Dampness is often referred to as the "source of all diseases", and among the "six evil spirits" of wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire, Chinese medicine is most afraid of dampness.
According to modern medical statistics, there are more than 60 diseases related to dampness. Such as obesity, edema, bloating, eczema, dermatitis, acne, urinary tract infection, increased vaginal discharge and itching in women.
The most serious thing is that moisture may cause stubborn obesity, and even cause malignant tumors, and the body (tumor) is cut and grown, and it grows and cuts.
Many people think that "wetness" is the patent of the south, but in fact, the famous old Chinese medicine doctor Lu Zhizheng once clearly pointed out: the north is also wet.
The dampness of the human body is divided into internal dampness and external dampness, the south is mostly external dampness, and the north is mainly internal dampness.
Moisture is like a thief, always inadvertently burrowing into people's bodies.
Due to the adjustment of living and eating habits, people like to eat the thick taste of ointment, eat barbecue and drink cold beer, eat ice cream in all seasons, blow air conditioning in summer, the taste is heavy and salty, and the outside is often cold and depressed, and the humidity can not be crossed, resulting in modern people are very prone to wet weight in the body.
If the dampness is not removed, the disease can be prolonged and difficult to heal, how to know whether there is dampness in the body, can be judged from the following five signals.
Even if you have slept enough, but you still feel very sleepy and weak after waking up, you feel that your head is heavy, you can't keep up your energy, or you feel that something is wrapped in your body and you are too lazy to move, then you should suspect that there is moisture in your body.
The skin always loves rashes, sometimes the hands and feet suffer from small blisters or even peeling, and the face and hair always love to be oily, sticky and uncomfortable.
Normal stool is moderately soft and hard strips, if the stool is like an overripe banana, the shape is soft, sticky, not shaped, stuck to the toilet bowl is not easy to be flushed away, this also means that your body is wet, digestion and absorption function is abnormal.
If you wake up in the morning and suddenly feel very sore and heavy in your calves, or if you notice that you have gained a lot of weight recently, it is a sign that you are underweight and that it is also caused by heavy moisture in your body.
When you look in the mirror, you find that your tongue coating is thick or the tongue is fat, and the edge of the tongue is accompanied by very obvious tooth marks, then it is a sign that the moisture in your body is too heavy and should be adjusted in time.
Most people with heavy dampness in the body lack exercise, but the more they don't like to exercise, the more dampness accumulates in the body, which will lead to dampness in the spleen and cause diseases over time.
Exercise relieves stress, promotes the functioning of body organs, and accelerates the expulsion of moisture from the body.
The formation of internal dampness is mainly due to the intake of too many nutrients, which is difficult to digest and turns into dampness; or eating raw and cold food, which affects the digestion and absorption function of the stomach and intestines.
Suggestion: Appropriately reduce the intake of greasy foods such as alcohol, fatty and sweet flavors, sweets, and fried foods; Limit raw and cold foods, ice products, or cold fruits and vegetables.
In addition to our own metabolism, a large part of the moisture produced in our body is related to the environment.
In daily life, you should pay attention: do not sleep directly on the floor, the floor is damp, easy to invade the body, causing soreness in the limbs; Don't wear damp clothes, don't cover damp quilts, and dry your hair after bathing.
15~20 grams of poria cocos, 20 grams of barley, 3 slices of ginger. Poria cocos and barley are slightly washed with water, put a bowl and a half of water, and soak for 30 minutes.
Add ginger (if it is a greasy tongue coating or a physique that is easy to get angry, don't put ginger), after boiling, turn to low heat and decoction for 30 minutes, almost only a bowl of water, pour out the water and drink it hot (when drinking it for the second time, continue to add a bowl of water, fry for 20 minutes after boiling, and generally drink three times).
Efficacy: This tea has the effect of clearing heat, strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness. If you have a cold constitution, you can add a few more slices of ginger. Diabetics are not suitable for drinking.