"Ten people nine wet," heavy dampness plagued a lot of people, heavy dampness often loss of appetite, body fat, greasy head and face, easy to spot pimples, head and body sleepy, sleepy and weak, seriously affecting the normal work and life. That moisture is how to come, and how to make it out?

Let's first look at how dampness comes about. Dampness is heavy, greasy and stagnant, the disease is easy to linger, repeated attacks. Dampness is the main gas of summer (summer to the autumnal equinox), this time the weather is hot, steam, is the most abundant season of the year, this time to feel the onset of dampness is the most, but other seasons can also occur. Dampness is divided into external and internal dampness, generally by the external fog dew, living in a wet place for a long time, a long time in the rain or wading in the water, coupled with poor protection, lack of exercise caused by the external dampness. Generally by over-eating cold or alcoholism is too much, so that the spleen is not healthy and transportation, the water can not be normal distribution, resulting in dampness within the stop, is the internal dampness.

Dampness and seasonal, living environment is closely related, often manifested as heavy head and body pain, pain often stay in a place not to move, limb fatigue and weakness, joint flexion and extension unfavorable pain. For external dampness to prevent the main, pay attention to keep the living environment dry, clean and ventilated, avoid wading in the water, often participate in physical exercise, increase the sweat dispersion. Rheumatism in the surface, headache, head heavy, all the pain can be used to regulate the medication, commonly used prescription such as Qiang Wu Sheng Dampness Soup, hemp apricot and coix seed soup.

"All dampness, swelling and fullness, all belong to the spleen." For internal dampness should focus on strengthening the spleen, usually should avoid eating cold food, eat less fatty food, do not abuse alcohol, keep a good mood, you can also eat more Poria, Coix Seed and other food to strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. Drugs to regulate internal dampness should be dry dampness spleen, commonly used prescriptions such as flat stomach powder, ginseng Ling Baijusan, ling gui jujugan soup.

Dampness in the human body due to its different causes, not only internal dampness, external dampness, there are wind-dampness, cold dampness, dampness and heat, in the adjustment should be based on the season, living environment, dietary habits, symptoms, and other factors to judge, diagnosis and treatment in order to receive good results.

Nowadays, people know that wet, one said that I am more heavy moisture, so where does the moisture come from, and how to drain out?

What is wetness and what are the properties of wetness

Dampness is a term unique to Chinese medicine.

There are four seasons in a year, each season has the characteristics of each season, spring is windy, summer is hot, long summer is hot and humid, fall is dry and winter is cold. Long summer is the day of three volts, wet for the long summer of the main gas, this wind, cold, summer, wet, dry, fire, is the normal gas of heaven and earth, so called six gas.

However, when people get sick because of these six types of weather, such as wind-cold, wind-heat, heat stroke, etc., they are called the six evils. Dampness is one of the six elements.

The natural properties of wetness are that it is sticky, heavy and tends to be downward in character.

The nature of wet and pathogenic characteristics: wet for the Yin evil, impede the qi, easy to hurt Yang Qi, its nature of heavy sticky, tend to lower

Dampness and water are very similar. Water, drink, dampness, phlegm, and water are yin evils, so they are all yin evils.

Let's think about in the day of three volts, is not all sticky, such as spit phlegm, is not also sticky, the amount of leucorrhoea, stool is difficult to flush down in the toilet, all of these give a kind of sticky characteristics.

After the nap feel heavy and acidic, drowsy, feel heavy head, this is the manifestation of the heavy turbidity of dampness.

The lack of appetite and bloating in the epigastric region are the result of dampness obstructing the flow of qi, and so the characteristics of dampness are manifested.

Edema of the lower limbs, lesions of the joints, dampness is a yin evil, and the lower part of the body receives it first, which is the characteristic of dampness tending to the lower part of the body.

Dampness is divided into internally generated and externally induced dampness.

External dampness, that is, by the influence of external dampness and make people sick, such as living, working environment dark and damp, it is easy to make people sick such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Endogenous Dampness, refers to the over-eating of cold and cold, cold and dampness injury to the spleen, the spleen's function declines and the water metabolism in the body is impaired, so that the body's water stored in the body, so that people edema, diarrhea, phlegm and drink. Wet and wet and cold dampness, dampness and heat is due to moisture together for a long time, long and heat. Cold dampness is caused by over-eating cold.

How to get rid of dampness

It is not a cure for dampness that does not facilitate urination. Poria, lotus leaf. Support spleen yang, Gui Zhi, Ginger. To move spleen and stomach qi, Chen Pi. Drying dampness to move qi, Hou Pu. Wake up the spleen and remove dampness.

Gui Zhi, Poria, sand nuts, lotus leaves, ginger, thick Park, Chen Pi, you can use the above Chinese medicine brewed as water to drink, can also be boiled as a medicine to drink, in fact, it is originally medicine. If it is dampness and heat, cinnamon sticks replaced by Huanglian.

If you decoct the above medicine and soak your feet in it, it should also have the effect of removing dampness, only no one has tried it.

How to Prevent Dampness

Work environment, living environment must be away from the dark and humid environment.

You must be careful not to eat cold foods.

Exercise more to get the body's chi and blood, working.

• At some point, dampness has become a mantra. And then what is dampness? What is the pattern of change it has, many experts and professors are not clear.
• I have been involved with Chinese medicine for 10 years and talk about my understanding of dampness.

What exactly is dampness?

• I've read a lot of descriptions of dampness, but it's never abstract enough to boggle your mind, and some authors may be confused themselves as to what kind of being dampness really is. Today I'm using the weather to give you a clear picture of what dampness is.
• First of all, in summer, when the sun is vicious and the heat is unbearable, this is what Chinese medicine calls heat.
• Winter is very cold, and this is what Chinese medicine calls cold.
• And what is dampness? It's when the air is too heavy with water. The cause of too much moisture, the first sun does not give, the second, the wind does not give. That kind of gray, not a breeze, stuffy can not stand the weather, in fact, is the noon to speak of moisture.

Dampness is an abstract concept

• The human body is not the sky, we can't peel back the human body to see what kind of situation is inside. The sky has heavy dampness, the ancients by analogy, the human body should also have heavy dampness. Visible dampness is an abstract concept, which expresses the meaning that the body is like a gray, windless and dull weather, the body runs slowly, sticky like a paste.

There are times when the human body is heavy with dampness, but heavy dampness is only a symptom; knowing what causes it is fundamental.

• Dampness can manifest itself in many forms, such as sticky stools, depression, lack of physical activity, and dullness of mind.
• To remove dampness because it is heavy is an act of cutting the hand when it hurts and cutting the foot when it hurts.
• For example, now popular, with hot salt dehumidification, dehumidification with sweating, more exaggerated is cupping is the appearance of bruises also said to be dehumidification.

How to dehumidify，Listen to the sounds of nature

• As long as the sun is still there, the humidity can't last forever. In the south of the Yangtze River every year there is a return to the day, clothes and quilts can be wrung out of the water open, but as long as the sun is still there, the moisture will always disappear.
• People are the same, when the body for some reason caused by heavy dampness, it is difficult to fight, the only thing we can do is to maintain the spirit, good food, good rest. As long as the quality of the body improves, dampness is naturally gone. Indiscriminate use of medication, indiscriminate treatment, the final harm is not other people.

Dampness is categorized into "external dampness" and "internal dampness".

In Chinese medicine, any external evil that has the characteristics of being heavy, sticky and tends to go down is called dampness. Dampness is the evil of dampness when it is lustful and injures people and causes disease.

Dampness causes disease, mostly in summer, but can occur in all seasons. Especially in summer and fall, Yang heat is still prevalent, rain and more, hot steam and wet, humidity filled, for the most prevalent season of the year dampness. Dampness injury caused by the disease, known as external dampness disease. External dampness is mostly caused by dampness in the environment such as humid climate, wading in water and rain, dampness in residence, and working in water.

In addition to the external dampness mentioned above, the internal generation of dampness is also called "internal dampness". It refers to the pathological changes caused by the accumulation and stagnation of dampness due to the dysfunction of the spleen qi's function of transporting and transforming water and liquids. Since the internal dampness is mostly due to spleen deficiency, it is also called "spleen deficiency generates dampness".

Generally the formation of internal dampness due to over-eating fat, sweet, thick and greasy, wantonly eat cold, internal injury to the spleen and stomach, resulting in the loss of the spleen can not be healthy for the stomach line of fluid, or body fat, like quiet and little movement, resulting in adverse qi, fluid distribution obstacles, gathered into the wet caused by.

Therefore, the spleen's dysfunction is the key to the internalization of dampness and turbidity. The Su Wen ▪ to true to be great theory said: "All dampness, swelling and fullness, all belong to the spleen."

In addition, the spleen is the main transport depends on the warmth of the kidney yang qi. Therefore, internal dampness is not only formed when the skin itches and the fluid is not transformed, but also affects the transportation of the spleen when the kidney yang is weak and weakened, resulting in the internalization of turbidity. Dampness and turbidity can be gathered into phlegm, stay as a drink, accumulated into water, resulting in a variety of diseases.

So how do you get rid of dampness?

First of all, the external environment must avoid "external humidity". Keep your living and working environments dry, and avoid wading in water and rain. When I was in Chengdu, people there like to eat spicy dishes because of the natural humidity. This is also through dietary adjustments to help dissipate dampness and reduce the accumulation of it in the body.

Diet is one of the main triggers of internal dampness. We usually try not to eat too fatty, sweet and thick food. And now it is three days, many people like to eat cold drinks to cool down the summer heat. I don't know that this will hurt the spleen and stomach, resulting in poor fluid transportation, breeding the internal dampness.

Finally, a moderate amount of aerobic exercise every day can also help us get rid of dampness. Nowadays, people just have air conditioning at home every day, go out and drive, and seldom do outdoor exercise. Therefore, adhere to aerobic exercise can help us to promote the operation of qi and blood, discharging the body of moisture.

External dampness and internal dampness can affect each other, dampness external attack is easy to injure the spleen, spleen loss of healthy transportation and breeding of internal dampness. Spleen deficiency and dampness of the body, also easy to external dampness and disease.

The spleen, according to Chinese medicine, is responsible for functioning, and any elimination of metabolites is done with the help of the spleen qi. When the spleen qi is weak, dirty things have to be retained in the body. What is dirt? It can be excess fat, or abnormal secretions and excretions.

Fat people more yang deficiency "wet heavy" Many fat people seem to be strong, the actual cold. Especially on the stomach fat, swimming circle is getting bigger and bigger people, more can not ignore the coldness of their physique. If you go to touch this kind of fat people, their skin is usually cool. It is because their body itself knows that there is a lack of yang qi, and instinctively increases fat to serve as insulation.

Like in the past when there is no refrigerator, summer popsicle sellers, will use a quilt wrapped around the popsicle, the quilt is to prevent heat dissipation. Fat people's body fat also plays this role, so there are "fat people more yang deficiency, and thin people more yin deficiency" theory, often the more fat the more false, the more false the more fat, the formation of a vicious circle.

The correct way to lose weight for fat people should be to warm up the cold and dampness, "warm" is to increase the ability to metabolize fat, "cold and damp" refers to those who should not accumulate in the body fat.

Sitting on tens of thousands of certified TCM practitioners, Upper Medical Renjia is here to answer that question.

As the saying goes, "If you don't get rid of dampness, there will be no end to the trouble." According to Chinese medicine, dampness is the nemesis of modern health and the source and accomplice of most chronic diseases, which has aroused a lot of curiosity, like the question of the subject, "Where does dampness come from, and how do I get rid of it? "

Here we will analyze the sources of dampness and ways to get rid of it from the perspective of Chinese medicine.

Where does moisture come from?

Dampness is the main qi of the long summer, which is yin.It is heavy and sticky in nature, is derived from the products of the metabolism and operation of the water fluids.Dampness is divided into internal and external dampness, and the causes of both are different.

1. Internal dampness

Unhealthy lifestyle and dietFor example, staying up late and being sedentary, lack of exercise, drinking a lot of alcohol, eating cold food or drinking cold drinks, and uncontrolled diet may be important causes of internal dampness.

In particular, some people prefer to eat heavy, greasy food, these foods can not be digested, resulting in a weak spleen and stomach, dampness.

2. External humidity

"External dampness", i.e. external dampness.This type of dampness is mainly affected bySeasonal and geographical environmentThe impact of the

The four seasons of summer, autumn, summer and white dew are at the crossroads of summer and autumn, and these periods are often hot and rainy, with a lot of humidity in the air, making it easy for people to feel dampness outside.

How do you get rid of moisture?

1. Exercise outdoors and sweat a lot

Reduce the time spent in air-conditioned rooms, often outdoor exercise, sunshine, sweat. Sweating is a way for the body's qi and blood to run and expel dampness.Exercise sweating is conducive to the smooth flow of qi, accelerating water metabolism and moisture discharge。

It should be noted that after sweating a lot of attention to hydration, and exercise and sweating should be moderate.

2. Eat a light diet and avoid coldness

Chinese medicine believes that "all dampness, swelling and fullness, all belong to the spleen", dampness is ultimately related to the spleen deficiency.Dampness is the symptom, spleen deficiency is the root cause。

而A light diet can reduce the burden on the spleen and stomachWhen cooking, adding some spicy foods or spices (such as onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, cardamom, sand nuts, etc.) helps to move the qi and dissipate the dampness in the body.

In Chinese medicine, "yang qi" has the effect of controlling water-dampness.Eating cold food or drinking cold beverages can damage the spleen yang., which can lead to increasing dampness.

3. Avoid humid environments and reduce air conditioning

In your daily life, you have to: Do not sleep on the floor, do not get wet, do not wear clothes that have not dried, do not go out when it is raining and the humidity is steaming up, and blow air conditioning sparingly.

Summer heat, so that the skin is open, and the lungs master fur, pores open, it will sweat, the lungs will make the fluid to the outside. If you turn on the air conditioning at this time, the sweat does not come out, drink in the water there is no place to come out, it will hurt the lungs of yang qi, so that it can not transport water, water dampness will increase.

4. Acupuncture and massage, cupping and gua sha

Acupuncture:Pressure or moxibustionstrengthen the spleen and dispel dampnessThe health care points, such as Chengshan, Foot Sanli, Sanyinjiao and Yinlingquan.

moxibustion therapy (Chinese medicine)It is a commonly used treatment for diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effect of opening up depression, dispelling dampness and tonifying yang qi, and is especially suitable for dispelling dampness.

Scratch:You can scrape the upper 1/3 of the back of the human body, that is, the back of the shoulder area, so that the activity of the capillaries increases, more conducive to the body to dissipate heat and dispel dampness.

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Dampness is the product of poor water metabolism in the body, the source of dampness outside the wet and wet points, the main difference is: First, outside the wet, because of living in the wetlands for a long time, such as living in the water townships, coastal belt fishermen, the environment is humid or rain, water, outside the wet into the immersion. Summer air conditioning, winter heating, indoor and outdoor temperature difference is large, the skin surface sweat can not be pronounced out as usual, wet and depressed muscle surface and then into the immersion of the body. Second, internal dampness, and spleen deficiency is closely related to the spleen and stomach injury due to greed cold drink cold, the spleen does not transport, gathered into the wet, cold and wet immersion spleen, spicy, greasy food and alcoholism lead to the stomach can not be putrefied, digested, the spleen can not be transported, metabolic wastes can not be excreted, resulting in the wet for a long time into the heat. Excessive fatigue, exhaustion of qi leading to qi deficiency, the body's waste metabolism does not go out and the formation of dampness, less activity, the metabolic rate slows down, dampness within the birth. I use two methods: First, food therapy: dehumidification of food through cherries, cantaloupe, fava beans, peas, Poria, Job's tears, red beans, soybeans, carp, snails, black fish, capers, watercress and so on. Food therapy is only auxiliary therapy, the effect is relatively slow; need to be taken for a long time to have a better effect. The second is to adhere to the moxibustion, good conditions can go to the moxibustion hall to ask the doctor to help, you can also use their own home moxibustion box their own moxibustion. Another thing is not to eat cold food. I have not eaten cold drinks and watermelon 🍉 for many years!

I believe that everyone is no stranger to the word "dampness". Especially in the Sichuan Basin, where there is heavy humidity, fog and little sunshine, many people are suffering from dampness.

Dampness is categorized into external and internal dampness. External dampness is the natural dampness that is too strong to attack the human body, such as rain, cold, etc., which will cause muscle pain and fatigue and other symptoms. Internal dampness is mainly caused by spleen and stomach problems, which can cause gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea, vomiting, coughing and other symptoms.

The metabolism of fluid (water) in the body is inextricably linked to the lungs, spleen, stomach and kidneys. If they are not functioning properly, then naturally they cannot help deal with the dampness in the body. However, the most critical is the spleen and stomach dysfunction. When the liquid we drink into the body reaches the spleen and stomach, the spleen and stomach weaken the function of transportation and metabolism of excess water and dampness will not be able to stay in the body, and in the long run, dampness will be formed. Spleen like dry, do not like cold damp, so eat too much cold drinks, fruits, etc. will also cause dampness aggravation.

Therefore, dispel dampness must strengthen the spleen, strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness at the same time, in order to empty the body of dampness. Warm tonic spleen can eat spleen food, such as: crucian carp, carrots, apples, Chinese yam, lotus seeds, fructus, pork belly, duck, etc.; dampness food has red beans, barley, lettuce, lentils, winter melon, etc., or usually insist on drinking treatment of dampness drink. Dampness is often associated with "cold" together, pay attention to keep warm, do not get cold, do not eat too cold food. In addition to the above foods, you can also remove dampness through acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping and internal Chinese medicine. Moderate exercise is also essential, remember not to sweat a lot, micro-sweat can be. During exercise, yang qi is generated, and yang qi can resist dampness.

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Sources of dampness (divided into external and internal)

1: Rainy seasons and places, humid environments

2: Long-term living on or near water and places without sunlight

3: Eat too much cold food, such as: seafood Chilled food

4: Like to eat dessert food, cakes, milk tea drinks, etc.

5: Eating too much greasy meat usually tends to cause spleen deficiency and digestion

6: After bathing and shampooing do not immediately blow-drying and drying caused by the moisture inside the invasion

Methods of dispelling dampness (dispelling dampness requires strengthening the spleen)

The need to increase the number of ways for dampness to go and reduce the sources of dampness

1: Dietary adjustments, less food that generates dampness

2: Ensure a certain amount of exercise every day can help metabolize and dispel dampness

3: Early bedtime ➕hot water foot soak can help remove dampness

4: can be dialectical to eat some more dampness food, such as: red beans, Job's tears, gravy, Poria, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, white lentils and so on.

5: Acupuncture point dialectic acupuncture massage can help dispel dampness

6: Proper sweating can also get rid of dampness, so don't keep on the air conditioner and electric fan.

Dampness, is a kind of hype concept, Chinese medicine professional does not have this kind of statement. For example, Chinese medicine said "spleen for the Taiyin wet soil, like dry and evil dampness, spleen qi transportation is unfavorable, leading to the spleen soil over wet ......, etc.", are professionally targeted to explain the concept of mentioning "wet". On the market, what we circulate in the "dampness", just to sell products, budding a layman. --As the saying goes: a person lies, it is easy to recognize, when a thousand, ten thousand people lie, lies become "truth".