Body dampness is a common disease in life. Women with dampness are prone to some physical diseases and symptoms such as irregular menstruation. It will also cause obesity in women, which is very harmful to women's health. There are many ways to remove dampness. You can use Chinese medicine for conditioning or take some medicated food. Traditional Chinese medicine for removing dampness The dampness in the body is mostly caused by the preference for cold drinks, eating raw and cold fruits and other cold foods, which damage the body's yang energy. Under normal circumstances, the human body has the natural ability to adjust to changes in external temperature and humidity. However, some people have an imbalance in the body's water regulation system due to physical constitution, illness or bad living habits, and water cannot be discharged, thus affecting their health. Traditional Chinese medicine uses aromatic, diaphoretic and bitter-warming herbs as a magic weapon to remove dampness. Using plant aromas to fight infections, For example, people in the south carry mugwort and cattail with them to kill bacteria and prevent infection. Or during the Dragon Boat Festival in May when the weather warms up and bacteria and viruses are more likely to occur, every household hangs a handful of indigo, calamus and mugwort at the door, and then takes them down to use for bathing, with the intention of disinfecting the air and water. Modern pharmacology has also discovered that these aromatic plants do have antiviral effects, such as star anise, which is made into influenza vaccines. In addition, the hot and spicy ginger juice can induce sweating, which is most suitable for dispelling moisture from the body after being caught in the rain and preventing colds; the bitter and warm Chinese medicine ginger is like a slow-burning fire, slowly forcing out moisture from the body. Chinese medicine for removing dampness: Prescription 1: Heat-clearing and Damp-removing Porridge [Ingredients] 30 grams of red bean, 20 grams each of white hyacinth bean, coix seed, kapok flower, and Euryale ferox, 10 grams each of rush flower and Sichuan herb, and 15 grams of red tuckahoe. [Preparation] Wash Chuanpixie, red Poria, kapok and rush, boil them in water until 2 bowls of water remain, remove the residue and take the juice, add red bean, white lentil, coix seed and Euryale ferox and cook into porridge. 【Usage】 Take while warm. 【Efficacy】Clears heat and removes dampness. It is suitable for symptoms such as difficulty urinating, stomach discomfort, abdominal distension and stomach tightness caused by summer heat. 【Precautions】 Not suitable for use by people with dry stools. Traditional Chinese medicine for removing dampness: Prescription 2: Detoxification and Spleen Removal Dehumidification Soup 【Ingredients】Candied dates, adzuki beans, ginger, coix seeds, lentils, kudzu root, polygonatum, tangerine peel. 【Function】 Clears away heat and relieves summer heat, consolidates the excretion and digestive system functions. [Directions] (For 2-4 people) Boil 6 liang of lean meat and put it into a pot together with the soup ingredients and 6 bowls of water. Simmer for about two hours and add appropriate amount of salt to taste. Ingredients for mung bean, lily and millet porridge: 30 grams of mung beans, 30 grams of fresh lily, 50 grams of millet, 100 grams of japonica rice, and 80 grams of rock sugar. Preparation method: (1) Rinse millet, mung beans and glutinous rice and soak them for 20 minutes; wash and cut lily bulbs into small pieces; (2) Put mung beans and millet in a pot of boiling water, bring to a boil for a few minutes, then simmer until they bloom; add glutinous rice and lily bulbs, cook until they become porridge, then add rock sugar. A typical dietary porridge recipe for strengthening the spleen, relieving constipation and removing dampness in summer. Note: Pregnant women who feel that they do not have severe dampness should use coix seed with caution or avoid using it, but they can use red beans. We can subtract the coix seed and red bean soup by removing the coix seed, and then add some other ingredients such as jujube, lily, wolfberry, etc. It can also be made into a soup that can remove dampness and have other effects. |
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