Clinical manifestations of spleen deficiency type diarrhea:
Loose or watery stools, persistent and recurrent, undigested grains, reduced appetite, discomfort and fullness in the epigastric region after eating, increased bowel movements after consuming greasy food, sallow complexion, fatigue, pale tongue coating, weak pulse.
[Porridge with Poria Powder]
Ingredients: Poria powder 30 grams, glutinous rice 30 grams, 7 red dates.
Method: Cook the glutinous rice and red dates with water to make porridge. When the porridge is almost ready, add the Poria powder and boil it while stirring with chopsticks. Add a little sugar to taste.
Efficacy: Tonify the spleen, promote diuresis, and stop diarrhea.
Usage: Take 1-2 times daily, can be consumed for breakfast and dinner.
[Potato Yam Soup]
Ingredients: Huai Shan Yao (Chinese yam) 30 grams, Poria 15 grams, Shen Qu (fermented malt) 10 grams, 10 grams of brown sugar.
Method: Cook the ingredients in water and take as a decoction.
Efficacy: Tonify the spleen, promote diuresis, and stop diarrhea.
Usage: Take 1 dose daily, as a decoction.
[Eight Treasure Rice]
Ingredients: Fragrant rice 50 grams, white lentils 50 grams, lotus seed (seedless) 50 grams, 20 red dates, 50 grams of walnut kernels, 50 grams of longan meat, 25 grams of candied green plums, 500 grams of glutinous rice, 100 grams of white sugar.
Method: Soak the first three ingredients and cook them until they are done. Soak the red dates, roast the walnut kernels, steam the glutinous rice and set aside. Spread a layer of lard in a large bowl, add green plums, longan meat, dates, walnut kernels, lotus seeds, white lentils, and Job's tears, and finally add the cooked glutinous rice. Steam for 10 minutes in a steamer, then turn the Eight Treasure Rice onto a large round plate. Boil a syrup with white sugar and water, and pour it over the rice.
Efficacy: Tonify the spleen, nourish the stomach, and promote diuresis.
Usage: Can be eaten as a dessert, do not eat too much at one time.
[Huangqi Yam Lotus Seed Porridge]
Ingredients: Huangqi (Astragalus) 100 grams, yam 100 grams, lotus seed (seedless) 100 grams.
Method: Cook the three ingredients together to make porridge.
Efficacy: Tonify the spleen, nourish the stomach, and stop diarrhea.
Usage: Can be eaten for breakfast and dinner.
