People with weak spleen and stomach should eat as little cold food as possible. They can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness by eating sweet and mild food or dual-purpose medicine and food, and use lean meat, codonopsis pilosula, yam, astragalus root and jujube to make soup, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach and make up for deficiency. Spleen is the source of phlegm-dampness. “If you want to get rid of dampness, you should first strengthen the spleen”. Therefore, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach is one of the keys to eliminating dampness.
脾胃虚弱者，应尽量少吃寒凉的食物，可通过食用味甘性平稍温的食物或药食两用之品来健脾祛湿，多用瘦肉、党参、山药、黄芪、大枣煲汤，可健脾胃，补虚损。脾为痰湿生成之源，“要想祛湿，首先健脾”。因此，健脾养胃是祛湿的关键之一。
