Below you will find theoretical and clinical applications information related to spleen qi deficiency. We have created associations based on clinical experience that lead to possible treatment approaches with acupuncture points, individual herbs, TCM formulas, and more.

Spleen Qi Deficiency - Basics

Poor appetite, distention after eating, weakness of the four limbs, fatigue, loose stools.

Tongue Diagnosis

Pale, swollen w/teethmarks.

Pulse Diagnosis

Empty.

The following 28 TCM Formulas are empirically related to the treatment of Spleen Qi Deficiency

B

• Ba Zhen Wan (Eight Treasure Combination) Tonify
• Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Wan (Pinellia, Atractylodis and Gastrodia Combination) Treat Phlegm
• Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Formula) Tonify

D

• Dang Gui Wan (Tangkuei Powder) Tonify

F

• Fang Ji Huang Qi Wan (Stephania and Astragalus Teapills) Expel Dampness
• Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan (Aconite Regulate Middle Pills) Warm Interior Cold

G

• Gan Bing Zhi Ben Wan (Liver Disease Recovery Pills) Regulate the Qi
• Gan Mai Da Zao Wan (Licorice, Wheat, and Jujube Formula) Calm The Spirit
• Gui Pi Wan (Restore the Spleen Formula) Tonify

J

• Jia Wei Gui Pi Wan (Augmented Restore The Spleen Decoction) Harmonize
• Jia Wei Xiao Yao Wan (Free and Easy Wanderer Pills) Harmonize
• Jian Pi Wan (Strengthen Spleen Pills) Reduce Food Stagnation
• Jiang Dan Gu Chun Wan (Contribute To Youthfulness Pills) Expel Dampness
• Jiang Tang Wan (Lower Blood Sugar Pill) Tonify
• Juan Bi Wan (Remove Painful Obstruction Decoction) Expel Dampness

Q

• Qi Xue Da Bu Wan (Nourish Qi & Blood Pills) Tonify
• Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang Wan (Clear Summer Heat and Augment the Qi) Clear Heat

R

• Ren Shen Yang Rong Wan (Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) Tonify

S

• Shen Ling Bai Zhu Wan (Ginseng, Poria & Atractylodes Pills) Tonify
• Si Jun Zi Tang Wan (Four Gentlemen Teapills) Tonify

W

• Wen Jing Wan (Warm the Menses Formula) Invigorate the Blood
• Wu Ling San Wan (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) Expel Dampness

X

• Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Wan (Aucklandia, Amomi & Six Gentlemen Pills) Tonify
• Xiang Sha Yang Wei Wan (Aucklandia Amomi Nurture Stomach Pills) Tonify
• Xiao Yao Wan (Free and Easy Wanderer) Harmonize

Y

• Yu Quan Wan (Jade Spring Pills) Treat Dryness

Z

• Zhuang Gu Guan Jie Wan (Invigorate Bone and Joint Pills) Expel Dampness
• Zuo Gu Shen Jing Tong Wan (Sciatica Pills) Expel Dampness

The Chinese Medicine treatment of spleen qi deficiency generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).

The following 63 conditions may arise from spleen qi deficiency . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.

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