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Spleen Deficiency with

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The information provided here is not a replacement for a doctor. You shouldn't use it for the
purpose of self-diagnosing or self-medicating but rather so you can have a more informed
discussion with a professional TCM practitioner.

At a glance

Preliminary reading:
What is a pattern? (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/basic-concepts/patterns-of-
disharmony)

Diagnosis
Common symptoms:
Edema (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/edema)
Diarrhea (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/diarrhea)
Urinary difficulty (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/urinary_difficulty)
General sensation of heaviness (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-
list/general_sensation_of_heaviness)

Treatment
Common formulas:
Wu Ling San (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/formulas/wu-ling-san)

Pathology

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Spleen Deficiency with Dampness is a pattern of disharmony in Chinese Medicine.

Chinese Medicine views the human body as a complex system that tends toward
harmony. A pattern of disharmony is a disorder that prevents that harmony from
occurring.
Patterns give rise to symptoms that may at first glance seem unrelated from a Western
standpoint but that actually make a lot of sense when one understands Chinese
Medicine theory. For instance here Spleen Deficiency with Dampness gives rise to such
diverse symptoms as edema (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center
/symptoms-list /edema), general sensation of heaviness (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-
education-center/symptoms-list /general_sensation_of_heaviness), diarrhea
(https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list /diarrhea) and urinary
difficulty (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-
list /urinary_difficulty) (as well as fourteen others).
Patterns aren't exactly the Chinese Medicine equivalent to Western diseases, they're
rather the underlying causes behind diseases or health conditions. Here Spleen
Deficiency with Dampness is thought to sometimes induce conditions such as vaginal
itching (http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/vaginal-itching),
hepatitis (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/hepatitis) or cystitis
(https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/cystitis) (as well as
seventeen others).

Diagnosing Spleen Deficiency with Dampness

Diagnosing a pattern in Chinese Medicine is no easy feat and should be left to professional
practitioners. In particular one has to know how to differentiate between different types of
pulses and tongue coatings, shapes and colors as well as learn to read from a long list of
seemingly unrelated symptoms.

Main symptoms: Edema (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/edema)

Diarrhea (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/diarrhea)

Insomnia (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/insomnia)

Tiredness (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/tiredness)

Dry mouth (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/dry_mouth)

Dark Urine (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/dark_urine)

Loose stools (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/loose_stools)

Vaginal pain (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/vaginal_pain)

Vulvar itching (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/vulvar_itching)

Candida infection (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/candida_infection)

Urinary difficulty (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/urinary_difficulty)

Trichomonas infection (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/trichomonas_infection)

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White vaginal discharge (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/white_vaginal_discharge)

Sticky vaginal discharge (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/sticky_vaginal_discharge)

Smelly Vaginal discharge (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/smelly_vaginal_discharge)

Heat in vaginal and vulvar (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/heat_in_vaginal_and_vulvar)

Excessive vaginal discharge (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/excessive_vaginal_discharge)

General sensation of heaviness (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/general_sensation_of_heaviness)

Treating Spleen Deficiency with Dampness

Herbal formulas used to treat Spleen Deficiency with Dampness

Wu Ling San
Source date: 220 AD
Number of ingredients: 5 herbs (https: //www.meandqi.com
/tcm-education-center/formulas/wu-ling-san)
Key actions: Promotes urination,. Warms the Yang.
Strengthens the Spleen. Promotes Qi transformation function.
Drains Dampness. Clears edema.

Formula summary
Wu Ling San is a 5-ingredient Chinese Medicine formula.
Invented in 220 AD, it belongs to the category of formulas
(https://www.meandqi.com
that promote urination and leach out Dampness.
/tcm-education-
Besides Spleen Deficiency with Dampness, Wu Ling San is
center/formulas/wu- also used to treat Yin Excess (https: //www.meandqi.com
ling-san) /tcm-education-center/patterns/yin-excess) or Kidney Yang
Deficiency with Water overflowing
(https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/patterns/kidney-yang-deficiency-with-
water-overflowing).
Read more about Wu Ling San (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center
/formulas/wu-ling-san)

Liu Jun Zi Tang

Source date: 1107
Number of ingredients: 6 herbs (https: //www.meandqi.com
/tcm-education-center/formulas/liu-jun-zi-tang)

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Key actions: Tonifies Qi. Strengthens the Spleen and Stomach.

Clears Phlegm and mucus. Promotes appetite.

Formula summary
Liu Jun Zi Tang is a 6-ingredient Chinese Medicine formula.
Invented in 1107, it belongs to the category of formulas
that tonify Qi.
(https://www.meandqi.com
/tcm-education- Besides Spleen Deficiency with Dampness, Liu Jun Zi Tang
is also used to treat Qi Deficiency
center/formulas/liu- (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/patterns
jun-zi-tang) /qi-deficiency) or Spleen and Lung Qi Deficiency
(https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/patterns
/spleen-and-lung-qi-deficiency).
Read more about Liu Jun Zi Tang (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center
/formulas/liu-jun-zi-tang)

Bi Xie Fen Qing Yin

Source date: 1732 AD
Number of ingredients: 4 herbs (https: //www.meandqi.com
/tcm-education-center/formulas/bi-xie-fen-qing-yin)
Key actions: Clears Heat. Warms the Kidneys. Drains
Dampness. Separates the clear from the turbid.

Formula summary
Bi Xie Fen Qing Yin is a 4-ingredient Chinese Medicine
formula. Invented in 1732 AD, it belongs to the category of
formulas that warm and transform water and Dampness.
(https://www.meandqi.com
/tcm-education- Besides Spleen Deficiency with Dampness, Bi Xie Fen Qing
Yin is also used to treat Damp-Heat in the Bladder
center/formulas/bi-
(https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/patterns
xie-fen-qing-yin) /damp-heat-in-the-bladder).
Read more about Bi Xie Fen Qing Yin (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center
/formulas/bi-xie-fen-qing-yin)

Related conditions
Please keep in mind that a Western Medicine condition can be caused by several Chinese
Medicine patterns of disharmony and vice versa. As such a patient suffering from one of the
conditions below will not necessarily be suffering from Spleen Deficiency with Dampness, it is
just one pattern that's commonly associated with the condition. Click on a condition to learn
what other patterns it's associated with.

Vaginal itching (http://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/vaginal-itching)

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Hepatitis (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/hepatitis)

Cystitis (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/cystitis)

Migraine (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/migraine)

Trigeminal neuralgia (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/trigeminal_neuralgia)

Conjunctivitis (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/conjunctivitis)

Pyelonephritis (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/pyelonephritis)

Edema (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/edema)

Glomerulonephritis (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/glomerulonephritis)

Nephrotic syndrome (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/nephrotic_syndrome)

Hydrocele (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/hydrocele)

Motion sickness (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/motion_sickness)

Menieres disease (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/menieres_disease)

Gastrectasis (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/gastrectasis)

Acute enteritis (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/acute_enteritis)

Ascites (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/ascites)

Congestive heart failure (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases

/congestive_heart_failure)

Pericardial and pleural effusions (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases

/pericardial_and_pleural_effusions)

Hydrocephalus (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/hydrocephalus)

Polyhydramnios (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/polyhydramnios)

Special highlight: the link between vaginal itching and Spleen

Deficiency with Dampness

Typical symptoms for vaginal itching caused by

Spleen Deficiency with Dampness:

Ginseng (Ren Shen)

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(https: //www.meandq i.com/herb-

database/ginseng) is the key herb for
Liu Jun Zi Tang
(https: //www.meandq i.com/tcm-
education-center/formulas/liu-jun-zi-
tang), a formula used for vaginal
itching (http: //www.meandq i.com/tcm-
education-center/diseases/vaginal-
itching) caused by Spleen Deficiency
with Dampness

Insomnia (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/insomnia)

Tiredness (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/tiredness)

Dry mouth (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/dry_mouth)

Dark Urine (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/dark_urine)

Loose stools (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/loose_stools)

Vaginal pain (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/vaginal_pain)

Vulvar itching (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/vulvar_itching)

Candida infection (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-list/candida_infection)

Trichomonas infection (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/trichomonas_infection)

White vaginal discharge (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/white_vaginal_discharge)

Sticky vaginal discharge (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/sticky_vaginal_discharge)

Smelly Vaginal discharge (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/smelly_vaginal_discharge)

Heat in vaginal and vulvar (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/heat_in_vaginal_and_vulvar)

Excessive vaginal discharge (https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/symptoms-

list/excessive_vaginal_discharge)

Recommended herbal formulas: Liu Jun Zi Tang (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-

center/formulas/liu-jun-zi-tang), Bi Xie Fen Qing Yin (https: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-
education-center/formulas/bi-xie-fen-qing-yin)
Dampness (http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diagnosing-diseases
/dampness) is the most common reason for vaginal and vulvar itching. Dampness can
find its origins Externally (http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diagnosing-
diseases/exterior) or Internally (http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center
/diagnosing-diseases/interior), the latter being the case for this pattern. What causes
the Dampness here is Spleen Qi Deficiency (http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-
center/patterns/spleen-qi-deficiency). The Spleen (http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-
education-center/basic-concepts/spleen) is responsible for transforming and
transporting Body Fluids (http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/basic-

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concepts/body-fluids). An impaired Spleen function can therefore lead to an

accumulation of Dampness in the Lower Burner (http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-
education-center/basic-concepts/triple-burner) which then gets sent to the Uterus
(http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/basic-concepts/uterus) and causes
itching. 
Excessive physical work or too much sport can...Read more about vaginal itching
(http: //www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/vaginal-itching)

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