After a cold winter, we finally welcome the warm spring. It is beneficial to take care of our health and promote blood circulation in the spring. When there is excessive moisture in the body, we may feel tired, heavy limbs, loss of appetite, rashes on the skin, sticky and uncomfortable face, and even gastrointestinal symptoms. When the spleen is weak and dampness is present, it is important to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness by removing excess water from the body (diuresis) or reducing and clearing substances that cause immune reactions in the body. Warming the spleen and stomach is the best way to relieve dampness. Below are some recommended dietary therapies for strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness. Let's take a look.
1. How to determine if you have dampness in your body?
1. Oily hair
2. Shiny face
3. Drooling during sleep (moisture saturation self-discharge)
4. Sticky and difficult-to-flush stools
5. Bloated stomach
6. Damp ears
7. Moist genitals
8. Swollen calves
2. Recommended dietary therapies for strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness
1. Spleen-strengthening and dampness-eliminating soup (serves 2-3 people)
Ingredients: 10g Chinese yam (dried), 10g Poria cocos, 10g Radix Linderae, 300g pork pancreas, appropriate amount of water.
Instructions: Wash the Chinese yam, Poria cocos, Radix Linderae, and pork pancreas and put them in a clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil. Then simmer over low heat for 1 hour before drinking.
Effect: Suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.
2. Harmonizing the middle and eliminating dampness soup
Ingredients: 30g Bombax flower, 30g egg flower, 30g Sophora japonica flower, 30g coix seed, 100g lean meat, 30g fried mung beans, 12g dried tangerine peel or Amomum fruit.
Instructions: Wash the Bombax flower, egg flower, Sophora japonica flower, coix seed, lean meat, fried mung beans, dried tangerine peel or Amomum fruit and put them in a clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil. Then simmer over low heat for 1 hour.
Effect: Suitable for people with damp-heat and spleen deficiency.
3. Cucumber dampness-eliminating soup
Ingredients: 800g old cucumber (core removed), 25g dried tangerine peel, 25g polished glutinous rice, 2 duck kidneys, appropriate amount of water.
Instructions: Cut the old cucumber into large pieces after removing the core. Soak the dried tangerine peel, scrape off the outer skin, and wash it. Wash the duck kidneys, blanch them in boiling water, and slice them. Rinse the polished glutinous rice. Add water to a clay pot, put in the old cucumber, dried tangerine peel, polished glutinous rice, and duck kidneys, and bring to a boil over high heat. Then simmer over low heat for 2 hours. Season and drink.
Effect: It has the effect of clearing heat and relieving throat pain, and treating symptoms such as irritability, sore throat, and hot urine.
4. Quail dampness-eliminating soup
Ingredients: 4 quails, 50g coix seed, 50g lily, 3 slices of ginger.
Instructions: Wash the quails, then soak the coix seed and lily in water. Next, put the quails, coix seed, lily, and ginger in a clay pot together and add an appropriate amount of water. Simmer for 1 and a half hours.
Effect: This soup can clear heat, eliminate dampness, moisten the lungs, and resolve phlegm. During this time, when there is excessive dampness, people tend to feel tired. Therefore, drinking a bowl of dampness-eliminating soup can help remove dampness from the body and make a person feel more refreshed.
5. Poria congee for spleen-strengthening and dampness-eliminating
Ingredients: 100g polished glutinous rice (rinsed), 100g Poria cocos powder.
Instructions: Put the ingredients together in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the rice is completely cooked. Then add a pinch of salt and a few pieces of ginger, mix well, and serve.
Effect: Take it once in the morning and once in the evening. You can add brown sugar according to your taste. Long-term consumption can promote water permeation, warm the body, strengthen the spleen, and eliminate dampness. It also has a certain effect on chronic hepatitis.
6. Ginseng and astragalus porridge for dampness-eliminating
Ingredients: 15g Astragalus, 15g Codonopsis pilosula, 60g fried coix seed, 15g fried mung beans, 2 red dates, 100g rice.
Instructions: Fry the coix seed and mung beans until golden, remove the pits from the red dates, wash the Astragalus and Codonopsis pilosula with water, and put them in a clay pot. Add water and cook to extract the medicinal juice. After the medicinal juice is ready, remove the residue, add the fried coix seed, fried mung beans, red date pulp, and rice to the medicinal juice, and cook until porridge is formed.
Effect: Astragalus and Codonopsis pilosula can strengthen the spleen and invigorate qi, while coix seed and mung beans can eliminate dampness. This porridge can nourish the stomach, strengthen the spleen, and relieve discomfort caused by excessive dampness in the body.
