Spleen-Yang deficiency herb selection

When patients suffer from chronic liver or kidney disease, the selection of the herbs and their dosages should be determined carefully to avoid placing an unnecessary workload on these weakened organs. At the same time, herbs that protect these organs and promote their function should also be included. For instance, acute or chronic liver diseases are mainly differentiated into a syndrome consisting of Spleen-Qi deficiency, damp-heat and heat-toxin accumulation, and herbs that treat this syndrome can be used. Chronic kidney diseases are mainly differentiated as Kidney-Yang and Spleen-Yang deficiency, dampness accumulation and heat-toxin in the blood. Herbs that treat this syndrome should be used in appropriate doses to help restore kidney function. 

Moreover, in cases of Spleen-Yang deficiency, they are suitable for selection in chronic disorders where the Yang and Yin, as well as the Qi and blood, are all deficient. With the combination of warm and cold herbs, they can tonify the Yang and Yin effectively in a balanced way. Furthermore, they can reduce the side effects of the hot or cold herbs that may injure the Yin, the blood, the Yang and the Qi in the process of tonifying the Spleen. 

First, herbs that are sweet and warm, enter the Spleen meridian and tonify deficiency in general without the side effects of injuring Qi, blood, Yin and Yang, are selected. 

Second, compared with the herbs that tonify the Spleen, they have an obviously advantage in the selection. Because they have gentle actions of tonifying, they carry out a steady but effective function that has no side effects to harm the Yin or the Yang. They are particularly useful in chronic deficiency conditions. 

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