How to recuperate spleen deficiency?

Chinese medicine pays attention to diet conditioning, treating both the symptoms and the root causes. People with spleen deficiency should eat foods with the functions of invigorating spleen, invigorating qi, stimulating appetite and resolving food stagnation, such as japonica rice, canned rice, crispy rice (scorched pot), glutinous rice, Atractylodes macrocephala, cooked lotus root, millet, yam, lentils, potatoes, grapes, red dates, carrots, potatoes and mushrooms.

① Sweet potato

Commonly known as sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato. It is flat in nature, sweet in taste, and has the functions of invigorating spleen and enriching blood, benefiting qi and relaxing bowels. "Diet is interesting" says: "Cooking supplements the spleen and stomach, benefits qi, keeps out the cold and benefits qi." The Outline holds that sweet potato can "tonify the middle energizer, warm the stomach and nourish the five internal organs". People with spleen deficiency can take sweet potato as the staple food and eat it often.

② Jujube

Warm in nature and strong in flavor, it has the functions of invigorating spleen and stomach, benefiting qi and blood. As early as two years ago, there was a record of "jujube calming the spleen" in Shennong's herbal classics. Li Shizhen said: "Jujube is the fruit of the spleen, and spleen diseases should be eaten." For people with spleen deficiency, weak stomach, lack of food and qi and blood, it is best to take jujube regularly.

People with spleen deficiency should fast cold food and pay attention to light diet.