Ze Xie is often praised as the "number one good product for promoting water circulation." This is mainly due to Ze Xie's ability to clear heat and promote diuresis, which not only helps with symptoms such as urinary difficulty and swelling, but also has a great effect on weight loss!
【Methods of using Ze Xie for weight loss】
Studies on animals have found that Ze Xie can reduce the uterine and periuterine fat index in obese rats. It can also inhibit the cholesterol esterification in the small intestines of mice and reduce the absorption of cholesterol in rats' small intestines.
Ze Xie has a diuretic effect and is a commonly used Chinese medicine for weight loss and reducing blood lipids. It is suitable for patients with gastric heat and dampness stagnation in obesity, and can be used alone or in combination with other Chinese herbal medicines.
Weight loss prescription: 12 grams of Ze Xie and Ze Lan each, 10 grams of Chrysanthemum, Lotus Leaf, Cassia Seed, and Fructus Aurantii Immaturus each, and 15 grams of Mulberry, Psoralea corylifolia, and Polygonum multiflorum each.
Decoct with water and take one dose daily. Add 10 grams of green tea for excessive sleepiness; add 10 grams of Semen Plantaginis for constipation (infuse with water); add 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus for shortness of breath. It has a weight loss effect.
【Modifications and usage of Ze Xie】
Ze Xie has the effects of promoting urination, clearing damp heat, and can be used for urinary difficulty, edema, diarrhea and scanty urine, phlegm and dizziness, and hot and painful urination. It can be used in decoction with a dose of 5-10 grams. It has the effects of reducing blood lipids, preventing atherosclerosis, and treating fatty liver.
Due to Ze Xie's ability to lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood lipids, it is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to drink Ze Xie decoction to clear damp heat, promote urination, and control the increase of cholesterol in the body.
If used for strengthening the spleen, resolving phlegm, clearing dampness, and reducing lipids, you can choose 30 grams of Ze Xie, 10 grams each of Pinellia ternata, Citrus aurantium, Dioscorea opposita, Atractylodes macrocephala, Crataegus pinnatifida, and Lycium barbarum, and 15 grams each of Coix seed, Polygonum multiflorum, and Plantago asiatica. Decoct with water and take one dose daily, divided into two servings.
After improvement, you can continue to use 15 grams each of Ze Xie, Plantago asiatica, and Polygonum multiflorum, 12 grams each of Crataegus pinnatifida and Lycium barbarum, decoct with water and drink frequently every day. Continue to take for 3 months for good results.
【Methods of consuming Ze Xie】
Cook pig bone soup with lentils, coix seed, poria cocos, and ze xie.
Ingredients: 80 grams of lentils, 80 grams of coix seed, 12 grams each of poria cocos and ze xie, 5 red dates, 500 grams of pig bones, 3 slices of ginger.
Method: Wash the ingredients separately, soak the Chinese herbs; remove the pits from the red dates; crack the pig bones. Put everything into a clay pot, add 2500 ml of water (about 10 bowls), bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer for about 2 hours, add salt to taste. Serves 3-4 people.
Effect: Lentils and coix seed are commonly used ingredients in summer soups in Guangdong to invigorate the spleen and eliminate dampness. Poria cocos and ze xie are both diuretic and heat-clearing Chinese herbal medicines, with the effects of promoting urination, eliminating dampness, and relieving heat. They are often used for edema, athlete's foot, etc. When combined with pig bones, it becomes a nourishing summer soup for invigorating the spleen, promoting urination, eliminating dampness, and relieving heat in the family.
