On Spleen and Stomach —— Understanding of Spleen and Stomach in TCM

The understanding of spleen and stomach in TCM refers to spleen meridian and stomach meridian. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five elements of the spleen and stomach belong to the soil and the middle energizer, and are the "acquired foundation" and "the source of qi and blood biochemistry". The rise and fall of spleen and stomach is related to human life activities and survival, which shows the importance of spleen and stomach. People need a lot of energy to grow up after birth, which comes from diet, but diet can only be transformed into qi and blood energy through the cooperation of spleen and stomach. Spleen controls digestion and absorption, stomach controls reception and conduction, and * * * completes the function of transporting and transforming Shui Gu. Spleen and stomach are yin and yang, which are exterior and interior to each other. Spleen and stomach participate in the digestion and absorption of diet. The classic of traditional Chinese medicine, Huangdi Neijing, says that "the spleen and stomach are the officials of the granary, and the five flavors come out", that is to say, the function of the spleen and stomach is compared to the granary, which can ingest food and output subtle nutrition for the whole body. People take Shui Gu as the foundation, the stomach is responsible for receiving Shui Gu, and the spleen is responsible for transporting subtle nutrients. It can be seen that the spleen and stomach occupy an extremely important position in the human body. The receptive function of the spleen and stomach is realized by ascending the clear and descending the turbid. After food is ingested from the mouth, it is transported to the stomach and small intestine for digestion and absorption through the esophagus, and now the dregs are excreted through the intestine. This top-down conduction process depends on the reduction of stomach qi, so the stomach qi decreases turbidity. After Shui Gu's subtle digestion, the spleen needs to be transported to the heart and lungs, and then distributed to the viscera through the heart and lungs, and then biochemically transformed into qi, blood and body fluid. This bottom-up transmission depends on the ascending of the spleen, so the spleen governs the ascending. When the spleen and stomach rise and fall, * * * completes the intake, conduction, transportation and distribution of diet to various viscera, reflecting two aspects of the whole intake and transportation process. Ascending clarity and descending turbidity are the unity of opposites. Under pathological conditions, the clear yang of the spleen often does not rise, and the turbid yin of the stomach does not fall, so the clear yang of the spleen does not rise, which is related to the disease. The function of ascending and descending turbidity of spleen and stomach is not only related to the ascending and descending of qi in this organ, but also coordinated with the ascending and descending of qi in liver, heart and kidney. However, the ascending and descending of the spleen and stomach plays an important role, and the ascending and descending transmission of the spleen and stomach can maintain the clearing of yang and the exposure of the upper orifices; Turbid yin flows out from the lower orifice; Qing Li; Turbid yin belongs to the five internal organs; Clearing yang and fixing limbs; The ascending and descending movement of turbid yin returning to six fu organs. If the ascending and descending are unbalanced, it is common that the middle qi goes down and the stomach qi goes up. (Source: Affiliated Hospital of Changzhi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine) (Editor: Zhang) Disclaimer: The above content comes from the Internet and the copyright belongs to the original author. If there is any infringement of your original copyright, please let us know and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.