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How can I regulate too much dampness?

How can I regulate too much dampness?

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First of all, the manifestations of heavy dampness are as follows:


1、Presentation of edema

Excessive dampness in the body is due to too much water being retained in the body that cannot be discharged, and too much water in the body can easily show up on the skin. Most patients will have edema thatYour face and limbs become swollen., many people will mistake it for gaining weight. If you are not sure if you are edema, you can tell by this method:Press your finger on the skin and when you release your finger, if the skin doesn't spring back immediately, then it should be edema.


2、Skin condition becomes very bad

Heavy dampness not only makes the skin watery, but also causes it to become in poor condition. People with heavy dampnessSkin becomes oilyThe skin is oily.Acne, pimples, enlarged poresAnd so the problems will come to you.


3. Enlarged tongue with obvious teeth marks

If there is too much dampness in the bodyThe tongue gets a lot fatter.The edge of the tongue.It can also appear veryVisible teeth marks. This is often an aspect of TCM that determines whether a patient has dampness in their body.



4、Wet stools stick to the toilet

Dampness in the body also affects the state of the bowels, which is due to the retention of large amounts of excess water in the body, which can cause the state of the bowels to becomeIt's not shaped and it's sticky., the most obvious case isPoop sticks to the walls of the toilet.Even if you flush it with water several times, it doesn't come out clean.


5. The body is easily fatigued

Excessive dampness in the body can also make the bodyIt's easy to get tired.In addition, patients feel tired even without doing any physical work, and wake up in the morning with a feeling of weakness in their limbs. Even after sleeping for a long time, they still feel that they have not slept enough.


Dampness, in Chinese medicine, is categorized asDamp-Cold and Damp-HeatDamp-Heat. Damp-heat is further categorized into Damp-heat upward and Damp-heat downward.


person suffering from dampness and coldnessCan be takenZhenwu Soup.promote warmth of the yang and benefit water (idiom); warming the yang and inducing diuresisPoria, Paeonia lactiflora, ginger (cut), Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori (shelled, peeled, broken eight pieces), Atractylodes Macrocephala. Poria, peony, ginger (cut), epiphyllum (cannon, peeled, broken eight slices), atractylodes , water decoction.


It can also be takenlit. solid spleen drinkWarming Yang, strengthening the spleen, promoting Qi circulation and inducing diuresis.. Atractylodes macrocephala, Houpao, Mucuna pruriens, Mucuna pruriens, Caulis lupulus, Dacryocybe (i.e., betel nut), Poria, Dried ginger, Prepared epiphyllum, Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, Ginger, and Jujubae.


person suffering from excessive dampness and heatCan be takenthree nuts soupPromoting the flow of Qi, clearing dampness and heat. Almonds, flying slippery stone, white Tongzhi, cardamom seeds, bamboo leaves, thick bark, raw coix seed, half-summer, decocted with water.


person suffering from dampness and heat infiltrationCan be takenBa Zheng San, a brand of herbal medicine for treating asthmaClearing away heat and fire, inducing diuresis, and relieving lymphatic flow. Psyllium seed, quomai, bianzhu, talcum, gardenia kernel, licorice (roasted), mouton, rhubarb (wrapped in the surface, simmering, removing the surface, cutting, baking), add lamps, water decoction, the dosage according to the condition of discretion.


Excessive dampness can also be improved with dietary therapy:



Red bean and barley water.It is good for the stomach and intestines, reduces edema, strengthens the spleen and benefits the stomach, and lightens the body and benefits the qi when taken for a long time. It is a very convenient and practical dietary therapy to get rid of dampness. Job's tears and red beans have a very good effect on eliminating dampness.Prepare the barley by stir-frying it firstThe water can be boiled together with red beans. Replace the red beans with red beans, the effect of eliminating dampness is better. As barley is colder, theWomen should not consume it during menstruation


Barley, winter melon and bone soup.Job's tears, winter melon and pork bone soup is a very good dietary therapy to dispel dampness. Pork bone, winter melon, barley, will be three together to cook soup can be, because barley and winter melon have a very good effect of eliminating dampness, for those who have obvious symptoms of edema and this soup also has a certain effect of improvement.


Winter melon smothered ribs.Winter melon ribs can be cooked in soup as well as stewed cooking method, and winter melon is also very suitable for summer consumption, this is because winter melon has sufficient water, as well as the effect of clearing heat and reducing fire, diuretic and quenching thirst. But winter melon is a cold ingredient, soYou can't eat it every day., just eat it about 1-2 times a week.


* The above prescription is only an indication of the composition of the formula, the dosage and proportion of each drug need to be dialectic, the right medicine for the disease.

"Nine out of ten people wet", the body has a lot of people with moisture, Chinese medicine is generally believed to be caused by a deficiency of the spleen, because the spleen is the master of fluid transportation, spleen deficiency disorder, then the moisture flood.

This statement can not be said to be incorrect, but many problems can not be solved, not all the damp can be used to "strengthen the spleen to eliminate dampness" to treat. Instead of saying that dampness is spleen deficiency, it is better to say that dampness is "body deficiency", 90% of people belong to sub-health, so 90% of the people have dampness, the body is not healthy enough, the water transportation will be a problem, there will be "dampness", spleen deficiency is only a part of the emergence of dampness, is not necessarily the cause. Spleen deficiency is only one part of dampness, and not necessarily the cause. To treat the disease at its root, using the method of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness is often just to alleviate the condition, but not to make the disease be cured at its root.

People with internal heat are often thirsty, do they have dampness in their bodies? Often, because of internal heat want to drink cold drinks, cold drinks more will hurt the spleen and stomach, there will be dampness, so the internal heat is not removed, the dampness can not be good; sad and depressed people also often have dampness, because sadness hurts the spleen, such people do not channeling the mood, do not regulate the emotions and will not be able to strengthen the spleen to get rid of dampness alone? There are also some wet is caused by blood deficiency, empty veins, for the wet ride, the body's pipeline is there, the blood does not go to enrich the other water naturally into the ......

To regulate "dampness" is to regulate the entire body state, generalizing the spleen deficiency, there is a loss of the fundamental. Chinese medicine is ultimately a dialectical treatment, specific cases, specific treatment, pragmatic solution to clinical problems.

1. Proper consumption of ginger

You can try to cook a bowl of ginger soup at home, with the wonderful effect of ginger soup, the body of dampness forced out, until the whole body after sweating, the disease will improve.

2, avoid "wet" food and environment

The reason why the human body produces moisture, in addition to their own metabolic problems, a large part of the environment, often in a damp, cold environment will easily lead to moisture invasion of the body. Therefore, people who are sensitive to moisture, should not wear wet clothes; should not be exposed to a long time in a humid environment; should not sleep on the wet floor, it is best to choose a higher bed from the ground.

3. Exercise

Dampness in the body is generally a greasy diet, lack of exercise, and at the same time they tend to feel heavy due to heavy dampness, heavy body, limbs, reluctant to exercise so that a vicious circle is formed. The more you do not like sports, the body's moisture will be more and more, so on and on, will only lead to a series of serious illnesses, therefore, to increase physical exercise is imperative, through exercise, so that the body of moisture in the form of sweat directly dispersed out, is the most effective and most natural way.

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I think the dampness is too heavy people, conditioning methods are also more, for example, you can quickly see the old Chinese medicine, you can let the doctor to help adjust, this may be a little more scientific, I also before the dampness is too heavy, always fat, I myself in the network to see the video and doctor's Q & A, the result is now much better.

Sometimes heavy dampness really makes people very distressed, especially a girl, dampness is too heavy, the body will change, so as early as possible to regulate, before I was to see a traditional Chinese medicine, and then gave me a few pairs of traditional Chinese medicine, ate almost 3 months, I feel that the effect is not too big, and finally I made my own plan.

I myself usually start to exercise more, at least 3 times a week to run, and is a long-distance running, so that they sweat moisture. There is also less meat, do not allow yourself to eat meat, basically those months I am light-based, and is to eat coarse grains, there are times a day to drink coarse grain porridge, which add some barley, which many people know is the drainage of dampness.

That's why it's important to have good living habits, don't stay up late, don't eat spicy food, don't drink alcohol, eat less meat, and exercise more, so it works.

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"Dampness" is one of the most common pathogenic factors in the human body, belonging to the Chinese medicine "six elements", but the performance in the human body is different; different locations of the disease, the human body's symptoms are not the same, health care methods, the choice of proprietary Chinese medicines are also different.

Below I would like to introduce several common types of "Dampness" and recommend suitable proprietary Chinese medicines!

1, summer dampness. Manifested as irritability, fever, dry mouth and tongue, sleepiness and fatigue around the body and other symptoms; should eat more heat relief diuretic food, such as winter melon, watermelon, cucumber, loofah, five flowers tea and so on.

Chinese patent medicines can be referred to choose: you can choose Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Pill, Lotus Peak Tea; it has the effect of relieving summer dampness, diuretic, harmonizing the stomach and moving qi.

2. Cold-dampness. Mostly manifested as joint pain, abdominal distension and diarrhea, cold and fear of cold, heavy body sleepiness, white and greasy tongue and other symptoms; usually eat more ginger, pepper, chili, cinnamon and other foods.

Chinese patent medicines can be referred to choose: the Pill with Conjugated Zi Lizhong Pill and the Pill with Fragrant Sand to Nourish the Stomach; they have the efficacy of warming yang and warming the stomach, dispelling cold and relieving pain.

3, spleen deficiency and dampness. Mostly manifested as drowsiness and fatigue, loose stools, diarrhea, loss of appetite and other symptoms; usually eat more spleen food, such as atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Chen Pi, Semen Coix lacryma, fructus cornutum, lotus seed and so on.

Chinese patent medicines can be referred to choose: Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu Pill, Spleen Enhancement Pill; have the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, fixing the intestines and stopping diarrhea.

4. Damp-heat obstruction. Mostly manifested as greasy skin, acne, tiredness, fatigue, yellow tongue and other symptoms; liver and gallbladder dampness and heat accompanied by irritability, dry mouth, bitter, dizziness, headache, etc.; gastrointestinal dampness and heat is accompanied by epigastric distension, stools viscous, defecation, burning anus and other symptoms. Usually eat more heat diuretic and dispel dampness food: such as winter melon, red beans, white radish, Semen Coicis, and so on.

Chinese patent medicines can be referred to choose: dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder, can choose gentian diarrhea liver pill; dampness and heat in the stomach and intestines, can choose Xianglian pill; dampness and heat in the skin, can choose dampness and toxicity clearing capsule.

You can compare your symptoms to determine the type of "dampness" you have, and choose the right health care methods and Chinese medicines to get rid of "dampness" as soon as possible!

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The so-called dampness in the human body is not really something to worry about too much, dampness and fire are the two main sources of energy in the body. Do not go to governance, but rather channeling, Shunda, yin and yang balance is what we talk about in traditional Chinese medicine, the law of health. If excessive, it is the weight of yin, you can increase the appropriate amount of exercise, diet focusing on yang tonic such as mutton, etc., regulate the rest of the biological clock, it can be Anda.

The best way to get rid of dampness for office workers is here, it is recommended to collect, it really works!

Chinese medicine often say a sentence: "a thousand cold easy to get rid of, a wet hard to get rid of", dampness is not only difficult to get rid of, and dampness is not divided into groups, men and women, old and young may be contaminated with dampness. Nowadays, the number of people working in the society who are contaminated with dampness is the largest, long time no exercise, dietary irregularities, overtime and late at night and other behaviors will lead to the accumulation of dampness in our body, which affects the health.

Origin of dampness

Dampness is divided into internal and external dampness, internal dampness is mainly due to lifestyle habits, spleen deficiency caused by external dampness is mainly due to long-term in a humid environment. Dampness is like the body's garbage, the body more garbage, accumulated in the body, there will be a variety of discomfort!

ectomycorrhoea

Types of Dampness

Dampness can be divided into three categories depending on the usual constitution and feelings:

①Damp-Heat type

②Spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction type

③Cold-damp type

Cold-Damp and Damp-Heat

Wake up in the morning three look to let you identify whether the heavy dampness

1. Look at the state when you get up

If you get up in the morning and feel like you're drained, have no strength, your head is heavy as a wrap, and your mind is not clear as if you're buttoned up, this is a sign of heavy dampness.

2. Look at the stool when going to the toilet

If you feel that you yourself always have a feeling that you can't get rid of it, your own stools are not formed, they are always loose, and they stick to the toilet and can't be flushed down, this is also caused by heavy dampness in the body.

3. Look at the tongue while washing

Brush your teeth can look in the mirror to see their tongue, if your tongue has teeth marks, the color is too white and yellow, and feel that the tongue has become swollen, very wet and greasy, that also proves that you have a heavy body moisture.

The Best Way to Get Rid of Dampness for Office Workers

Workers because of time, basically no time to exercise, and Chinese medicine and cupping, moxibustion and other methods to dispel dampness and too much consumption of money, so I think the most suitable for the workforce to dispel dampness is the dietary therapy to dispel dampness.

Poria tea to dispel dampness

hot and humid type (TCM)

Damp-heat constitution is the combination of dampness and heat, invading the human body, showing symptoms of sticky mouth, bad breath and bitterness, fat tongue, tongue edge with teeth marks, yellow urine, stool is more sticky, sometimes will often be easy to get angry, tantrums, especially the two ribs of the distending pain.

Such people are prone to fire and cannot eat hot things, so the more suitable foods are:Job's tears, corn, millet, and cabbage.etc.

Job's tear grains congee (Coix lacryma)

cold and wet type

Damp-cold constitution refers to a condition in which the yin qi in the body is too prevalent, leading to an imbalance of yin and yang. For example, cold feet and cold hands and feet are the main manifestations of damp-cold constitution, which is also accompanied by greasy hair, dry mouth and tongue, whitish tongue coating, and fat with teeth marks. Stools are sticky, bowel movements are unpleasant, and sometimes there are food residues left behind.

There are many foods that can get rid of cold and dampness, such asAdzuki beans, corn, yams, chili peppersetc.

Adzuki beans are not red beans.

Spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction type

Workers because of the lack of exercise, the body's immune system is not strong, resulting in the spleen is weak, the spleen and stomach is the important organ of the transportation of water and dampness, the spleen and stomach is weak, can not transport water and dampness, resulting in the body of dampness obstruction. And the emergence of the whole body sleepy, limb weakness, pale mouth mucus, loss of appetite, urine color pale, stool although rotten but not stink, sometimes there will be undigested food, moss more white and greasy and so on, this belongs to the spleen deficiency damp obstruction type.

The general treatment for this condition should be based on strengthening the spleen, with the majorLotus seed, Semen Coicis, Gorgon fruit, Chinese yametc.

congee of Chinese yam

The process of eliminating dampness is slow, but starting with your daily diet and taking it consistently every day, I believe that soon you will be refreshed, energized at work, and recognized by your colleagues and superiors!

Dampness is a relatively common phenomenon, but if you do not pay attention to it, it can bring unpredictable damage to the body. But do not worry too much, dampness can be relieved by drinking tea, and the effect is quite good. Next I introduce a fewTea with a simple recipe and good dampness elimination effect

Pu'er tea from the Pu'er region of Yunnan

Here you need to pay attention to one point, I said Pu-erh ripe tea, this is because ripe tea is relatively mild, brewing a pot of Pu-erh tea, slowly drink, until the forehead, back slightly sweating, like going through a sauna, you think, this time, dampness can still stay in the body. So if you want to get rid of dampness, choose Pu-erh.

barley tea

This is also we usually very familiar with a kind of tea, usually go to the restaurant to eat, first on a pot of barley tea, but you may not know, barley tea and the efficacy of expectorant Oh. Barley tea into a cup, plus boiling water, less bubble cooling can drink. BarleyStrengthening the spleen, eliminating food, removing heat and thirst, and inducing diuresis.The barley tea is good for digestion and weight loss, and it is very effective in removing dampness. Drink a cup of barley tea, full of mouth through the wheat flavor, completely a kind of enjoyment.


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Dampness is the term used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to describe the invasion of external dampness into the body and the inability of the body to eliminate excess water. Generally due to the spleen can not turn dampness caused by a weak diet, greasy, lack of exercise, not enough sleep, do not pay attention to warmth, etc. are prone to cause dampness, these people tend to feel heavy, limb weakness, diet and yellowish skin color, feel fatigue, can not always lift the spirit of some people will also be eczema. Wet and cold together called cold dampness, and heat together called dampness and heat, and wind together called wind dampness, and summer together is summer dampness. Dampness does not go, eat more supplements, medicines have little effect. Dampness is too heavy, the body is also more harmful, is the need to find ways to get rid of dampness as soon as possible.

To get rid of dampness, there are several general methods:

First, improve the physical conditions, as well as to avoid external factors that cause dampness. Normally do more sit-ups to enhance the immunity of the five organs and six bowels, enhance the ability to eliminate excess water and dampness in the body, but also to avoid the outside world of dampness into the body, is the need to avoid the rain and cold.

Second, massage points to dispel dampness. You can find a Chinese medicine consulting, this acupressure point massage is not troublesome, you can press the Chengshan point, Yinlingquan, Sanyinjiao points, there is a certain effect of eliminating dampness.

Third, dietary elimination of dampness and toxicity. You can barley, adzuki beans, tamarind leaves, horse chestnut, acacia rice, fructus gracilis and other herbs dried and boiled water to drink, a cup of barley tea a day, you can get rid of dampness and detoxification.

Fourth, fire cupping. Fire cupping is a way of health, for the elimination of dampness has a good effect, especially in the summer you can go to the fire cupping, the body's dampness out of the body.

Fifth, exercise to dispel dampness. Sweating after exercise can dispel dampness, moderate exercise can not only strengthen the body, but also promote blood circulation, prevent the body from regenerating dampness.

Sixth, usually pay attention to keep warm, do not get wet. Especially since the weather has been dry for a long time since the rain, rain to wash clean clothes in a timely manner, wash your hair to blow dry in a timely manner, especially at night do not go to bed with wet hair, in order to prevent moisture into the body. Keep warm in cold weather to prevent cold from entering the body, and eat less food that hurts the spleen.

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Ancient medical books verify that these 3 kinds of food can be called "three major nemesis of dampness", really effective.

When it comes to dampness, everyone has more or less dampness, but some people have very serious dampness. Dampness is harmful not only because it is difficult to get rid of health effects, and dampness does not distinguish between men and women, anyone can be contaminated.I was like this when I was a kid, I always felt physically wrong when I went to the bathroom, I couldn't get clean, I squatted for an extra long time, but I still felt like I had it, I brought more paper than everyone else, and I always had loose stools.

It was only when I went to college that I learned about the concept of dampness from ancient medical books.Zhang Zhongjing's Treatise on Miscellaneous Diseases of the Typhoid FeverRi this explanation: "cold section for the cold and made in the cold, cold or from the outside directly in the inside, or the weakness of the cold from the inside, but not outside the spleen and kidney yang deficiency, yang deficiency is not only can not protect the cold, and the spleen yang deficiency can not be dispersed essence, kidney yang deficiency can not be water, can not be dispersed essence of the line of water, so the transformation of the wet, the transformation of the fire is less."It turns out that when I was a child, my stools were not formed and I always had loose stools, so it was the gas that was causing the problem!

Dampness is rooted in the spleen


The spleen is an important organ for the transportation of water in the body. If the spleen is not good, the transportation of water in the body will be abnormal, and the water will pile up in the body and can not be absorbed, so there is a problem of water and dampness stagnation in the body, which in turn leads to excessive dampness in the body and affects the health of the body. SoDispel dampness by strengthening the spleen first.

A senior old Chinese medicine to find a number of ancient medical books. Finally, summed up to help the body get rid of dampness spleen the best three kinds of food, known as the "three major nemesis of dampness", these three kinds of food in a number of ancient medical books have appeared.

3 Foods to Get Rid of Dampness and Strengthen the Spleen


1, red azuki bean

Ancient medical texts record:The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica says that it "eliminates heat and poisonous carbuncles and swellings, disperses bad blood, irritates and fills the body with fullness, and treats oedema and muscular distension and fullness".

The Red Kidney Bean Soup in General Records of Sheng Ji, the Ephedra and Lian Qiao Red Kidney Bean Soup in The Treatise on Typhoid Fever, and the Red Kidney Bean Bulk in the Sheng Hui Fang all indicate that they have a good effect on dispelling dampness and strengthening the spleen.

Red beans are a common food in our life, which has great benefits for the body to move blood to replenish blood, diuresis and seepage of dampness, and strengthening the spleen to dispel dampness.

2, Job's tears (Job's tears)

Ancient medical texts record:Compendium of Materia Medica: Job's tears are Yang Ming medicine, can strengthen the spleen, stomach. The deficiency is to make up for its mother, so the impotence of lung carbuncle with. Diseases of the muscles and bones, to treat Yangming-based, so the contracture of the tendons, wind paralysis with. Earth can generate water to remove dampness, so it is used in dysentery and edema. The Classic of Materia Medica: dryness can remove dampness, sweetness can enter the spleen to replenish the spleen, and light can seep dampness, so the main contracture and contracture and wind-dampness paralysis, in addition to the sinews and bones of the evil spirit is not benevolent, the benefit of the intestines and stomach, eliminating oedema and making people able to eat.

Job's tears is a common medicinal and food ingredients, very helpful to the body spleen water seepage, whitening the skin, beneficial to the lungs to drain pus effect.

3、White Lentils

Ancient medical texts record:Compendium of Materia Medica: "Stopping dysentery, eliminating summer heat, warming the spleen and stomach, removing dampness and heat, and quenching thirst."

Explanation of Pharmaceutical Properties of Lei Gong Gunzhi: "Sweet in flavor, slightly warm in nature, non-toxic, and enters the spleen meridian. It can tonify the spleen and benefit qi, and stop diarrhea. Vinegar can cure cholera. Antidote wine poison and river poison, all grass and tree poison." "Lentils are all compatible in nature and flavor with the spleen family, so it is appropriate to enter it alone."

White lentil is a common medicinal and food ingredients, can help the body spleen deficiency and dispel dampness, diuretic swelling, less food and loose stools, summer dampness vomiting and diarrhea, thirst and chest tightness, female leucorrhoea can also be eaten.

Other ways to get rid of dampness


If you have severe dampness in your body, you can use the above three foods to regulate it. In addition to thatwickingIt's also a very good way to get rid of dampness, as well ascupping and moxibustionAppropriate useIt is also very helpful. There are many other foods in our lives that are also very effective in getting rid of dampness, such as: Yam, Bitter Melon, Mulberry Leafetc. Eating more of them also helps the body get rid of dampness.

The above is my summary of the ancient medical books recorded on the three major dampness nemesis related content, dampness approach is diverse, but many methods have contraindications, daily life, can not blindly go to the trial, the need to be careful and for. If you have questions about moisture, welcome to leave a comment private letter.

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