About moisture

It is difficult to get rid of dampness and difficult to reach the sky. In this era, you may not need to lose weight, but you must get rid of moisture, especially in the humid summer.

Regarding removing dampness, there is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "a thousand colds are easy to remove, but one dampness is difficult to remove."

Regarding the removal of dampness, there is another saying in traditional Chinese medicine ~ "Dampness is like oil entering the flour." Family members can imagine how difficult it is to get the oil out after the oil is mixed into the flour.

The concept of removing dampness really became popular four or five years ago. Earlier, we didn’t know about removing dampness. What the Chinese talked about was losing weight.

Not everyone will be obese, but everyone has moisture, so merchants teamed up with health experts to create the concept of removing moisture. At the same time, they also created a fairy water that everyone is chasing - red bean. Barley soup.

The combination of red bean and barley became popular all over the country overnight.

We did a small survey in our circle of friends, and randomly picked out people and asked them, do you know the concept of removing dampness? Answer: I know. Asked again: Do you know how to remove dampness? The answer is: red beans and barley.

Another person was pulled out and asked: Do you know red beans and barley? Answer: I know, it can remove dampness.

Yes, red bean and barley are used to remove dampness. Red bean and barley are equal to removing dampness. Red bean and barley are equal to removing dampness.

However, the sad thing is that red bean and barley does not remove the moisture of the Chinese people. Instead, it makes the Chinese people become more and more damp and their health becomes worse and worse. Red beans and barley are enriching the pockets of merchants and are harming you, but you have no idea.

There is a friend who used red bean and barley to remove dampness. It was really effective at first. After a few days, her stool became clearer. She couldn't help but secretly rejoiced that she finally found a magic tool to remove dampness. However, what made her depressed was that after ten days, her stool returned to the same as yesterday.

However, she was determined that her choice was right. She just thought that there was not enough time and intensity, so she increased the amount of red beans and barley and drank it instead of tea every day. After another ten days or so, she went to the toilet more frequently and began to suffer from loose stools. I used to have sticky stools and go to the toilet once a day, but now I have loose stools and need to go to the toilet two or three times a day.

She didn’t take it seriously, thinking it was the result of the body dehumidifying. After using it for more than 20 days, my appetite began to drop suddenly, and my stomach began to feel uncomfortable. I could no longer eat raw or cold food. Once I eat raw or cold food, I will easily get clogged, bloated and even suffer from stomach pain. I used to be fine eating two bananas, but now I can’t stand eating just one.

She continued to use red bean and barley to remove dampness, but something worse happened. She drank a bowl of red bean and barley soup before menstruation, and she actually suffered from menstrual cramps.

Finally, she couldn’t figure out why the red bean and barley soup she drank for two months didn’t remove any moisture at all? On the contrary, do you feel that your body is getting weaker and weaker? It turned out that her body was not suitable for red beans and barley at all.

Why does this happen?

Let’s unravel the mystery for you. Red bean and barley is not suitable for everyone. Red bean and barley is mainly for damp-heat constitution. Even if you have a damp-heat constitution, red bean and barley can only be taken for a short period of time. .

Red beans are fine, they are neutral in nature and will not cause trouble. The problem is barley! Barley is a product of the great cold, and doctors of the past dynasties have used it to treat diseases. Barley has a very strong diuretic effect, and it also has a strong effect on breaking blood and qi. Pregnant women and women must not use it during menstruation! Although red beans are mild in nature, they are also beneficial to the lower body. Red beans and barley are both beneficial to the lower body. People with cold and dampness will feel colder and worse after eating them. People with qi deficiency will become more qi deficient, and in severe cases, they will feel exhausted. Long-term consumption of red beans and barley will first damage your yang energy, and eventually your yin energy will be damaged due to excessive water diuresis.

But the merchant will never tell you that red bean and barley soup can only be drunk by people with damp and hot conditions, and they will not tell you that drinking red bean and barley soup for a long time will seriously damage your yang energy, your spleen and stomach, because they tell you You, they'll lose two-thirds of their market.

Therefore, before removing dampness, you must first understand one thing, that is, first determine whether you are hot or cold.

The most intuitive and reliable distinction is to learn to watch your own tongue.

When looking at the tongue, be careful not to look at it right after eating, don’t look at it right after drinking wine or drinks, and don’t look at it under fluorescent lights at night.

What does a wet and hot tongue look like? The tongue of damp heat is red in color and the tongue coating is thick and yellow.

What does a cold and wet tongue look like? The tongue is fat and has tooth marks, which are like the hem of a skirt.

The color of the tongue is white, and the tongue coating is also white and thick. Some tongue coatings have a layer of water vapor floating on them.

Secondly, it can be distinguished from urine.

People with a damp-heat constitution will have yellow urine with a strong smell; people with a cold-damp constitution will have clear urine with no smell.

It can also be distinguished from stool.

Both cold-dampness and dampness-heat can cause diarrhea. Diarrhea caused by damp heat is rapid and violent, so-called violent diarrhea, tenesmus, a burning sensation in the anus after going to the toilet, and the stool that comes out is very hot. The degree of diarrhea caused by cold and dampness is slow, and the anus is not burning. Eating cold and greasy food will upset your stomach, and you have to go to the toilet several times a day. Every time it is a little bit, shapeless, very thin, which Chinese medicine calls loose stools.

If you have exhaust and the gas feels smelly and hot, it means it is damp heat.

It can also be distinguished by body odor.

People with hot and humid constitutions have a strong smell, such as body odor, underarm odor, foot odor, etc. Even taking multiple baths a day cannot stop their strong smell. Westerners have a typical hot and humid constitution, and the smell on their bodies is really unflattering. People with cold and damp constitutions don't sweat much and basically have no smell.

If you are a girl, you can also carefully observe your leucorrhea. If the leucorrhea is multi-colored and yellow and has a strong smell, it means dampness and heat. On the contrary, if the amount of leucorrhea is small and clear like water, it means cold dampness.

Finally, it can also be distinguished from the feeling of oneself.

The difference between cold-dampness and damp-heat lies in one word, cold and heat. Cold-dampness, cold-dampness, focuses on cold. Dampness is a yin evil, and cold is also a yin evil. Cold-dampness adds yin to yin. Therefore, people with cold and dampness will definitely have yang deficiency, yin excess and yang deficiency, and will be afraid of cold, wind, and eating cold things. Internal obstruction of cold-dampness will hinder the movement of qi and blood, causing congestion and blockage of meridians, which will cause pain. Therefore, people with cold-dampness constitution will feel pain everywhere in the body.

As for damp-heat, the key point is heat. Because of the dampness, it cannot be transported and transformed. Because of the heat, eating some nutritious and greasy food will cause you to get angry, resulting in bad breath, aphthous sores, acne, etc.

It can also be distinguished by gender and personality.

Generally speaking, men who like to drink alcohol and eat meat have a damp-heat constitution. Women who like to drink milk and eat fruits have a cold-damp constitution. Their temperament is generally more damp and hot, while their gentle and quiet personalities are more cold-damp.

Of course, many people still can’t tell whether they have cold dampness or dampness and heat, and they can’t tell whether they have cold dampness or dampness and heat. They are basically both cold and dampness. Generally speaking, women are most likely to have cold dampness, and some areas may have dampness and heat, but they are still basically cold and damp, so they must be treated from the cold and damp side. There are also many women who suffer from upper heat and lower cold, which is essentially cold dampness. Remember that as long as the lower body is cold, it must be treated according to cold dampness.

Therefore, most people, especially women, are not suitable to drink red bean and barley water.

Whether it is cold-damp or damp-heat, you must remember the secret of conditioning, that is, remove the dampness first, and don’t worry about cold and heat first. Without dampness, cold and heat will have no attachment.

So, what exactly is the problem with heavy moisture? How to remove dampness?

To understand this reason, we must first know how moisture in nature is formed. There is a saying in "Ancient Chinese Medicine of Circular Movement": Fire under water produces anger, and fire under water produces dampness.

How to understand this sentence?

Let’s observe the matter of boiling water. When the fire is burning underneath, the water slowly heats up. At this time, you will see some small bubbles coming out of the water. This is the effect of "qi". The direction of Qi is from places with high energy to places with low energy. This is the characteristic of "qi".

Let’s look at the second sentence: Fire on water creates dampness. In fact, everyone understands this truth. For example, in the long summer season, there is a lot of heat from the sun in the sky and a lot of water on the ground. The heat evaporates the water into water vapor, which becomes moisture and permeates the air.

So, after understanding this truth, it is simple for us to look at the question of "how humid is the south, how humid is the long summer".

Because the south is closer to the equator, it receives more heat energy from the sun than the north, which means there is more "fire". In addition, there is a lot of water in the south. In this way, in the south, where there is a lot of fire and water, there is naturally more moisture than in the north.

Why is it so humid in Changxia? It is the same reason, because the fire is very strong in the long summer season, and the water also emerges from the ground. When the fire is added to the water, moisture is generated.

So which organs are related to heavy moisture?

First, it is related to the spleen. Many friends know that people with spleen deficiency are prone to excessive moisture. Then think about it again, why do people with spleen deficiency have so much moisture? In fact, spleen soil deficiency can be understood as the poor carrying capacity of our soil. You can imagine that if soil deficiency cannot overcome water, it is like a flood coming. We cannot use soil for defense, and the water will flood and cause disasters. Therefore, people with spleen deficiency will have a lot of water in their bodies.

Second, it is related to the lungs. The lungs govern the fur, and the moisture in our body can be dissipated through sweating through the pores of the skin. However, many of us modern people do not sweat all year round. If you do not sweat all year round, you can think about where the moisture in your skin and flesh should come from? Then think about it again, why don’t you sweat? Because we modern people live in air-conditioned rooms all year round, the surface of our skin is exposed to cold all year round. In order to protect ourselves and prevent cold air from entering the body, our body closes the pores.

Third, it is related to the kidneys. The kidneys have the function of expelling waste water. If the kidney's ability to excrete waste water is weakened, the water and moisture cannot be excreted from the lower orifices. In addition, the kidneys need to be stored, and if the kidneys lose their sealing ability, it will be equivalent to the water under the ground leaking out, which will also lead to an increase in moisture in the body.

Fourth, it is also related to the liver. The liver is responsible for dispersing qi and blood. If the liver's ability to soothe qi is weakened, then the qi in the body will not operate properly and it will be easy to store moisture. Just like in hazy weather, it is easy to trap moisture and it is difficult for moisture to disperse.

In addition to being related to these internal organs, it is also closely related to the triple burner. The triple burner is the oil network in our body, and this layer of oil network is the channel for water and liquid metabolism. If this layer of oil network is blocked, water-liquid metabolism will be hindered.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, wet viscosity is like gummy candy. It sticks to the body and is difficult to deal with. It also takes a long time to resolve it. Therefore, removing dampness cannot be solved by drinking one or two dampness removing soups occasionally and doing some exercise. It needs to take time and be done slowly.

Here I have summarized five points for removing dampness: entering less, spreading upward, smoothing the middle, penetrating downward, and regulating Qi. Let’s explain them one by one:

1. Eat less and eat in moderation and moderation

The spleen and stomach are the places where we are most likely to cause problems, so removing dampness will help To nourish the spleen and stomach.

The spleen and stomach are like a food processor. If too much food is added at once, it is easy to become unable to move. Especially in summer, when yang energy travels on the surface of the body, the spleen and stomach are weak and cold, and their own motivation is insufficient. If you consume too much greasy or cold food, it will most hinder the movement and transformation of the spleen and stomach. This is the most common cause of dampness evil.

Li Yu said in "Xian Qing Ou Ji": "The degree of hunger and drinking should not be more than seventy percent full." It is best to eat until seventy percent full. To prevent dampness in summer, you must not be greedy for too much, too little, or too much.

① The summer diet is mainly porridge, which is the most nourishing to the spleen and stomach.

Li Shizhen once said: "Eat a large bowl of porridge every day. If your stomach is empty on an empty stomach, you will have glutinous gas. The supplement is not fine, but it is also very soft and greasy, and it is compatible with the intestines and stomach. It is the most wonderful thing about diet. . ”

It is not suitable to nourish in the hot summer. It is nourishing if it is clear, and light porridge is most suitable. Porridge can also replenish yin fluid, produce stomach fluid, and strengthen the spleen and stomach. In hot summer, sweat is depleted a lot, and a bowl of porridge can rejuvenate the body.

White porridge is easy to digest and is suitable for most people. Millet porridge is a bit tonic, and those with spleen and stomach deficiency will feel more comfortable drinking millet porridge. In the porridge, you can also put some thought into it and add some spleen-strengthening, damp-removing and calming ingredients, such as yam, oats, peanuts, corn, pumpkin, etc.

② When drinking water, do not drink until you are thirsty.

Drinking water is not just a matter of gulping down 8 glasses of water a day according to experts. Excessive water will turn into moisture if the spleen and stomach cannot transport it. It's better to listen to your body, feel thirsty, and slowly drink a few sips to moisten it.

2. Xuan Shang ~ Open up lung qi and allow moisture to be excreted from the body surface

Heart fire overcomes lung metal. In summer, heart fire is strong and it is easy to suppress the lung qi. The lungs play an important role in transporting body fluids. If the circulation of the lungs is restrained, it is possible for the water to stagnate halfway, thus accumulating and forming moisture. It is easy to have oily hair and face, acne, cough, and excessive phlegm.

In summer, you can add some pungent ingredients to three meals to promote lung qi. The pungent flavor will diffuse and have a sweating effect. Not only can it take away moisture from the muscles and skin through sweating, but it can also help the body dissipate heat.

Pungent and warm: such as onions, ginger, garlic, perilla, pepper, pepper, pepper, aniseed, etc.;

Pungent and cool: such as mulberry leaves, mint, chrysanthemum, Honeysuckle, lotus leaf, etc.

According to your own constitution or current needs, just add a little to your daily porridge. For example, if you have eaten too much cold fruit today, you can have a bowl of ginger porridge; if you are suffering from the heat outside today, you can have a bowl of mint porridge.

3. Clear the middle~timely clean up the food accumulation in the spleen and stomach, and dissolve the dampness and turbidity in the middle burns.

The spleen and stomach are like a delivery truck. The moisture, heat, and phlegm accumulated over the years or brought by food are like overloaded cargo, increasing the resistance to moving forward.

If you accidentally eat too much and get tired of eating, you can use some ingredients that are mild in nature and taste and have strong ability to eliminate food accumulation, such as raw malt and chicken gizzard, to clear the spleen and stomach. The accumulated food can help the spleen and stomach move more smoothly again.

You can fry them until brown and use them to cook porridge, or soak them directly in water.

You can also use tangerine peel to cook porridge. Tangerine peel can clear the middle burn, on the one hand it helps digestion, on the other hand it can help remove phlegm and dampness, and it can also adjust the qi in the body caused by eating disorders.

4. Penetration~light penetration can diuretic. There is another important way for moisture to be discharged, which is urination.

Traditional Chinese medicine says that blandness can relieve dampness. You can use some sweet and bland ingredients in daily life, such as winter melon, poria, luffa, and corn silk, to relieve dampness and turbidity in the lower body, and expel the moisture through urination. . Especially those who often feel edema in their lower limbs, less urine, and turbid urine.

There are many ingredients that can benefit water, especially in summer. Many fresh and watery wild vegetables can benefit water and remove dampness, such as plantain, purslane, and Houttuynia cordata. It can be used to make porridge and soup.

If you feel damp and hot in the body, you can choose plantain, purslane, and Houttuynia cordata, which can clear away heat and dampness, clear away dampness and heat in the bladder, and can also remove dampness in the spleen and stomach.

If you feel weak and cold, you can choose aniseed ingredients such as chrysanthemum or fennel. Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum can strengthen the spleen, nourish the stomach, resolve phlegm and remove dampness. It helps the fire, warms the scorch, and evaporates the dampness. Cumin, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, etc. are warm in nature and can also drive away heat, cold and dampness.

People who cannot distinguish between hot and humid and cold and wet can boil water with corn silk and drink it, which can dilute water and reduce swelling, clear away dampness and turbidity, and is suitable for the whole family to drink.

5. Regulate qi and transform

Tonify kidney yang and increase heat energy to the body

The process of the spleen transporting and transforming food can be regarded as "burying the pot to make rice" "In the process, the spleen is the pot. To cook, you need not only a pot, but also fire. This fire is kidney yang.

But in summer, many people cannot do without air conditioning and cold drinks. Cold evil damages the kidneys, plus staying up late and so on, the kidney yang is mostly deficient, and the body's water does not have enough kidney yang to be qi-transformed. , it becomes wet.

Therefore, even if you spend too much time in air-conditioned rooms and drink too much cold drinks in the summer, you should also add some heat to your body.

Sichuan peppercorns, pepper, and ginger in the kitchen can dehumidify, especially when making some cold dishes, you can use more combinations to neutralize the properties of the food. If you want to stew meat, you can add cinnamon and star anise. The principle is the same.

In addition, ginger and jujube tea is the best tea to increase heat energy in summer. Drinking a bowl in the morning can promote yang energy to help our body circulate, and the so-called wetness and garbage will be easily metabolized.

The method is also simple: put 6 jujubes and 6 slices of ginger in a pot with cold water, bring to a boil over high heat and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. The jujube here has been cooked for a long time and has a sweet taste. You don’t need to add brown sugar, or you can add some according to taste.

The ingredients mentioned here are all ingredients commonly found in kitchens and vegetable markets. They may not be eye-catching, but they silently protect us during every meal.

If we can integrate these 5 points into our three meals and use these ingredients well, moisture will definitely have no place.

The humidity in our living environment cannot be ignored. Especially in summer, the air is hot and humid, and the bones are open, making it easy for moisture to enter the body.

The ancients often burned moxa or placed moxa at home to "ward off evil". This evil includes some snakes, insects, rats and ants, some disease evils, and some dampness evils and miasma.

The air conditioning temperature should be controlled above 26 degrees.

Summer is a season of sweating, and the moisture in the body can also be discharged from the body through sweating.

If the air conditioner is turned on too low and the muscles of the body are closed, the sweat that should be discharged from the body is not discharged, and the sweat becomes trapped in the body and becomes wet.

Therefore, even if the air conditioner is turned on, it should be controlled above 26 degrees, and you can still sweat a little, but it will not be too hot.

The "Nei Jing" talks about "never getting tired of the sun" and "if what you love is outside", there must be a reason why summer gives a hot sun.

We must not be afraid of the sun. We must go outdoors, discover the beautiful things in nature, absorb the yang energy of nature, and let ourselves move. This is also a process of stimulating the body's yang energy. Spend more time in the sun and sweat freely, which is definitely a good way to get rid of dampness~

If you have to go to work during the day and don’t have time, then get up early in the morning and sit among the nearby trees and flowers. Take a walk, or walk a short distance before commuting to work.

Compared with the humidity in the large environment, the humidity in the small environment can hurt people more hiddenly. For example: wet clothes after exercise, or failure to change wet clothes and shoes in time after rain. Damp evil can easily invade the body unknowingly at this time.

Therefore, after exercising in the summer, or accidentally getting caught in the rain, you must change into dry clothes and shoes in time. Do not wait for them to dry naturally, let alone blow them dry under the air conditioner.

In addition, in the air-conditioned room in the summer, prepare some shawls and small blankets and put them on the neck, navel, and ankles, the three places where evil spirits are most likely to invade. Girls should not wear clothes or shorts that reveal their navel.

Finally, we are doing moxibustion, so we definitely need to use moxibustion to remove dampness [laughing]

Dazhui point, Zhiyang point, Shenque point, Zusanli point, Yinlingquan point and Fenglong point are both acupoints for removing dampness. Usually, moxibustion can be used in pairs!

Removing dampness is not a simple matter, but it is also a simple matter. If you can master these ideas of removing dampness and preventing moisture, and permeate it into every bit of your life, every meal after meal, summer will definitely become fresh and pleasant. [Love]