spleen
Spleen qi deficiency
Spleen yang deficiency
Spleen damp
Spleen qi deficiency
• Fatigue, low energy, poor • Si jun zi tang:
appetite, weak/slow – Ren shen (ginseng) 6-9 gm
digestion, pale tongue, – Bai zhu 6-9 gm
weak pulse, scallops if – Fu ling 6-9 gm
with dampness. – Zhi gan cao 3-9 gm
– (often with sheng jiang and
da zao to harmonize)
– With slight digestive
discomfort, or slight phlegm
or slight damp add chen pi
3-9 gm)
Ren shen (ginseng)
• Sweet, slightly bitter, • White ginseng is the
warm, enters lung dried cultivated root
and spleen channels (from China) and is
• Strongly strengthens the least warming
the qi of the 5 yin • Red ginseng is
organs steamed then dried
• Nourishes yin (from Korea) and is
• Revives from collapse the warmest.
• Stops heavy bleeding
Bai zhu (Rz. Atractylodis
Macrocephalae)
• Warm, bitter, sweet,
spleen, stomach
• Strengthen spleen qi
• Dries damp, regulates
water
• Stops spontaneous
sweating
• Calms fetus
Spleen yang deficiency
• Spleen qi deficiency • Ren shen tang
plus cold, such as: – Ren shen 10-15 gm
cold hands and feet, – Bai zhu 6-9 gm
abdominal cold, – Gan jiang 6-9 gm
wanting warm drinks, – Zhi gan cao 3-6 gm
undigested food in the • Gan cao gan jiang
stool, possibly loose tang (acute)
stools, pale tongue, – Zhi gan cao 4 gm
thin coat, weak and – Gan jiang 2 gm
slow pulse.
Gan jiang (dried ginger)
• Hot, spicy, heart,
lung, spleen, stomach
• Warms spleen, expels
cold
• Rescues yang
• Warms lungs for thin
mucous
• Used for deficiency
cold bleeding
Spleen damp
• Heaviness, groggy, • Ling gui zhu ling tang
poor appetite, worse – Fu ling 9-12 gm
with damp weather, – Gui zhi 6-9- gm.
better with dry, maybe – Bai zhu 6-9 gm
watery stool, thicker, – Zhi gan cao 3-6 gm
greasier tongue coat
in middle, may be
scalloped, slippery
pulse in spleen
position.
Pill curing
• Regulate the middle, • Ju hua
improve digestion • Mai ya
• Bo he
• Tian hua fen
• Fuling
• Gegen
• Bai zhi
• Huo xiang
• Cang zhu
• Shen qu
• Ju pi
• Yi yi ren
Shen qu cha
• Regulate the middle, improve • Qing hao
digestion. Slightly warm. More • Huang qin
for damp and food stagnation • Xiang ru
than pill curing.
• Qiang huo
• Du huo
• Huo po
• Qing pi
• Cao guo
• Mu gua
• Jie geng
• Shan yao
• Fu ling
• Gan cao
• wheat