(1) Syndrome of Cold Dampness in Spleen:
Symptoms: Loose or even watery stools, abdominal crymodynia, distention in the abdomen, borborygmus, muscular heaviness, lassitude, tastelessness, unthirsty, pale and white tongue with white and greasy and smooth coating, slow pulse.
Therpy: To warm middle energizer, expel cold, resolve dampness and relieve diarrhea.
(2) Syndrome of Damp-heat retention in Spleen:
Symptoms: Difficult defecation, yellowish-brown stools with foul smell, fever and heaviness of the body, dizziness, distention in the abdomen, poor appetite, thirsty, bitter in the mouth, yellow urine, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, smooth and rapid pulse.
Therpy: To clear away damp heat in the spleen and the stomach.
(3) Syndrome of Retention of Food in Stomach:
Symptoms: Abdominal pain, borborygmus, stool with foul smell like the smell of rotten spawn, pain relieved after diarrhea, accompanied with undigested foods, epigastric and abdominal flatulence, anorexia, thick and greasy coating, smooth or rapid pulse.
Therpy: To disperse food and abduct stagnation.
(4) Syndrome of Hepatic Stagnation Causing Splenic Deficiency:
Symptoms: Distending pain in the chest and hypochondrium, anorexia, abdominal pain and diarrhea when in the mood of depression, anger, and emotional stress, poor appetite, abdominal distention, loose stools, pale and red tongue, wiry pulse.
Therpy: To smooth liver-qi stagnation, regulate qi and tonify spleen.
(5) Syndrome of Spleen and Stomach Deficiency:
Symptoms: Loose stools, increase of bowl movements after intake of greasy food, anorexia, abdominal flatulence, sallow complexion, lassitude, pale tongue with white coating, thready and weak pulse.
Therpy: To tonify spleen, reinforce the stomach, induce astringency and relieve diarrhea.
(6) Syndrome of Yang Deficiency of the Spleen and Kidney:
Symptoms: Diarrhea before the dawn, abdominal pain, diarrhea when borborygmus, stop borborygmus after diarrhea, cold limbs, soreness in the waist and knee, pale tongue with white coating, deep and thready pulse.
Therpy: To warm and tonify the spleen and kidney, induce astringency and relieve diarrhea.
