How to get rid of heavy dampness in the body

Autumn is a season to get rid of dampness and health, Chinese medicine believes that heavy dampness in the body will lead to the weakening of Yang Qi, no matter how to eat a lot of tonic body is difficult to absorb nutrients. So how to get rid of heavy dampness in the body?

The way to determine heavy dampness in the body

When you get up to see the feeling

If you feel particularly tired when you get up every morning, hair drowsy, can not afford to fight, or like wearing a wet clothes, all over the body is not fresh, people are too lazy to move ...... then you can be sure that you have dampness in the body.

Look at the stool when using the toilet

Early in the morning after the convenience, you can observe the stool. Is not sticky on the toilet, a tank of water still can not flush clean. Not convenient to observe the toilet, you can also observe the hand paper, normal words one or two sheets of paper is enough, if three or five sheets of paper repeatedly wipe also wipe not clean, also indicates that the body has wet. In addition, the color and shape of the stool can also help determine whether the body has dampness. The normal stool is golden banana-shaped, but few people nowadays are this healthy stool. If there is dampness in the body, the color of the stool is greenish, loose and unshaped, and there is always a feeling of impurity. Over time, the toxins produced by the stool accumulate in the body, then a variety of diseases.

Look at the tongue when washing

"The tongue is the heart's seedling and the spleen's outer waiter", the tongue can be a sensitive reflection of our body condition. Before brushing our teeth, we may want to take a few seconds to look at our tongue in the mirror. A healthy tongue is light red and moist, with a layer of tongue moss on the surface, thin, white and clear, moderately dry and moist, not slippery and not dry. If the tongue does not meet these indicators, it means that there is already a problem with the body functions. If the tongue is white and thick and looks smooth and moist, it means there is cold in the body; if the tongue is rough or very thick, yellow and greasy, it means there is damp heat in the body; if the tongue is red and without moss, it means the body has been heated to a certain extent to hurt Yin.

How to get rid of heavy dampness in the body

More exercise

The best way to get rid of dampness in the body is through exercise, exercise sweating can not only detoxify, but also effectively remove excess dampness, and help promote blood circulation, promote metabolism.

Sweating

Steam sweat has a wet steam dry steam, it can promote the body's toxin discharge, is a "sitting on the detoxification" activities, more suitable for some "do not want to move" friends, but also to the body's dampness effective discharge.

Drink more heat to remove dampness soup

With the right amount of Poria, Poria, red beans, peel, plus lean meat or pork bones in soup, can effectively play the role of heat and can remove damp, this is the traditional Guangdong damp soup, suitable for summer drinking.

Eat less salt

Eating more "heavy" friends are often easier to get damp, because "heavy" will increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, we eat less salt food in the diet, and eat more fluid and cereal food.

Dampness elimination food therapy recipe

Job's tear and red bean soup

The combination of barley and adzuki beans are both tasteless herbs, so the pot of water can effectively remove the body's dampness, girls drink more can help reduce edema!

Yam gravy barley soup

Ingredients: 15 grams of Chinese yam, 15 grams of Chinese gravy (also called gravy, chicken head rice), 15 grams of fried barley, 15 grams of fried lentils, 12 grams of Astragalus, 10 grams of Atractylodes, and 200 grams of pork ribs. Preparation: Soak the Chinese yam in water first to remove the smell of sulfur. Lentils, barley fried in a pot until light yellow, pork ribs cleaned of blood and chopped, Tzusi, Astragalus, Atractylodes cleaned with water, then put all the ingredients into the soup pot, boil 1 1/2 hours on medium heat, seasoning can be. Efficacy: This soup has the effect of strengthening the spleen and awakening the stomach, removing dampness and anti-fatigue, and is especially suitable for people with spleen deficiency and heavy dampness, who are mentally weak.

Red beans with chicken

Ingredients: 90 grams of adzuki beans, 1 hen with hair and internal organs removed. Method: Put the adzuki beans into the chicken's belly, close the incision with a bamboo skewer, add the right amount of water to the soup, add the right amount of salt and seasoning when serving, eat the meat and drink the soup. Effects: Tonifies the middle of the body, strengthens the spleen, relieves dampness, diuresis and swelling, effective for swollen limbs, heavy hands and feet, and waist discomfort in spring.