Food Therapy for Strengthening the Spleen

Medicated diets for strengthening the spleen are cooked by mixing some materia medica chosen for invigorating the spleen and nourishing qi into certain foods. They have the effects of invigorating the spleen, nourishing qi, normalizing the function of the stomach and regulating qi of the middle-jiao (TCM holds it is the part where the spleen and stomach lie). They are applicable to deficiency of the spleen and weakness of qi, manifested as listlessness, lassitude of limbs, shortness of breath and disinclination to talk, dizziness, spontaneous perspiration, loss of appetite, dull pain in the stomach, loose stool, pale tongue with whitish fur, and relaxed and feeble pulse.