In traditional Chinese medicine, qi is defined as a substance contains
properties of motion and invisibility. It comes from 3 sources
1. Primordial qi ( Heredity)
2. Inhaled qi ( Air inhaled by lung)
3. Qi essence (Absorbed from food by spleen)
I. Symptoms of qi deficiency
1. Shortness of breath
2. Fatigue, loose stools
3. Dizziness,
4. Pale face,
5. Weakened voice/reluctance to speak,
6. Sweating with little exertion
7. Loose stool
8. Etc.
II. Causes of qi deficiency
1. Stomach abnormal function
Stomach
is important to digest food when it enter the body. If stomach qi is
deficiency or can not digestive food properly due to intake of raw foods
or cold foods, etc. for a prolonged period of time, it will cause less
qi to be converted, resulting in lessening the function of spleen in qi
formation and distribution.
2. Spleen
After food is digested
by the stomach, food qi and essences are absorbed by spleen. Intake of
certain food and weakened parental qi will cause spleen qi deficiency
that leads to not enough qi to perform its function in assisting liver
and lung in qi distribution to the body.
3. Lung
Lung move qi
in lung channels, if for what ever reason, lung is damaged due to
smokes, diseases, etc. It can not perform its function in combining the
qi from the spleen and inhaled qi from the air to move blood and fluids
to the abdomen.
4. Liver
Liver is vital in blood formation and
moving blood yin in blood vessels. If lung qi is deficient, it causes
sluggish liver qi in moving blood to warm the uterus, leading to blood
stasis and cold uterus.
5. Etc.
III. Treatments
A. With herbs
1. Ren shen (Ginseng)
Ren
shen is considered as one of most powerful herbs in strengthening the
original qi in the body. Besides improving the spleen function in qi
absorption, thus reducing the symptoms of distended chest and abdomen
cramps and pain, it also enhances the lung qi by moistening the
channels.
2. Xi yang shen (American ginseng)
Besides promoting the
lung and spleen qi, it also increases the digestive system in absorbing
vital energy and reducing the heat causes of qi stagnation by moistening
the all qi transportation channels.
3. Dang shen (Pilose asiabell root)
Dang
shen is a spleen and lung tonic herbs. It improves the lung function in
moving qi smoothly through its channels and spleen function in
absorbing qi after foods entering the stomach.
4. Tai zi shen (Pseudostellaria root)
Besides helping to increase the spleen and lung qi, it also generates fluids to prevent the heat causes of qi stagnation.
5. Huang qi (Astragalus root)
It
is one of the herb that helps to increase the function of liver in
generating more blood and liver qi in blood transportation.
6. Etc.
B. With acupuncture
1. ST36 (Zu san li)
2.SP6 (San yin jiao)
3. KD3 (Tai xi)
4. LU9 (Tai yuan)
5. Etc.
C. With diet
1. Beef
2. Cherry
3. Chicken
4. Date
5. Goose
6. Grape
7. Sweet potato
8. Rice
9.Etc.
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