often manifested in the scrotum dampness, lower limbs, gynecological disorders, and so on. All are the characteristics of the disease caused by dampness.

Phlegm is a big concept in Chinese medicine, divided into tangible phlegm (in the narrow sense) and invisible phlegm (in the broad sense), tangible phlegm, that is, through coughing, coughing up phlegm, phlegm that can be seen, invisible phlegm is mainly water and grain essence in the human body to transport metabolic abnormality in the formation of pathological products, with the obscuring of the spirit and mind, congestion of the blood veins, blockage of the qi, the accumulation of tumors, stasis characteristics.

The second point is the difference between Spleen Dampness and Phlegm Dampness:

Spleen Dampness says two things, one is that the disease is in the spleen, and the other is that the evil is Dampness.Spleen dampness is often caused by wading in the rain, lying in the wet for a long time, overeating cold foods and fruits, or deficiency of yang qi in the body, therefore, symptoms can be manifested as gastric distension and fullness of the stomach and epigastric region, heavy and weak limbs (Chinese medicine says that the spleen is in charge of the limbs), abdominal distension and abdominal pain and even diarrhea and other digestive (spleen, stomach, intestines) symptoms are more often seen.

Phlegm-dampness is a mixture of phlegm and dampness, and clinically, phlegm-dampness is often a problem for each other.We often talk about phlegm-damp body is the best example. Patients with phlegm-dampness bias can be manifested as obesity, dizziness, chest tightness, nausea and vomiting, abdominal hypertrophy, body weight and fatigue, etc., this kind of people are more prone to eat fat, sweet, thick and greasy food, or lack of exercise, or old and weak, prone to phlegm-dampness obscuring the mind of the spirit of the spirit of dizziness, lethargy, mental upset, congested blood coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, lower extremity venous thrombosis, fatty liver and so on, accumulation of It accumulates into tumors and easily forms various benign and malignant tumors and masses.

The third point is that there is actually a very close relationship between spleen, dampness and phlegm

In one of my previous pop-up articles (What do men usually do when they have a lot of dampness in their bodies?) in which I talked aboutThe production of dampness is inseparable from the malfunction of the spleen, and one of the manifestations of dampness is phlegm. Chinese medicine says "the spleen is the source of phlegm, the lung is the storage of phlegm apparatus", in fact, it is a very graphic illustration of phlegm production is also derived from the spleen's function abnormalities, which is why we often talk about "phlegm and dampness", phlegm and dampness are also called!That's what this is all about.Only the performance of dampness in the human body is more invisible, relatively light, and to the digestive tract symptoms and limbs acidity and heavy fatigue, and when mixed with phlegm is often a longer course of the disease, the evidence is more complex.

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What is the difference between Spleen Dampness and Phlegm Dampness?

Both Spleen Qi and Phlegm Dampness are closely related to Dampness, and both are characterized by Dampness, so what are the characteristics of Dampness?

Dampness is the main gas of the summer, people feel dampness, one for the external dampness, for the nature of dampness in the invasion, such as living in the wetlands for a long time, long time wading in the water, humid environment work. The second is internal dampness, for the spleen loss of healthy transportation, water and dampness within the stop, easy to invite dampness for the disease.

Where did the wet come from?

The main source of dampness, mostly internal dampness, for the spleen and stomach damage so it will appear, the spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, the transportation of water and grain, spleen deficiency does not transport, water and dampness stagnation, it is wet. Dampness is a yin evil damage to Yang Qi, dampness class is water, belongs to the yin, Yin Sheng Yang disease, wet to the spleen, wetness is most likely to injure the spleen Yang, affecting the spleen and stomach qi transportation

Spleen Dampness is characterized by

Dullness of the stomach and intestines, stuffiness and distension of the epigastrium, diarrhea, fatigue, drowsiness of the limbs, inability of the mouth, adverse urination, or edema!

Phlegm-dampness is characterized by

Phlegm wet for wet further, wet for water gathering, and phlegm and wet gathering, the formation of phlegm in traditional Chinese medicine, one is wet gathering into phlegm, the second is hot burning Jin into phlegm, wet gathering into phlegm is phlegm wet, burning Jin into phlegm is hot phlegm, phlegm wet characteristics: phlegm for the tangible yin evil, phlegm wet after the formation of wet, wet viscous, heavy turbid and other characteristics, but also phlegm obstacles to the body's qi, affecting the muscles and veins of qi and blood running, for the disease after a long time difficult to heal the characteristics, phlegm wet Phlegm dampness exists in all parts of the body, in the lungs: cough, phlegm, asthma. In the heart: chest tightness, palpitations, loss of heart orifices, then fainting, dementia, fainting. In the stomach: stomach disorder, abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting. In Gallbladder: Gallbladder depression and phlegm disturbance, palpitation, insomnia, irritability, bitter mouth, dizziness and tinnitus.

Overall, Spleen Dampness is a malfunction of the Spleen's transportation function and stagnation of dampness; or dampness traps the Spleen, causing the Spleen's transportation to be malfunctioned, so the manifestation of the Spleen is mostly dominated by the Spleen's symptoms, accompanied by symptoms of the whole body! Phlegm-dampness, on the other hand, is the result of prolonged spleen-dampness, which turns into phlegm, and phlegm is tangible and can stay in various places, manifesting itself as problems in various organs!

Spleen-dampness and phlegm-dampness are not the same condition. In Chinese medicine, spleen-dampness is due to the loss of healthy transportation of the spleen, undigested diet, water-dampness depression, phlegm and turbidity, and then dried up in the lungs, and asthma arises from this. Spleen dampness is divided into cold dampness and dampness-heat, mainly manifested as a reduction in diet, loose stools, easy to eat greasy diarrhea, will be due to improper diet to produce croup, when the body appears to be fatigue, shortness of breath, phlegm, greasy tongue, it may be spleen dampness.

Most of the time, phlegm-dampness is caused by improper diet or disease disturbance. Phlegm here refers to the abnormal accumulation of the body's fluids and is a product of pathology. It is mainly categorized into internal dampness and external dampness. External dampness refers to the dampness of the surrounding environment, while internal dampness is the stagnation of fluid due to the body's indigestion and the uncontrolled flow of water in the body, and it is related to diet. Internal dampness arises if one consumes too much alcohol, raw and cold foods, etc. Such patients usually have symptoms such as spleen and stomach dysfunction and endocrine disorders.

People in a long time wading in the water, rain, fog and dew, living in a damp place for a long time dampness invade the human body or over-eating cold, alcoholism, so that the spleen is not healthy, resulting in dampness and turbidity within the stop, will lead to the spleen dampness evidence. Dampness traps the spleen qi, resulting in the spleen qi can not rise, is the dampness trapped spleen; in turn, the spleen qi for the dampness trapped, the function of water transportation is low, which will inevitably lead to water in the body of the accumulation of water and produce water and dampness, phlegm and drink, it is the spleen born of dampness, so there is a "all the dampness and swelling, are all part of the spleen," the said. From this, we can see that dampness is trapped in the spleen, the spleen generates dampness cycle generation, mutual influence, the spleen generates dampness, dampness trapped in the spleen's symptoms are often manifested as diet, head and body heavy, nausea and vomiting, phlegm thick, overfeeding is easy to trigger croup, and so on.

Phlegm dampness is generally due to the spleen is not healthy, the water can not be normal transportation, water dampness can be gathered into drink, drink if condensation and can become phlegm, phlegm in phlegm dampness refers to phlegm in a broad sense, in addition to phlegm by the lungs coughing phlegm, but also includes the human body fluid abnormalities flowing in the body or the body surface of the formation of various phlegm evidence. If the water drink committed to the lungs, can become a drink into phlegm, so there is a "spleen as the source of phlegm, the lungs for the storage of phlegm," said. In addition, phlegm can be formed when kidney yin is insufficient and internal heat burns the fluid, or when kidney yang is insufficient and water floods the lungs. People with phlegm-dampness constitution generally show that they are fat, with swollen eyes, chest and epigastric congestion, tiredness and sleepiness, frequent and unshaped stools, and urine with a lot of color and clearness like water.

In addition to the difference in clinical manifestations, from the disease-causing factors, external dampness, internal dampness can lead to splenic dampness, while splenic dampness is an important cause of phlegm-dampness, phlegm-dampness is mainly from the splenic dampness to further develop, the symptoms will be more serious, the treatment process is also relatively long, in layman's terms that is splenic dampness light, phlegm-dampness; from the disease-causing organs, splenic dampness is mainly due to the loss of spleen, phlegm-dampness, and phlegm-dampness, in addition to the spleen is closely related to In addition to the spleen, phlegm-dampness is also closely related to the function of the lungs and kidneys, only if the spleen's transportation and transfer, the lungs' propagation and purging, and the kidneys' evaporation and vaporization functions are normal can we maintain the balance of water metabolism without forming phlegm-drinking, in addition to being closely related to the stomach, intestines, bladder, and so on; there is a difference in the range of influence, spleen-dampness mainly affects the spleen's transportation, while phlegm-dampness in the body can cause a variety of phlegm evidence, such as phlegm disturbing in the heart, phlegm In the body, phlegm-dampness can cause many kinds of phlegm symptoms, such as phlegm disturbing the heart, phlegm offending the lungs or phlegm nuclei flowing into the body.