Spleen-Stomach Deficiency Cold
Important Clarification
Spleen-Stomach Deficiency Cold is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) pattern concept. It is not a Western medical diagnosis. Digestive symptoms such as persistent abdominal pain, vomiting, or changes in bowel habits require medical evaluation. Do not self-diagnose based on pattern descriptions.
Safety
Safety Precautions
Cold Herbs Contraindicated in Spleen Yang Deficiency
Avoid or minimize Cold-natured herbs (bitter-cold category) in Spleen-Stomach Deficiency Cold patterns. Use warming, tonifying herbs (Gan Jiang, Bai Zhu, Dang Shen) instead.
What This Pattern Means
The warming function of Spleen-Stomach Yang is insufficient, leading to internal Cold. This results in impaired digestion with cold-pattern symptoms. Often develops from prolonged Spleen Qi Deficiency or excessive consumption of cold-natured foods.
Common Signs in TCM Theory
Diarrhea with undigested food, abdominal pain that improves with warmth and pressure, cold extremities, poor appetite, clear watery vomit, preference for warm drinks, pale tongue with white coating, deep slow weak pulse.
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(1)Related Conditions
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(2)Lifestyle Guidance and Food Therapy
TCM dietary therapy for Spleen-Stomach Deficiency Cold traditionally recommends warm, cooked foods and warming spices. Ginger tea, cinnamon, and rice congee are traditionally suggested. Cold, raw foods, cold beverages, and excessively sweet foods are traditionally avoided. These are traditional dietary suggestions and not medical treatment.
TCM lifestyle recommendations for this pattern traditionally emphasize keeping the abdomen warm, eating warm meals, and avoiding exposure to cold. These are traditional lifestyle suggestions and do not replace medical care.
References
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TCM Editorial Committee. Diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine. People's Medical Publishing House, 2017.
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Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China, Vol. I. Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission, 2020.
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