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Pattern脏腑辨证

脾阳虚证

Pí Yáng Xū Zhèng

Spleen Yang Vacuity Pattern

Treatment Principle

温中健脾

Warm the middle and fortify the Spleen

Cardinal Symptoms · 主症

persistent dull abdominal pain, relieved by warmth and pressure
loose thin watery stools
fear of cold with cold limbs
pale white or puffy complexion

Secondary Symptoms · 次症

bland taste without thirst
heaviness of the limbs or edema
copious clear thin vaginal discharge

Etiology · 病因

Prolonged Spleen qi vacuity, excessive consumption of raw-cold foods, or Kidney yang insufficiency involving the Spleen.

Pathomechanism · 病机

Spleen yang is insufficient, yin-cold prevails internally, and transportation-transformation fails.

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@misc{bencaodian-pi-yang-xu,
  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Pí Yáng Xū Zhèng 脾阳虚证 (Spleen Yang Vacuity Pattern)},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/patterns/pi-yang-xu},
  urldate      = {2026-04-17},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}

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@misc{bencaodian-pi-yang-xu, author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}}, title = {Pí Yáng Xū Zhèng 脾阳虚证 (Spleen Yang Vacuity Pattern)}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine}, url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/patterns/pi-yang-xu}, urldate = {2026-04-17}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }