Four seas network: heavy moisture is an invisible Chinese medicine saying. But modern people generally have the phenomenon of heavy humidity. It's no exaggeration that ten people are nine wet. The influence of heavy moisture is very obvious and serious, so what are the reactions of heavy moisture? How can we distinguish ourselves from heavy moisture? Let's learn about it with Xiaobian~
What are the nine signals of heavy moisture
1. Head
When damp evil first invades the body, it can appear dizzy and heavy, like wrapped in a cloth; the body is sleepy and heavy, the limbs are heavy, the whole body is uncomfortable, it seems that there are heavy objects attached to the body. In addition, there will be fever, slight fear of cold and wind, and clear nose.
2. Joints
If the moisture has eroded into the joint, the joint will also have certain diseases, some Qi and blood flow is not smooth, there will be severe pain in the joints of the limbs, joint flexion and extension are not good.
3. Digestive effect
Dampness perplexes the spleen and endangers its normal transport effect. It will show chest tightness and abdominal distention, poor appetite, reduced appetite, shapeless and so on. However, when the spleen deficiency is disadvantageous and causes "internal dampness", there are often manifestations of deficiency of Qi and dampness, such as weak breath, dull mouth, thirsty but unwilling to drink water, fatigue and fatigue.
4. Urination and women's Guide
Damp evil also has a feature of 'downward tendency', which can easily hurt people's parts below the waist. It can keep healthy in traditional Chinese medicine, strengthen the spleen and 'remove dampness'. The features of turbid urination, loose stool, excessive leucorrhea and pruritus in the vagina are all relatively classic.
5. Tongue coating
If you find that your tongue is thick and greasy, or your tongue is fat and big, and there are obvious teeth marks on the edge of your tongue, you can basically determine that there is moisture in your body, which is the tongue diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine. If there is dark and yellow complexion, puffiness of eyelids when getting up in the morning, or obvious pouch, these signals indicate heavy moisture in the body.
6. Defecate does not form
Long term loose stools, the body must be in the erosion of moisture. After defecation, there is always something stuck on the toilet, which is very difficult to wash down. This is also a manifestation of wetness, because wetness has the characteristics of being sticky and greasy. There are wet people in the body, a piece of paper after defecation is not enough, you have to use more than a few. It also shows that your body is wet and has abnormal digestion and absorption function.
7. Calf soreness
People with heavy moisture will feel sour and heavy in their calves after getting up. They may also gain weight significantly in a short period of time, and show signs of puffiness. People with more serious moisture will have lower extremity edema and other problems.
8. Poor mental state
People with heavy humidity often have a feeling of chest tightness. They want to breathe for a long time to feel comfortable. They are particularly tired and lazy. They feel dizzy and brain swelling. They are prone to drowsiness and memory loss. In fact, it's not hard to explain this. The ancients said that "one deficiency of temper means the first extinction of lung qi", which means that when the spleen is deficient to a certain extent and the lung is out of nourishment, it's easy to show poor mental state.
9. Physical puffiness
People with heavy moisture may also gain weight significantly in a short period of time, and show signs of puffiness. More serious people will have problems such as lower extremity edema.
2、 Prescription of conditioning moisture
Balance your mind, be optimistic and positive. Don't overindulge yourself. Combine work with rest, strengthen exercise and keep warm. Eat a balanced diet. Eat more warm food and less cold food, especially cold drinks.
1. Dandelion Longxu tea
Efficacy: reduce blood sugar, eliminate dampness, detoxify and slim
Materials: 1g corn, 0.5g dandelion tea, 0.5g Yuzhu, 0.3g rose
Making method: make the above four materials into tea bags, take one bag every day, and make hot water instead of tea!
Solution:
Dandelion, into the liver and gallbladder. Also known as "bed wetting grass", it has good diuretic effect, which can help the body to discharge more water, and dandelion has the name of "natural antibiotic", which is anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, heat clearing and detoxification, which can increase the amount of urination, but also play a role of flushing and anti-inflammatory on the urinary tract, which is also very good for urinary tract infection!
Corn whisker, also known as "dragon whisker", has a wide range of preventive and health purposes. Put the corn with whiskers in the pot and boil it. Pour out the soup when it's cooked. It's called "Longxu tea". It can relieve swelling, heat, liver and gall, treat nephritis, edema, diabetes and so on.
Yuzhu has the functions of Nourishing Yin, moistening dryness, promoting body fluid and relieving thirst. Modern medical research also shows that Polygonatum odoratum contains a variety of glycosides and amino acids, zinc, manganese and other nutrients, which have health care effects on human body. It has the functions of protecting heart and blood vessels, cleaning up body garbage and delaying aging.
Rose is used for blending, so that it is not hot or dry, suitable for more people to drink.
2. Pork tripe soup with orange peel and Atractylodes macrocephala
Efficacy: invigorating spleen, drying dampness and appetizing.
Materials: 6 g of tangerine peel, 30 g of Atractylodes macrocephala, half to one fresh pork tripe, 6 g of Amomum villosum, 5 pieces of ginger.
System method:
1. First, wash the pork tripe with water, put all the ingredients into the soup pot, add about 2500ml of water, after the pot is rolled, use the slow fire pot for about 1.5 hours,
2. Then take out the pork tripe and cut it into pieces, put it back in the pot, cook for another 30 minutes, then season it.
Solution:
It has the functions of regulating qi and regulating middle, drying dampness and resolving phlegm.
The pork tripe is sweet and warm. It has the effect of tonifying deficiency, strengthening the spleen and stomach.
Therefore, this soup can invigorate the spleen and appetizer, and promote appetite, especially for those with abdominal distention, unappealing and dyspepsia.
Note: this soup is warm, yin deficiency and internal heat is not suitable for eating.
3、 How to recuperate the symptom of heavy moisture?
1. Moderate exercise
The majority of people with heavy moisture are caused by unhealthy diet or lack of exercise. They are often prone to feel heavy body and weak limbs, so they are more reluctant to exercise, which will lead to the accumulation of more moisture in the body. In the long run, moisture will invade the spleen, causing a series of diseases. Therefore, proper exercise can not only relieve the pressure, but also promote the operation of body organs and accelerate the discharge of moisture.
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2. Avoid environmental humidity
If you live in a humid and cold environment for a long time, it is easy to cause moisture to invade your body. Therefore, in daily life, you should first reduce your exposure to the humid environment, especially those who are sensitive to moisture. Try to avoid going out in rainy days, do not wear wet clothes, etc., and dry the water and hair in time after bathing. Try to keep the room dry, you can turn on the fan, air conditioning, with the help of these appliances to keep the air convection.
3. Diet should be light and moderate
To remove the moisture in the body, we should pay attention to diet. Because the gastrointestinal system is related to nutrition and water metabolism, a moderate and light diet can help regulate the body. The greasy food such as wine, fat, sweet and thick taste is not easy to digest, which is easy to cause flatulence and inflammation of the stomach and intestines. Sweets, fried products, etc. will also lead to the production of peroxides in the body, aggravating inflammation.
4. Cupping and dehumidification
Cupping and dehumidification is a convenient and quick treatment method commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. This method can remove cold and dampness, dredge meridians, remove stasis, promote qi and blood circulation, relieve swelling and pain, remove toxin and heat. It can help regulate the balance of yin and Yang, relieve fatigue and strengthen physique, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening the body and removing pathogenic factors and curing diseases.
5. Smart onion, ginger, garlic
Onion, ginger, garlic and so on are not only good seasonings, but also have very strong medicinal value. To remove the moisture in the body, you can cook a bowl of hot and spicy ginger soup at home. Use the wonderful effect of ginger soup to force the moisture out of the body, and the moisture symptoms of the body will be relieved after sweating.
In addition to the above dehumidification methods, you can also drink more dehumidification soup. When making soup and porridge, you can add corn, job's tears, Gorgon, lentils and other ingredients with dehumidification effect. Generally, dehumidification soup includes corn spareribs soup, stewed duck with winter melon and porridge with mixed grains of job's tears and lentils.
6. Use fragrant, sweaty and bitter herbs to remove dampness
Using plant fragrance to fight against infectious diseases is the wisdom of the ancestors. For example, people in the South have Ayurveda to kill bacteria and prevent infectious diseases. Or in the Dragon Boat Festival, hang Peilan, Shichang and AI ye at the door of every household, take them off and use them for bathing, or disinfect and sterilize them.
7. Drink red bean and barley congee
The gastrointestinal system is related to nutrition and water metabolism. The best way is to have a proper and balanced diet. Wine, fat sweet thick taste and other greasy food are not easy to digest, easy to cause gastrointestinal distention and inflammation. Sweet fried food will make the body produce peroxides, aggravating the inflammatory reaction. Raw and cold food, ice products or cool fruits and vegetables will make gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function stagnate, and it is not suitable to overeat, such as lettuce salad, watermelon, cabbage, balsam pear, etc., it is better to add onion and ginger when cooking to reduce its cold nature. Remove the moisture in the body, red bean congee is a good product. It can be used as tea and rice. Job's tears, it can treat dampness Bi, benefit the stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, take it for a long time, light body and Qi. Red bean, known as "red bean" in traditional Chinese medicine, has the obvious effect of benefiting water, detumescence, strengthening the spleen and stomach, red into the heart, and it also has the function of nourishing the heart. When cooking red bean congee, do not add rice. Because rice grows in water and contains moisture, it is wet and sticky, so it thickens as soon as it is boiled. Red beans and job's tears are dehumidified. They don't contain moisture. The soup is very clear. Traditional Chinese medicine just uses the nature of Qing to get rid of the body's dampness.
In addition, the hot ginger juice sweating is most suitable to disperse the body moisture after the rain, to prevent cold; the bitter and warm Chinese medicine Ganjiang, also like slow fire, slowly forces the body moisture out.
Food therapy and moisture control products: sorghum, corn, Yiren, lentils, celery, onion, winter melon, purslane, crucian carp, abalone, snail, etc. These dehumidification foods have the functions of invigorating the spleen and harmonizing the body, relieving heat and dampness, promoting water and dampness, clearing heat and dampness, relieving constipation and detoxification, nourishing yin and softening the liver