湿阻中焦证

Cardinal Symptoms · 主症

• glomus, oppression, distension, and fullness of the epigastrium and abdomen
• poor appetite and reduced food intake
• bland tastelessness, or sweet sticky taste in the mouth
• heaviness of the limbs
• thin loose stools

Secondary Symptoms · 次症

• nausea and desire to vomit
• heaviness of the head as if wrapped

Etiology · 病因

Dietary irregularity with excessive cold or greasy food, or externally contracted damp pathogen, obstructing the Spleen and Stomach.

Pathomechanism · 病机

Dampness encumbers the middle jiao, and Spleen-Stomach movement and transformation lose their norm.