Nowadays, many people may experience unexplained discomfort. Should you go to the hospital? You may not be clear about your symptoms. Should you consult a doctor? You may not know which department’s doctor to see. Have you often been confused by this? Below, we introduce several health self…

Self-test 1 Yellow skin is also a disease. Pay close attention to the spleen and liver.

We all have yellow skin, but some people’s skin may be especially dark yellow. What is the reason for this? Doctors believe that for people from Guangdong and Guangxi, if their skin is darker and grayer than others, the most attention should be paid to spleen and liver problems.

Yellow skin should first be considered as a sign of poor spleen. Experts introduce that the normal color of the skin for people of Mongolian descent should be ‘red and yellow hidden, bright and implicit’. A red and yellow complexion hidden within the skin without being particularly prominent is a sign of abundant stomach Qi and contained essence not escaping externally. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen belongs to the earth element, and the corresponding color in the five elements is yellow. Therefore, people with particularly yellow skin should consider poor spleen function most.

There are many drugs for regulating the spleen and stomach, but the key is also to differentiate and treat according to the symptoms. People with poor spleen and stomach function can regulate in the following ways. Deficiency of Yang Qi with cold symptoms such as aversion to cold, cold limbs, pale complexion, soreness in the loins and knees, and loose stools can be treated with herbal medicine for warming the middle and invigorating the spleen, such as Fuzi Lizi Wan, Xiangsha Yangwei Wan, and Xiaojianzhong Granules, etc. Deficiency of the spleen and stomach is manifested as lack of energy, lassitude, and loose stools, and can be treated with herbal medicine such as Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan and Shenling Baizhu Powder.

In addition, traditional Chinese medicine believes that wood controls earth, and people with liver Qi stagnation often have poor spleen and stomach function as well. Symptoms such as belching, acid regurgitation, and discomfort can be regulated with drugs such as Bupleurum for Relieving Liver Qi, Chenxiang Luobai Luo, and Yuju Wan.

Yellow skin or heavy dampness. Zhang Tao, a doctor in the Department of Gastroenterology of Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Rui Kang Hospital, introduced that in addition to normal people who can have dark yellow skin, in traditional Chinese medicine, dark yellow skin is considered to be blocked by dampness in the spleen and stomach, with Qi unable to rise to the head and face and clear orifices, so it can appear with symptoms such as dark complexion, dizziness, bloating, reduced appetite, and poor sleep. It is recommended to take some dampness-dispelling medicine, such as using wood blossom,霸王花, and turmeric to make soup.

Yellow skin should be vigilant of liver disease. With the modern trend of drinking alcohol without much concern, Lei Shijun reminds that the most common symptom of liver disease is jaundice. For people with underlying diseases such as hepatitis B, if the skin is too dark yellow, it should be considered that liver disease may be serious, and it is best to see a doctor.

In addition, the Treatise on Cold Damage records that when the liver is sick, one should know that it will transmit to the spleen, and it must be filled first. This means that when the liver, an internal organ, becomes sick, it is easy to transmit to the spleen and stomach. Clinically, when hepatitis has an acute attack, it is usually accompanied by symptoms such as nausea, bloating, loss of appetite, and other digestive system symptoms, which is known as ‘transmission from liver to spleen’.

Self-test 2 Calluses on the hands or ‘very soft hands’ prove poor spleen and stomach function

Cai Hongguang, a famous Chinese medicine Qigong expert, and his关门弟子, China’s top ten outstanding health lectures, and Chinese medicine meridian lecturer Chu Chunqing, introduced that if a person does not often work but has hands that are particularly prone to develop calluses, it indicates poor metabolic function and poor spleen and stomach function.

Most people’s hands are moderately soft and hard, but some people’s hands are particularly soft, soft as if boneless. Such people tend to overthink, and excessive thinking can harm the spleen and stomach, so people with soft hands usually have poor spleen and stomach function.

Self-test 3 Lack of half-moon marks is prone to serious diseases

Many people know that the more half-moon marks on the nails, the better the Qi and blood, and the healthier the person. Those without half-moon marks have poor Qi and blood, in Western medicine, it is low immunity, generally not easy to get sick, but once sick, the immune system is difficult to support the body’s recovery, often small diseases are not easy to heal, and eventually lead to serious diseases.