The symptoms of dryness are mainly due to insufficient body fluid, which leads to insufficient nutrition and dryness. Mainly as follows:
Dizziness, emaciation, dry and wrinkled hair and skin, dull complexion, or excessive pigmentation, dry mouth, dry throat, pain, long-term dry cough, dry eyes, rapid vision loss, backache and leg weakness, tinnitus, forgetfulness, oliguria, constipation, dry red tongue with little coating, even slippery without coating, or recurrent oral ulcer.
The hyperactivity of body function is mainly due to the acceleration of metabolism in the body, the increase of oxygen consumption and heat production, which leads to the continuous hyperactivity of the human body. The main manifestations are: fever in hands and feet after fatigue, low fever in the afternoon or evening, easy to get angry on the face, flushing on cheeks, impatience, mental fatigue but difficulty in falling asleep, or sweating too much, palpitation and rapid pulse during sleep; Men's sexual desire is hyperactive, or frequent nocturnal emission, but women's menstrual flow increases. Experimental examination shows that typical middle-aged women with yin deficiency constitution have hyperadrenocortical function, decreased immune function, low estrogen level, low bone density and high blood viscosity.
Other symptoms
Physical characteristics: thin body.
Common manifestations: fever in hands and feet, dry mouth and throat, slightly dry nose, preference for cold drinks, dry stool, red tongue, scanty body fluid and rapid pulse.
Psychological characteristics: impatience, extroversion and liveliness.
Incidence tendency: easy to suffer from fatigue, nocturnal emission, insomnia and other diseases; Pathogenic heat is easy to change.
Adaptability to external environment: resistant to winter but not to summer; Not tolerant of summer heat, heat and dryness.
2 conditioning methods of yin deficiency constitution
People with yin deficiency constitution should pay attention to keeping the environment quiet and cool, and should choose moderate exercise such as Tai Ji Chuan and yoga, and should not take part in too intense interaction such as ball games, fast running and intense dancing, so as to avoid sweating and wasting body fluids, and avoid staying up late to keep the indoor environment moist.
Diet recuperation 1. Light diet: People with yin deficiency should have a light and cool diet, avoid fatty and thick products and spicy products, and eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, tofu, milk, eggs, sesame seeds, honey, fish and ducks.
2. Whole grain nursed back to health: Japonica rice is the rice we usually eat, which is relatively peaceful, because cereals have the function of nourishing yin in addition to strengthening the spleen and stomach. Millet can also nourish yin and moisten dryness.
3. Choose good meat dishes: People with yin deficiency are suitable to eat some pork, especially pig skin, pig bone marrow, duck meat, duck eggs and rabbit meat. Pork is relatively peaceful, which is called flesh and blood in Chinese medicine and can nourish yin. Especially when it comes to ducks, ducks belong to birds that live in water. They are cold and cool, especially suitable for people with yin deficiency. Among aquatic products, soft-shelled turtle and nail fish, including cuttlefish, sea cucumber and yellow croaker, are all nourishing yin.
4. Eat the right vegetables: Because yin deficiency is characterized by dryness and heat, it is necessary to deal with some foods that clear away heat and promote fluid production. Nourishing yin mainly starts from the heart, liver, lung and kidney. Tremella mainly nourishes lung yin, as well as auricularia auricula, followed by vegetables, such as cabbage, tomato, cucumber, bitter gourd and towel gourd. All wet vegetables have the function of clearing away heat. Eat the right fruit: choose the right fruit, such as pear, pitaya, kiwi, water chestnut, sugar cane, etc. Pears are white and can match the lungs. It can produce fluid to quench thirst, moisten lung and relieve cough. Sugarcane tastes sweet and cold, contains a lot of water, and has a good effect of increasing fluid production, clearing away heat and nourishing yin. Because people with yin deficiency often have the feeling of drinking cold water, we can appropriately supplement some fruits that nourish yin and promote fluid production, which is conducive to alleviating the shortage of vaginal fluid.
5. Avoid eating or eat less: dog meat (fasting for patients with cerebrovascular disease), mutton (fasting for patients with hepatitis), sparrow meat, seahorse, sea dragon, roe deer meat, crispy rice, fried peanuts, fried soybeans, fried melon seeds, popcorn, litchi, longan, bergamot, bayberry, garlic, leek, mustard, pepper and onion.
According to the principle of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter", people who regulate yin deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine can choose heat-clearing drugs in autumn and winter, such as Scrophularia, Radix Rehmanniae, Polygonum Multiflori, Polygonatum sibiricum, Schisandra chinensis, Mulberry, Ophiopogon japonicus, Asparagus, Adenophora adenophora, Dendrobium, Polygonatum sibiricum, Lycium barbarum, Ligustrum lucidum, Cornus officinalis, Tortoise Shell and so on. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Liuwei Dihuang Pill and Dabuyin Pill. It should be noted that the use of traditional Chinese medicine needs to be taken under the guidance of a doctor.
Patients with yin deficiency constitution should not practice three volts in summer, otherwise they will get angry and hurt yin. The working environment should try to avoid the scorching sun and summer heat, don't sweat too much, arrange your work well and methodically, which is very important for people with yin deficiency constitution to keep healthy, otherwise they will often get anxious and get angry, which will hurt the yin and form a vicious circle.
Maintaining oneself in the four seasons is the key to maintaining yin deficiency constitution. The weak link of yin deficiency constitution lies in lung and kidney, with lung as the source above water and kidney as the source below water. Deficiency of kidney yin is a congenital factor. For people with lung yin deficiency, focusing on the lung in autumn, the convergence of qi, the accumulation of yang and the control of lung will suppress your internal heat and heart fire, maintain emotional stability, make the yang drop all the way, make the kidney water fully replenished, and care for your yin deficiency constitution. Then how to make the lungs healthy? You should understand the characteristics of lungs, which are delicate and dirty and like to be moist. One is like clean, and the other is like wet. Therefore, we should eat some cool and moist foods, such as Radix Adenophorae, Radix Ophiopogonis, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Lily, Sydney, persimmon, etc., which are all moist. As long as you moisten it, it will naturally fall. This is the nature of the lungs, and this is the way of life.