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Chinese patterns
Spleen Qi Xu (Deficiency)
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: gastric or duodenal ulcers; nervous dyspepsia; hepatitis; anemia; chronic dysentery.

» etiology: lack of exercise; excess dietary consumption of Cold and raw foods; irregular or excessive eating habits; undereating or eating a protein-deficient diet; chronic mental strain, worrying or excessive thinking, particularly during or shortly after a meal; prolonged exposure to climatic or environmental Dampness; any protracted illness.

signs and symptoms

» signs and symptoms:

little or no appetite

• abdominal pain and distension after eating which is relieved by pressure

• bloody stools

loose stools

• anemia

• sallow complexion

lassitude

• weakness of limbs

• bearing down sensation in the abdomen

• uterine bleeding

• edema

• prolapse of the rectum and uterus

• chronic hemorrhage

• anorexia

if Dampness develops:

• nausea

• feeling of heaviness

• stuffiness of chest and epigastrium.

» pulse: empty, weak

» tongue: pale or normal colored body, which is often swollen; thin white moss; chronic cases usually demonstrate scalloping on lateral edges of tongue body and may reveal transversal cracks.

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: tonify Spleen Qi

differential diagnosis

footnotes