Do you often hear that you have a "weak spleen"? I ate a lot of things to strengthen my spleen, but I always felt that I had no strength and no appetite, and my condition was even worse?

In fact, in the view of traditional Chinese medicine, people are not prone to spleen deficiency under normal circumstances. Once spleen deficiency occurs, the problem is often not in the spleen itself, but may be in the heart and kidneys.

Why do you say that?

Traditional Chinese medicine talks about the five elements, and the spleen belongs to "earth". For the land to be fertile and grow crops, two conditions are needed: one is sufficient sunshine and the other is a continuous stream of water.

The heart belongs to "fire", like the sun of the body; The kidneys belong to "water" and are the foundation of life. If the heart yang is insufficient and the kidney qi is deficient, just like the sunlight is not enough, the water source is depleted, and the land is not warmed and moistened, it will naturally become barren. At this time, the spleen's transport and chemical function will become weaker and weaker.

Therefore, many people blindly take spleen medicine, but the more they supplement, the more boring they become. Because the fundamental problem is not the spleen, but the lack of energy in the heart and kidneys, which cannot warm the middle jiao and promote transportation.

At this time, if the heart and kidneys are properly nourished, such as by warming the yang and nourishing water, the spleen and stomach will naturally become comfortable, the appetite will improve, and the person will be more energetic.

The next time you feel that you have a "weak spleen", you might as well ask yourself: Are you tired lately? Is it that kidney qi can't keep up?

The key to truly maintaining the spleen and stomach is not to blindly "replenish the spleen", but to adjust the overall conditioning, so that the heart yang is sufficient, the kidney qi is abundant, and the soil is naturally warm and fertile.