Why do I bloat after almost every meal? What would TCM say?

Bloating after meals is the single most common first question. The classical answer sorts it by what else is happening at the same time.

First the safety line: persistent bloating deserves a proper medical workup before anything else — rule out the organic causes first, always. With that done, the TCM reading is usually about the spleen's transport function: when it is weak and damp accumulates, the classic trio is post-meal bloating, loose stools, and heavy limbs. The zero-cost habits from that tradition: stop at 70% full, prefer warm cooked food over cold raw, and take a slow 10-minute walk after meals instead of sitting or lying down. None of this is a cure and none of it replaces your doctor — it is the lifestyle layer TCM has always regarded as the actual medicine.

Qicura reads a described symptom against this kind of material and returns a pattern in plain language with the sources named. It does not dispense: no herb quantities, no formula composition, no preparation instructions, and no needling technique - those are deliberate limits enforced on the server, not wording we soften for a page.

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